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I am pleased to have leading healthcare investors recognize the tremendous potential of Kona’s therapy in addressing the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who have uncontrolled hypertension
The combination of too much salt and too much of this hormone leads to high blood pressure and tissue damage
A lack of quality sleep affects every part of your body and mind ... People often get treated for other conditions caused by a lack of sleep from apnea, like depression or high blood pressure, but you have to treat the root of the problem.More quotes »
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High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Threaten Kids' Heart Health
Preeclampsia, a dangerous spike in a woman's blood pressure during pregnancy, may predispose offspring to high blood pressure in childhood and young adulthood, a new study finds.From early in life, these children have distinct cardiovascular risk factors Read more »
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Some Heavy Kids at Risk of Blindness, Study Says
Some overweight or obese children are at increased risk for a brain condition that can lead to blindness, a new study shows.The risk of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) -- also called pseudotumor cerebri -- is especially high in older white gir Read more »
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Sleep Apnea 'Mask' Might Also Help the Heart
New research suggests that treating obstructive sleep apnea, a common cause of snoring and daytime sleepiness, might also cut down on a serious health hazard associated with the condition -- the risk of developing high blood pressure.Researchers in Spain Read more »
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Dropping Lbs.: Joy Kocal of Selden
HER STORY It was pregnancy that first made Joy Kocal feel out of control. "I gained 70 pounds with my first pregnancy," says Kocal, who found herself pregnant again in two years. "I hadn't even lost the weight from the first pregnancy."Add to that what s Read more »
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U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines
"Team-based care" should be used to improve patients' blood pressure control, the U.S. Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommended on Tuesday.The recommendation is based on a review of 77 studies that showed improvements in patients' control Read more »
Around the web
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Sodium Retention, Blood Pressure Increased By Common Genetic Mutation
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. "The combination of too much salt and too much of this hormone leads to high blood pressure and tissue damage," said Rainey. He notes that the vast majority of the 311 million Americans consume too much salt, 4:14 AM from Medical News Today Read more »
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Another excuse to eat chocolate: Dark variety can help heart-risk patients
of dark chocolate have known for some time that their favourite treat can help protect them against high blood pressure and cut the risk of diabetes. But now scientists say that it can even benefit those who are already at high risk of heart attacks and strokes. 5/31/12 from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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Miriam being Miriam
And I really wanted to kill myself that way. Let me offer my humble and miserable life to my people by suffering fatal high blood pressure. In the impeachment court since I do not kill people there, I prefer to kill myself.” On the critics who thought she 5/31/12 from Manila Bulletin Read more »
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Venture capital deals
Return backers were Battery Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Index Ventures and Mitsui & Co. www.redwoodsystems.com iHigh, a Lexington, Ky.-based youth digital television platform and online network, has raised $11.7 million in strategic funding from Cox Media 5/31/12 from CNN/Money Read more »
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Merced County gets $253,000 to fight chronic disease
work with community-based resources to promote self-management, wellness and environmental change among individuals with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, he said. The department is only in its planning stages. The next step will be to implement the 5/31/12 from Mercedes Sun-Star Read more »
