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World Hypertension Day: Know your Blood Pressure!
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): World Hypertension Day, observed on the 17th of May every year, calls out for increasing awareness about this silent killer and help people realise that hypertension or high blood pressure is a preventable and controllable condition.
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Why blood pressure monitoring at home is beneficial
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Blood pressure monitoring at home is beneficial for people suffering from Cardiac ailments and people who have blood pressure fluctuations.
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Balanced vegan diet cuts heart disease, cancer risk
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New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Dear parents, you may have to include beans, chickpeas, lentils, soya mince, fortified soya yoghurt in your kid's regular diet, as according to experts eating a balanced vegan diet lowers risk of blood pressure heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
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Indian Council for Medical Research along others to raise awareness of Blo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI-NewsVoir): Recognizing that raised blood pressure or Hypertension is the biggest single contributing risk factor to death and the burden of disease worldwide, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) - Government of India, along with Public Health Foundation o
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Beta blocker can protect skin cancer: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 24 (ANI): Beta blocker usually used to treat high blood pressure can now protect against the sun-induced cell damage that leads to skin cancer, finds a study.
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BP issues? Eat fruits, vegetables
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 5 (ANI): Eating potassium-rich foods like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach, beans, bananas -- and even coffee -- could be key to lowering blood pressure.
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Kids with high uric acid at higher risk of BP at age seven: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 16 (ANI): A recent study reveals, babies, especially preterm ones, with high levels of serum uric acid during early years of life, may be associated with high blood pressure at the age of seven, further leading to hypertension in adulthood.
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Episodes of dizziness, light-headedness in 40s linked to dementia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 11 (ANI): For all middle-aged people who experience temporary blood pressure drops - episodes of dizziness or light-headedness when standing up - may be at increased risk of developing cognitive decline and dementia 20 years later, warns a new study.
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Here's what may be upping your blood pressure
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 10 (ANI): It is known as the silent killer for not having symptoms and now, a new study has linked high blood pressure to early life changes in brain activity and blood flow.
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Pregnant women should consume leafy greens to protect baby from high BP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 10 (ANI): Here's another reason for would-be-mommies to eat plenty of leafy green vegetables during pregnancy as it can protect their newborn from high blood pressure, suggests a new research.
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New research indicates regular fresh pear consumption may improve blood pr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI-NewsVoir): An abstract of an ongoing study, "Fresh pear (Pyruscommunis) consumption may improve blood pressure in middle-aged men and women with metabolic syndrome," presented at Experimental Biology in San Diego indicates regular fresh pear consumpti
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BJP will have to get their blood pressure checked, once results are out: A
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jhansi (UP) [India], Feb. 19 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'blood pressure' jibe, incumbent Chief Minsiter Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have to get their blood pressure checked after the election r
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