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    You”, Elizabeth Dunn insists that people can “improve” their blood-pressure by “spending money on others”. Believing that “financial generosity is linked to lower blood pressure”, the author attempts to persuade people to give. To do so, Dunn details results from her research-team’s “prosocial spending” experiment, involving elders with high-blood pressure, describes an American study that compares people’s charity to their blood-pressure levels, and finally rationalizes that generosity “protects”

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    Hypertension Management Detecting hypertension isn’t easy, and controlling hypertension is crucially devastating worldwide. High blood pressure awareness needs to be identified in a global standpoint to effectively lower hypertension. High-blood pressure treatment plan is vital, using the combination of lifestyle changes and medication adherence (Khatib et al., 2014). This paper highlights hypertension using qualitative articles, CASP Tool, matrix, and to provide the effective change to healthcare

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    In Hypertension, a person’s blood flow through arteries is higher than normal. What makes Hypertension distinctive is that there is no causes or actual symptoms that are directly linked to it. . Normal blood pressure for adults is described as a systolic pressure below 120 mmHg and a diastolic pressure of below 80 mmHg. A sphygmomanometer can be used in order to measure Hypertension. It includes a stethoscope, arm cuff, dial and a pump. It is placed on the upper arm above the ante cubical space by

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    ratio of prevalence of high blood pressure gives rise to reduced ratio of cardiovascular related mortalities. It can be achieved through intervention with suitable medical therapy (Villalpando et al., 2010).

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    The Relationship between Body Weight and Blood Pressure The hypothesis is to determine the Relationship between Body Weight and Blood Pressure. High blood pressure has been noted as one of the leading non-infectious diseases around the world. According to Abdulle A. and his research colleges, in their research they stated that high blood pressure contributes to an important and prevalent risk factor to cardiovascular disease. The research finding of Abdulle A. et al. quoted that “it appears from

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, like many adults today, suffered from high blood pressure due to a lack of modern medicine that regulates and maintains hypertension. However, in the past fifty years, a wide range of hypertension (high blood pressure) medications have been created that have normalized the blood pressure of a majority of patients. Additionally, the alleviation of hypertension resulted in a decrease in other fatal incidents such as stroke and heart attack. Despite the fact that the creation

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    Nursing Research Journal

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    a journal article is a research report? According to Political and Beck (2014), “In journals that specialize in research (e.g., the journal Nursing Research), most articles are original research reports, but in specialty journals there is usually a mix of research and nonresearch articles. Sometimes you can tell by the title, but sometimes you cannot. You can tell, however, by looking at the major headings of an article. If there is no heading called “Method” or “Research Design” (the section that

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    Hypertension Stage 1

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    disease and stroke worldwide. Prehypertension stage is defined as a systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 or a diastolic pressure between 80 and 89. It is meant to identify adults who are at high risk for developing hypertension. Hypertension stage 1 is between 140 and 159 or diastolic pressure is between 90 and 99. It will probably need to take medication. Hypertension stage 2 is 160 or higher or diastolic pressure is 100 or higher. This stage usually must modify lifestyle habits and take a

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    rate and blood pressure Heart rate is a measuring system for heart. It is measured by how many times then heart beats. A normal heart rate is usually between 60-100 beats. Abnormal is if the heart rate is too high or very low. Also, if the heart beats at irregular times. Some factors that change a person's heart rate are, the body temperature. It affects the heart rate because the warmer the body gets the heart beats more quickly. This happens because the body is trying to move more blood in the

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    Dr. Zuzana Bic I. Public Health Problem Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, has become a major risk factor for several types of heart disease across the globe. In the United States alone, nearly 70 million adults have been diagnosed with this condition [1]. Hypertension is a condition in which arterial walls experience extreme force from blood flowing through; long-term force against artery walls will lead to more serious health problems such as stroke

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