Data presented at the American Society of Hypertension’s Twenty Fourth Annual Scientific Meeting (ASH 2009) summarize the optimal initial antihypertensive treatment to reduce two of the most common and deadly cardiovascular events related to blood pressure - stroke and coronary heart disease. Researchers conducted two separate and stringent types of meta-analyses that included all clinical (more…)

Workers who lost their job through no fault of their own were twice as likely as continuously employed workers to report over the next 18 months that they developed a new illness, such as high blood pressure, diabetes or heart disease, according to a study released last week, the New York Times reports.
Kate Strully, an assistant professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Albany, analyzed detailed (more…)

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challenging (Stage 2) hypertension.
demonstrating a reduction in cardiovascular events.
less than 130/80 mm Hg and less than 120/80 mm Hg, respectively.
targets can be so challenging in this group," said Dr. Joel M.
percent), and/or headache (1.1 percent).
similar for patients above and below 75 years of age.
which time the titration schedule was resumed.
hypertension.
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New research from the US suggests that losing your job can make you sick by raising your risk of developing new health problems like high
blood pressure, heart disease, heart attack, stroke or diabetes, even if you find a new job soon after.
The study was the work of Kate Strully, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Albany, New York, and is shortly to
be published in the May 2009 issue of the journal Demography. (more…)

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