Blood Pressure Rates on Rise in US Study Finds
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More Americans than ever have high blood pressure and the number has risen by nearly a third over the past decade, researchers reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Success in achieving target  blood pressure levels seems to be improved using home blood  pressure measurements to guide treatment in a  physician-supervised, nurse-managed clinic, a new study  suggests.
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People with high blood pressure seem to be more vulnerable to heart attacks when the temperature drops, new research shows. The findings, presented last week at a conference
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Patients taking a combination of newer  blood pressure drugs have a much better chance of avoiding  heart attacks and stroke than those on older pills, a British  researcher leading a major clinical study said on Wednesday.
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Oct. 8, 2004 -- Chronic kidney failure soared 104% in the US between 1990 and 2001, largely due to climbing rates of diabetes and high blood pressure.
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EDMONTON - More Canadians are keeping an eye on their blood pressure by monitoring their hypertension at home, but a new study suggests they may be making some common errors.
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You can add Canadians to the list of foreigners who are healthier than Americans. Americans are 42 percent more likely than Canadians to have diabetes, 32 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, and 12 percent more likely to have arthritis, Harvard Medical School researchers found. That is according to a survey in which American and Canadian adults were asked over the telephone about their health.
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Dec. 21, 2004 -- At-home blood pressure machines may do a better job of screening for high blood pressure than devices in doctors&#39; offices, says the American Heart Association (AHA).
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CHICAGO: Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than US workersâ salaries this year, according to a survey released last Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans.
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A new study of heart disease patients finds that "normal" blood pressure may not be low enough.
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A type of arthritis drug raises blood pressure more than other painkillers, scientists say.
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The number of Americans suffering from chronic kidney failure more than doubled in the 1990s due to rising rates of diabetes and hypertension, an aging population and improved survival of kidney patients, a federal study said on Thursday.
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Several pain medicines in the United States have been linked to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Pfizer Drug Company says a new study shows that high levels of Celebrex increase the risk of heart attack.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research shows young women who consume more folate are less likely to have high blood pressure. Researchers presenting at the American Heart Association&#39;s 58th High Blood Pressure
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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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Heart attack patients in the United States are more likely to survive longer than those in Canada, in part because American doctors are more aggressive in reopening clogged arteries.
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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...