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    Hypertension? According to the research, Hypertension is a high blood pressure, a situation in which the arteries have elevated blood pressure. When the heart beats, it will pump blood to the all organs in the body through the arteries. If the pressure is higher the heart has to pump more harder. There is a accurate step how to check the blood pressure. Health care professionals will measure blood pressure by enlarge a cuff with the air around patient 's arm and listen to the blood flow with a stethoscope

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    This literature review will cover 20 different articles and journals pertaining to cardiovascular disease (CVD), high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, hypertension and other coronary heart disease among the Muslim community. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the decreasing of blood flow due to condensing and toughening of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscles. A recent study found that every 33 seconds, there are death from CVD in the United States (ARA, 2004). The main problems

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    Babies When Born Fat

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    study, which also states that smaller babies when born, were because their mothers experienced high blood pressure while they were pregnant. If you're curious about what your child's size would be when he or she comes out after your pregnancy; then factors like your weight could apparently determine it, as well as your blood pressure's condition. In an article published by The Guardian, this research addresses the many factors that women could determine the size of their baby and it is not limited

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    Hypertension is commonly known as high blood pressure. What does it mean to have high blood pressure? Blood pressure can be defined as the amount of blood the heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in the arteries. It is when the systolic reading is greater than 140 and the diastolic is greater than 90. Systolic is blood pressure when the heart contracts while diastolic is the time when the heart is relaxed. Primary care physicians are accustomed to seeing cases of hypertension.

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    Stress In The Baboons

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    This episode features Stanford University’s Neurobiologist, Robert Sapolsky, who has a high understanding of stress and how it affects our not just our health, but our bodies. The main point Robert is conveying to the audience states that stress leads to serious health consequences, such as high blood pressure, weakened immune system, fatigue, development of fat and even the shortening of life expectancy. Robert Sapolsky researches the science behind human stress by exploring non-human primates,

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    Many of my clients with high blood pressure take premium Omega-3 oils, and have reported benefits such as decrease in "spikes", normalized pressure readings and other cardiovascular beneficial effects. Hypertension is High Blood Pressure, and blood pressure is defined as: (from Wikipedia) "... the force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels, and constitutes one of the principal vital signs. The pressure of the circulating blood decreases as blood moves through arteries, arterioles

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    9/28/2014 High blood pressure is blood pressure when your blood pressure is above its average blood pressure. High blood pressure is also called hypertension. It is when you blood pressure is 140/90 mmHg. High blood pressure also means your heart has to work harder.Some people think that people with high blood pressure are nervous or hyperactive but high blood pressure has nothing to do with personal traits. You can be normal person and have high blood pressure. High blood pressure can help determine

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    Burnier & Waeber, 2012). If the systolic pressure reaches to 140mm Hg or higher and diastolic pressure climbs up to 90 mm Hg, this condition can be termed as hypertension (Torpy, Lymn & Glass, 2010, p. 2098). Evidence suggests that vitamin D insufficiency is associated with hypertension and cardiovascular disease (Vacek et al., 2011). To treat hypertension, international guidelines recommend use of pharmaceutical agents which not only reduce blood pressure but also decrease the risk of CAD, stroke

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    High blood pressure is caused by a poor diet including too much fat, too much sugar, and alcohol. Eating too much fat can cause high blood pressure. This can lead to clogged arteries, high cholesterol, and it could also cause a stroke or heart attack. Too much sugar is not good for a person because it can put them at a high risk for high blood pressure. It can cause diabetes that can result in weight gain because gaining weight rises blood pressure and more risk can happen.( High Blood) Drinking

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    High Blood Pressure (HBP)

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    Science, high blood pressure is when “the force of the blood pumping through your arteries is too strong” (2012). Essentially, blood is pushed against artery walls as the heart pumps blood out and through the body. High blood pressure (HBP) occurs when the magnitude of the force of the blood pushing against the walls of arteries, or through blood vessels, is too great. This elevated pressure of blood pushing against arteries can damage the heart if lasting over a long period of time. Although blood pressure

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