Blood Pressure

TopNews New ZealandHealthy Memphis: Get handle on high blood pressure to avoid diseaseMemphis Commercial AppealHigh blood pressure is often a silent killer that leads to heart and vascular disease.

KMAlandAngela Macleod: Deaths from the silent killer can be preventedScotsmanIT IS a worrying fact that about 40 per cent of strokes could be prevented if high blood pressure was identified.

CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart riskFox NewsHalf the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says.

Japan TodayWHO warns of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesityReuters UKThe United Nations data showed one in three adults worldwide has raised blood pressure - the cause of around half of all deaths from stroke and heart disease - and the condition affects almost half the adult population in some countries in Africa.

New therapy to control blood pressureTimes of IndiaDoctors claim renal denervation therapy, a new technique which involves disruption of the hyperactive nerves leading to the kidney, can be used for bringing down blood pressure (BP).