Folic Acid May Prevent High Blood Pressure
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Folic acid supplements, widely used by women to prevent birth defects, also may fight hypertension in women, perhaps because they relax blood vessels, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Upping the daily intake of folate has been widely promoted in recent years to reduce women&#39;s risk of having a baby with spina bifida, but it also seems to have another benefit.
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The low-fat diet that doctors recommend to help prevent heart disease may also thwart gallstones, HealthDay reports of new research.
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Can taking folic acid supplements reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke? British researchers believe it can.
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By EMMA ROSS    MUNICH, Germany  -- Scientists have unraveled one of the mysteries of precisely how a popular type of blood pressure pill protects against heart attacks, showing it not only lowers blood pressure but also directly improves the health of the artery walls.    Doctors had suspected that blood pressure reduction alone could not explain the whole benefit of the pills, called angiotensin converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors, because studies have shown they prevented heart attacks and deaths even in patients with normal blood pressure or those whose high blood pressure did not budge...
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NEW YORK  - In African-Americans with poorly controlled high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol, treatment with a single pill containing a blood pressure-lowering drug and a cholesterol-lowering drug may prove particularly useful, researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - High levels of lead in the   blood and in bone seem to raise the likelihood of developing   high blood pressure, but this may be related in part to low   levels of calcium in the diet, according to two studies.
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Treating high blood pressure would  save lives and pay for itself, experts said on Tuesday.
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Oct. 11, 2004 -- A folate-rich diet cuts a young woman&#39;s risk of high blood pressure by almost one-third, new research shows. Folate also reduces older women&#39;s risk of high blood pressure to a lesser degree.
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Folic acid should be added to flour to cut the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida, experts have recommended.
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A simple urine test during pregnancy could someday predict which women are likely to develop dangerously high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia, a condition that kills hundreds of mothers-to-be each year in the United States and leads to 15 percent of all premature births, researchers say.
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A grapefruit or two a day, along with a healthy diet, could help shrink widening waistlines. It might also cut smokers' risk for cancer as it inhibits a carcinogen in tobacco smoke.
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NEW YORK  - Preschoolers who eat the  recommended four servings of fruits and vegetables -- along  with two servings of dairy products -- each day may have lower  blood pressures in early adolescence, new study findings  suggest.
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Every pregnant woman with quality prenatal care knows: folic acid is the first and most important nutrient for your baby. In fact, increasing your consumption of folic acid before you get pregnant - even if
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Sept. 16, 2004 -- Taking a multivitamin containing folic acid is a daily routine for more young women than ever before. Forty percent of American women aged 18-45 take a daily multivitamin containing folic acid, according to the March of Dimes.
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A diet with liberal servings of fish, nuts and seeds rich in nutrients called omega-3 fatty acids can help lower a person's blood pressure, according to a study released on Monday.
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Women who take high doses of folic acid during pregnancy may increase the risk of getting breast cancer, according to research. A study involving almost 3,000 mums-to-be found women who took the supplement