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Anxiety disorder lands Braves' Luis Ayala on DL

...team's recent 10-game trip and was found to have high blood pressure. Wren said Ayala has been placed on medication to treat the high blood pressure and already is feeling better.Atlanta acquired...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/2013-04-30/anxiety-disorder-lands-b
Program will help chart family medical history

...osteoporosis, alcoholism, mental illness, obesity and high blood pressure head the lengthy list. Cancer, hearing loss and...and chronic health problems, such as asthma or high blood pressure.Conversations with family members provide the best...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-04-11/program-will-help-chart-fami
New University McDuffie hospital built for growth

...Health Rankings ranked 156 out of 159 counties in Georgia. The biggest problems in McDuffie County are diabetes and high blood pressure and the hospital can make a difference with those patients, said Sandra McVicker, CEO of University Hospital McDuffie...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-04-17/new-university-mcduffie-hosp
Green glow helps GRU surgeons define kidney cancer

...long term," she said.Many patients are already at risk for compromised kidney function in the future because of high blood pressure, diabetes or other conditions, so limiting that damage helps, she said.Howard, the head of the Richmond County...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-04-18/green-glow-helps-gru-surgeon
Slightly overweight people have lower mortality

...screening tests to gain a more comprehensive assessment of health. For example, if you are a diabetic and have high blood pressure, although you may be overweight, you would likely benefit from losing weight. Lastly, BMI definitions are based...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/people/2013-02-18/slightly-overweight-people-h
Jury picked in malpractice trial

...leading up to April.Preeclampsia, according to the Mayo Clinic's Web site, is a medical condition that causes high blood pressure in a woman after 20 weeks of pregnancy for the first time in her life. Left untreated, it can cause serious and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-04/jury-picked-malpractic
Jury returns verdict in favor of physicans in medical malpractice case

...was in danger of developing the dangerous medical condition of spiking blood pressure in women who had never had high blood pressure before pregnancy.By the time she went to the emergency room, preeclampsia should have been the obvious diagnoses...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-11/jury-returns-verdict-f
Moving, while staying home

...week," concludes the Associated Press.Of course, other health issues arise from such diets as well, including high blood pressure and diabetes.Changing your eating habits doesn't necessarily mean going cold turkey on Southern. That's not going...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-02-17/moving-while-staying-
Georgia agencies cooperate on obesity campaign

...been a 300 percent increase in the number of obesity-related hospital admissions of children for ailments like high blood pressure and diabetes.Television's 6-year-old Honey Boo Boo could be the poster child for the epidemic of overweight...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-27/georgia-agencies-coopera
Let's hit the road together

...I've been on a personal journey for a little more than a year to improve my own health since being diagnosed with high blood pressure and general slovenliness. I'd enjoyed running when I was in college and loved playing ultimate Frisbee ? an incredible...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/barry-paschal/2013-02-20/lets-hit