High Blood Pressure Health information topics about High Blood Pressure: Alternative Therapy 1. Biofeedback: Using the Power of Your Mind to Impro Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00083 Children 1. Overweight an Important Factor in Increasing Rates Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/blood_pressure_rates.html 2. Children and High Blood Pressure Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HI00049 Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypertension National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006973&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. High Blood Pressure Detection National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/detect.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. High Blood Pressure Definitions Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HI00031 Disease Management 1. How Can I Reduce High Blood Pressure? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110288218598521%20HowCanIRe... 2. High Blood Pressure: Using an Ambulatory Blood Pre American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/770.xml 3. Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/128.xml 4. Essential Guide to Hypertension: Accurate Blood Pr American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZVV6DWGLC&sub_... 5. Essential Guide to Hypertension: When Drugs Do Not American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ37A9DJMC&sub_... 6. Impact of 5 Lifestyle Changes on High Blood Pressu Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HI00050 7. Tips to Help You Remember to Take Your High Blood National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhbpep_kit/rem_tips.htm 8. Ten Ways to Control Your High Blood Pressure American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=578 9. Move to Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: M National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/mission/partner/physical_activity.pdf Health Check Tools 1. High Blood Pressure Quiz: Are You Effectively Mana Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=QZ00054 2. Test Your High Blood Pressure IQ with This Quiz American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3021399 3. High Blood Pressure Quiz: Should You Be Concerned? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=QZ00033 Men 1. Inflammation May Increase Stroke Risk in Men with American Stroke Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3006230 National Institutes of Health 1. Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/index.html 2. Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission P National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/mission/partner/should_know.pdf 3. High Blood Pressure National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbp/HBP_WhatIs.html Nutrition 1. Read the Food Label for Sodium! National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhbpep_kit/label.htm 2. Make Healthy Food Choices American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=570 3. DASH Eating Plan National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf Organizations 1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ 2. American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 Overviews 1. What Is High Blood Pressure? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2112 Pictures/Diagrams 1. Effect of High Blood Pressure on Your Body National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/hbp/effect/effect.htm Prevention/Screening 1. Prevention Experts Urge High Blood Pressure Screen Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2003/highbppr.htm Related Issues 1. Sleep Apnea: A Possible Risk Factor for High Blood Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HI00017 2. Questions to Ask Your Doctor If You Have High Bloo National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/question.htm 3. High Blood Pressure Increases Your Risk for Stroke American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2153 4. High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/highblood/index.htm 5. High Blood Pressure and Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/main/uedocuments/HighBloodPressure-English.pdf 6. Cold and Flu Medication for People with High Blood American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=580 7. Are You at Risk: Factors That Can Cause High Blood Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HI00026 Research 1. Untreated Hypertension Can Lead to Memory Loss by American Academy of Neurology http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/64/8/E28 2. Prehypertension Is a Considerable Health Risk, Par Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/prehyppr.htm 3. NHLBI Study Finds All-in-one Approach to Lifestyle National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2003/nhlbi-22.htm 4. Mental Function Declines When Blood Pressure Rises American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3025254 5. Higher Folate Intake Associated with Decreased Ris American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZRXE1S84E&sub_... 6. Folate Intake Lowers Women's Risk of High Blo American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3025283 7. Findings for Racial Sub-Groups Show Diuretics Work National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2005/nhlbi-05.htm 8. Average Blood Pressure Levels on Rise among Americ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2004/nhlbi-04.htm 9. ALLHAT: New Findings about Drugs to Lower High Blo National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/allhat/facts.htm 10. Young Adults' Stress Reaction Predicts Middle American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3022863 Seniors 1. High Blood Pressure National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/hiblood.asp 2. High Blood Pressure Is a Factor in Some " American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3015552 3. Seniors and Blood Pressure Medicines American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/797.xml Specific Conditions 1. Neurogenic High Blood Pressure Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00603 2. Secondary High Blood Pressure: When Another Diseas Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01345 3. Hypertensive Crisis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00626 Statistics 1. FASTATS: Hypertension National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hyprtens.htm 2. High Blood Pressure National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/library/fs_bloodpressure.htm 3. Mission Case File: Facts about HBP National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/mission/abouthbp/abouthbp.htm Teenagers 1. Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/heart/hypertension.html 2. Caffeine Intake Increases Blood Pressure in Teens Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/caffeine_blood_pressure.html 3. Overweight an Important Factor in Increasing Rates Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/blood_pressure_rates.html Treatment 1. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/107/24/e215.pdf 2. What You Need to Know about the Transjugular Intra Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0237.asp?index=... 3. Possible Side Effects of Drugs That Lower Blood Pr American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=593 4. Treatment of High Blood Pressure National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/treat.htm 5. Types of Blood Pressure Medication National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/bpd_type.htm Women 1. 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