High Blood Pressure Rising Among Children
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The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported today, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic.
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New research shows children with diabetes exhale higher levels of a chemical when their blood sugar is high, possibly leading to a noninvasive blood-sugar test.
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NEW YORK  - Obese children who watch a lot of television are more likely to have high blood pressure than heavy children who don't spend as much time in front of the tube, the results of a new study shows.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 11 : Teenagers, whose bodies are resistant to insulin, face a greater risk of suffering from high blood pressure and obesity later in life, claims a new research.
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SATURDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is associated with sleep breathing problems in children, say U.S. researchers.
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CHICAGO -- More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Physicians should be on the  lookout for signs of increased risk for high blood pressure  (hypertension) in patients referred for moderate hypertension,  but who have normal or high-normal blood readings on repeated  testing, Italian researchers advise.
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Obese children as young as 7 already have the beginnings of artery disease, Italian and US researchers reported on Monday. They found signs that the carotid arteries of 100 obese children
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As Americans get older and fatter, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure, government researchers said Monday.    A little more than a decade ago, the number was closer to one in four...
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DALLAS - As Americans get older and fatter, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure, government researchers said Monday.    A little more than a decade ago, the number was closer to one in four...
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A study in Australia has shown that  changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese  children from as young as six, warning signs that might be  linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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High blood pressure may be more difficult to control in winter than in summer, research suggests.
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FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- As children get ready to head back to the classroom, a new study finds school absenteeism is higher among overweight kids.
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Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly Â at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.
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THE use of antidepressants in children has soared in the past ten years, according to a new study. In Britain, such prescriptions rose by 70per cent between 1992 and 2001, with
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NEW YORK  - Even "chunky" kids who aren't obviously overweight have changes in their heart and blood vessel function that could increase their risk of cardiovascular disease, a new study shows.
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The number of U.S. children with  chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past  four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and  public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday.