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Study: Drugs are controlling hypertension, preventing heart problems

...appears to have sharply reduced dangerous hypertension and potentially deadly enlargement...pumping chamber, a study found. Since hypertension drugs became available in the 1950s...Michael C. Ruddy, chief of the hypertension section at Robert Wood Johnson Medical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/04/22/tec_259677.shtml
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Age-old question: Hypertension plays large role in health problems

Q: What is hypertension? A: Hypertension means high blood pressure, a leading cause of coronary disease and stroke. Hypertension's large role in serious and potentially fatal health problems is somewhat puzzling.Its infamous nickname...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/02/10/ent_222177.shtml
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High risk of hypertension after age 55

...become more sensitive to the dangers of hypertension, the risk of developing severe degrees...original group who had not developed hypertension by 1975, and looked ahead to what...that's when the risk of developing hypertension dramatically increases," Vasan said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/03/01/tec_336148.shtml
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Teen hypertension

...pressures and are at greater risk for hypertension, according to a new study from Medical...session of the American Society of Hypertension, Dr. Gregory A. Harshfield and colleagues...ultimately lead to premature development of hypertension." The study is remarkable for its...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/05/18/tec_345723.shtml
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Wide health gulf exists among Georgia counties

...ONE, a county-by-county look at hypertension, treatment and control found "wide...a 20 percent difference in men's hypertension rates between the best counties, such...Georgia tied for dead last.As with the hypertension numbers, there is a stark difference...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-04-10/wide-health-gulf-exists-amon
MCG study may help treat hypertension

...published in the online version of Hypertension magazine, showed that overweight boys...Dr. Harshfield is conducting about hypertension in children. In each he is examining...children to gain a better understanding of hypertension. He also just received a $1.4 million...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/11/07/met_389362.shtml
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Hypertension risk seen in big players

...players -- linemen with a body mass index in the obese range -- about 90 percent had either high blood pressure or pre-hypertension, which is less dangerous but still risky. The biggest players also had worse levels of "good" cholesterol and blood fats...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/27/pro_525423.shtml
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Obesity rate rises across Southeast

...for not only obesity but diabetes and hypertension.Although no state decreased in obesity...4 percent, and ninth-highest in hypertension, at 31.5 percent, looking at an...and the seventh-highest increase in hypertension, from 20.5 percent to 29.5 percent...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2011-07-07/obesity-rate-rises-across-so
Sour Health

...relief or cure for 15 ailments that include the following: Acne, anxiety, canker sores, chills, flu, corns, eczema, fatigue, bad breath, hypertension, bug bites, insomnia, rheumatism, digestion issues and vericose veins.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/corey-perrine/2011-09-17/sour-hea
Aggressive treatment recommended for blacks with high blood pressure

...drugs to effectively control hypertension, new guidelines say. The...the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks are billed as the...disproportionately affected by hypertension and related complications...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/03/11/tec_368627.shtml
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