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A Better Blood Test for Heart Risk?
Abnormal Heart Function Reduces Exercise Capacity
Abnormal Heart Rhythm Boosts Death Risk for Diabetics
ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure
ADHD Drugs Linked to Sudden Death in Kids
After Decades, Decreases in Heart Risk Factors Level Off
Aggressive Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Treatment Shows Some Benefit
Air Pollution May Raise Blood Pressure
All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding
Americans Are Urged to Cut Sugar Intake
Amount of Exercise Key to Lowering Kids' Blood Pressure
Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run
Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks
Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Test Predicts Heart Disease Risk
Anti-Cholesterol Drug May Ease Back Pain
Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke
Antidepressants May Prevent Depression After Stroke
Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure
Avandia May Slow Atherosclerosis After Bypass Surgery
Avoiding a Holiday Season of Discontent
Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health
Balance in Old Age Tied to Brain Changes
Being Heart Smart Just Makes Sense
Belly Fat Puts the Pressure on Lungs
Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery
Beta-Blockers Tied to Higher Cataract Risk
Black Youths With High BP May Face Elevated Heart Risks
Blood Pressure Drug Might Work Against MS
Blood Pressure Drug Shows Promise for Marfan Syndrome
Blood Pressure Drugs May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Blood Pressure on the Rise in America
Blood Pressure Pill Combo More Effective Than Diuretics
Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke
Blood Rush to the Brain When Angry Is a Good Sign
Busy Roads Boost Blood Pressure
Caring for Heart Patients Can Strain Hearts
Chicken Soup May Lower Blood Pressure
Children's Neck Size Associated With Sleep Disorders
Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Increased Fatigue
Cholesterol Drugs May Help in Cardiac Emergency
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer
Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension
Clues to Hypertension in Kids May Be Seen in Bones
Cold Weather May Raise Blood Pressure in Elderly
Combat Exposure Tied to Chronic High Blood Pressure
Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Predicts Risks
Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk
Coronary Heart Disease Not a Cheery Condition
Cost Savings Adds to Value of Preventing Chronic Disease
Crowded Households Raise Women's Heart Risk
Daily Exercise at School Yields Rewards
Diabetes Might Help Spur Hearing Loss
Diabetes, Hypertension Hasten Death in Alzheimer's Patients
Diabetics Face Doubled Risk of Heart Attack
Diet, Exercise Cuts Kids' Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
Dietary Fiber Cuts Risk of Pregnancy Complication
Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure
Doctor-Patient Talk May Help Blacks With Hypertension
Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control
Doctors Spending More Time Now With Patients
Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes
Drug Fights Diabetic Eye Disease
Drug May Lower Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Hypertension
Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension
Drugs Alone Don't Lower Heart Disease Risks for Overweight Americans
Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics
Early Weight Gain Might Mean Higher Blood Pressure Later
Education Program Spurs Blacks to Take Blood Pressure Meds
Elderly Can Benefit From High Blood Pressure Treatment
Elevated Albumin Levels in Urine Raise Hypertension Risk
Erectile Dysfunction a Strong Harbinger of Heart Trouble
Even a Little Overweight, Inactivity Hurts the Heart
Excess Drinking Boosts Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Excessive Drinking Boosts Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
Exercise Cuts Women's Risk of Heart Disease
Exercise Reduces Blood Pressure...
Ex-NFL Players Hold Their Own Health-Wise
Fast Heart Rate Warns of Obesity, Diabetes
Fasting on Alternate Days May Make Dieting Easier
FDA Investigates Possible Vytorin-Cancer Link
FDA Wants New Diabetes Drugs Tested for Heart Risks
Female Hormones Deter Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
Few Americans Know of Leg Artery Danger
Finding Out How Flavonoids Protect the Heart
Fitness Might Limit Stroke's Impact
Five Hypertension Genes Found in Black Americans
Food as Medicine?
For Diabetics, On-Demand Care May Not Help
For Young Adults, Borderline High Blood Pressure a Threat
Fructose Boosts Blood Pressure, Studies Find
Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure
Gender Disparities Persist in Treatment of Stroke
Gene Linked to High Blood Pressure Discovered
Gene May Be Key to Pregnancy Complication
Gene Variant Boosts Risk for Stress-Related Ischemia
Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts
Genes That Control Body's Salt Levels Are Identified
Genes Yield Clues to High Blood Pressure
Genetic Data May Not Boost Heart Disease Predictions
Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks
Going Online to Draw the Line on High Blood Pressure
Green Areas Lower Health Inequities Between Rich, Poor
Halting Avandia Use Hikes Blood Sugar Levels
Happy Marriage, Happy Heart
Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Health Tip: Women and High Blood Pressure
Health Tip: Blood Pressure Too High?
Health Tip: Check Blood Pressure at Home
Health Tip: Having High Blood Pressure
Health Tip: Help Prevent Metabolic Syndrome
Health Tip: High Blood Pressure While You're Pregnant
Health Tip: What's Behind My Low Blood Pressure?
Heart Disease Gender Gap Narrows
Heart Disease Risks Hit Boys in Teens
Heart Failure Hospitalizations Up Sharply
Heart Risk Can Be Predicted Without Lab Tests
High Blood Pressure in Kids Tracks Into Adulthood
High Blood Pressure Likely in Alzheimer's Offspring
High Blood Pressure May Be Buffer Against Headaches
High Blood Pressure Runs in Families
High Blood Pressure Stalks Many Americans
High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors
High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Associated With Eye Disease
High Co-Pays Keeping Chronically Ill From Their Meds
High Rate of Early Heart Failure Seen in Blacks
High Resting Heart Rate Spells Trouble for Women
High Salt Levels Common in Many Foods
High Sodium Levels Don't Raise Blood Pressure
Higher Blood Sugar Could Impair Thinking
High-Risk Kids, Diabetics Need Regular Blood Pressure Checks
High-Salt Diet Dampens Effects of Blood Pressure Drugs
HIV Patients May Have Stiffer Arteries
Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Recommended
Hormone Reduces Mortality in Heart Patients With High BP
Hormone Therapy for Early Prostate Cancer Not Always Best
Hydrogen Sulfide Key Player in Blood Pressure Regulation
Hypertension Linked to Thinking Problems in Middle Age
Hypertension May Hit Black Males Earlier
Hypertension Might Hinder Thinking
Hypertension Takes Huge Toll in Developing Countries
Hypertension Triples Women's Diabetes Risk
Induced Labor May Improve Outcome in Risky Pregnancies
Injected Drug Approved for High Blood Pressure
Irregular Heartbeat Tied to Alzheimer's Disease
Key Blood Test Protein May Not Cause Heart Disease
Kidney Ailments May Rise Along With Blood Pressure
Kidney Nerve Deactivation Could Ease Hypertension
Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes
Know Your Odds for Heart Failure
Lack of Potassium Linked to High Blood Pressure
Lack of Sleep Can Raise Blood Pressure Over Time
Lack of Sleep Hurts Women's Hearts Most
Lack of Vitamin D Linked to High Blood Pressure
Laughter Can Boost Heart Health
Less Intensive Treatment Given Diabetic Women With Heart Disease
Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug
Lifestyle Counseling Reduces Heart Risk
Lifestyle May Counter Blood Pressure Genes
Light Drinking Poses No Heart Risk for Women
Lipoprotein Levels May Predict Women's Hypertension Risk
Little Steps Add Up to Major Reductions in Blood Pressure
Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk
Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Brain Hemorrhage Outcomes
Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks
Lowest Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels the Best
Low-Salt Diet May Not Be Best for Heart
Magnesium May Lower Risk for Some Strokes in Male Smokers
Managing Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Cuts Stroke Risk
Many Diabetics Don't Get Necessary Blood Pressure Treatment
Many Doctors Don't Know Blood Pressure Guidelines
Many Who Should Use Statins Don't
Many Women Struggle With Uncontrolled Blood Pressure
Marathoners Go the Distance on Heart Health
Mercury in Fish Linked to High Blood Pressure
Metabolic Syndrome Foretells Diabetes in Elderly
Metabolic Syndrome May Make Breast Cancer More Likely
Metabolic Syndrome May Raise Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
Metabolic Syndrome Raises Colon Cancer Risk 75%
Micardis Given Wider Approval
Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives
Midlife Heart Risk Factors Linked to Later Dementia
Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk
Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks
Millions More Americans Might Be Placed on Statins
Millions of Americans With Chronic Ills Put Off Health Care
Minorities Less Likely to Have Blood Pressure Under Control
Moderate-Fat Diet May Be Better at Reducing Heart Risks
Mom's Unhealthy Diet May Have Long-Term Impact on Baby
Money May Matter, Health-Wise, in Old Age
More Stroke Victims Get Clot-Busting Therapy
More U.S. Kids Taking Diabetes, Blood Pressure Drugs
Most Adult Americans at Some Risk for Heart Disease
Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose
Mouse Study May Offer Better Diagnosis for Preeclampsia
Music Can Make the Heart Beat Faster
Music Hath Charms to Calm Hypertension
Neck Fat a Measure of Heart Risk
New Anesthesia May Be Safer for Critically Ill
New Benefits From Old Heart Measures
New Class of Drugs Might Treat Many Conditions
New Factors Join Kids' Sleep Disorders, Cognition
New Guidelines Tackle Treatment of Resistant Hypertension
New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes
Newer Blood Pressure Drug Better for Some Heart Patients, Diabetics
Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke
Newer Blood Tests May Not Improve Heart Risk Assessment
NFL Players Not at Increased Heart Risk
Not All Dementia Is Called Alzheimer's
Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life
Obesity-Related Inflammation Boosts Heart Risks
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Might Curb Depression in Heart Patients
Omega-3, Some Omega-6 Fatty Acids Boost Cardiovascular Health
One Pill Might Prevent Heart Disease
Optimism About Heart Risk Pays Off
Other Health Problems Can Delay MS Diagnosis
Pay-for-Performance Doesn't Shortchange Patients
People Over 60 at Risk for 'Silent Stroke'
Pituitary Hormone May Boost Women's Heart Risk
Pollution Particles Impair Blood Vessel Function
Poor Sleep Linked to High Blood Pressure in Teens
Poor Sleep, Hypertension a Dangerous Combination
Preeclampsia in Pregnancy Boosts Future Health Risks
Preeclampsia Linked to Cardiovascular Problems After Pregnancy
Preeclampsia Raises Risk of Serious Kidney Disease
Preemies' Low Blood Pressure Linked to SIDS
Pregnant Rural Women More at Risk
Prolonged Fasting Boosts Risk of Rare Stroke
Proper Sleep May Help Clear Arteries
Protein From Yellow Peas May Lower Blood Pressure
Questions Continue About Using Beta Blockers Before Surgery
Relaxation Tapes or Mozart Lower Blood Pressure
Research Finds 'New Crop' of Breast Cancer Genes
Research Seeks Cause of Preeclampsia
Research Shows Why Statins Don't Work for Everyone
Review Confirms Links Between Diet, Heart Health
Risk Score May Predict Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Salt Boosts Blood Pressure in High-Risk Patients
Salt Contributes to Resistant High Blood Pressure
Scientists Learn How Cancer Drugs Cause Hypertension
Second Stroke Prevention Efforts Found Wanting
Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels
Seniors Often Misstate Stroke History
Severe Menopause Symptoms Raise Heart Risks
'Silent Strokes' Strike One in 10 Healthy People
Simple Exercise Keeps Brain at Top of Its Game
Simple Steps Lead to Better Blood Pressure Control
Sleep Apnea Raises Risk of Death, Especially for Men: Report
Sleep Apnea Screening Cuts Surgical Complications
Sleep Apnea Seems to Wear Down the Brain
Sleep Disorders Put Stroke, Blood Pressure Patients at Risk
Small Brain Lesions More Common Than Thought in Those Over 60
Smog Tougher on the Obese
Smoking, Hypertension Each Account for 1 in 5 U.S. Deaths
Social Stress Sends Body Fat to the Stomach
Sodium, Potassium Intake Tied to Heart Disease
Sporadic Spikes in Blood Pressure Hike Chances of Hypertension
Stars Strut Catwalk for Women's Heart Health
Stress Triggers Heart-Damaging Behavior
Stretching Exercises May Protect Against Preeclampsia
Strict Blood Sugar Lowering Won't Ease Diabetes Heart Risk
Studies Affirm Value of Healthy Lifestyle
Study Finds Millions More May Benefit From Statins
Study Finds Molecular Link Between Obesity, Hypertension
Study Questions Screening for Leg Vessel Blockages
Subtle Nervous System Problems Signal Stroke Risk
Super Bowl Loss Can 'Kill' Some Fans
Surgery Not Always Best for Narrowed Kidney Arteries
Testosterone Therapy May Help Men With Heart Failure
Tight Blood Sugar Control Helps Diabetics Long-Term
Too Few Americans Aware of 'Pre-Diabetes'
Too Few Understand Diabetes' Dangers
Too Much Salt Boosts Blood Pressure
Too-Low Blood Pressure Can Also Bring Danger
Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice
Tracking Top Number in Blood Pressure May Be Enough
Two Drugs Better Than One for High Blood Pressure
Two Drugs for Heart Failure Show Mixed Results
Two-Drug Combo May Lower Diabetics' Kidney Risk
U.S. Heart Attacks Becoming Less Severe
Urine Test Predicts Vein Clot Risk
Using Too Much Salt Is Common in U.S., CDC Says
Vegetable Amino Acid Lowers Blood Pressure
Vest Monitors 'Individual' Air Pollution
Viagra May Shield Heart From Blood Pressure Damage
Viral Infection Might Trigger High Blood Pressure
Vitamin C Might Help Lower Hypertension
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Heart Risk Factors in Kids
Vitamin D Deficit Could Lead to Heart Woes
Warfarin Safer Than Heparin for Some Strokes
Web Is Becoming One-Stop Shopping for Health Help
Weight Loss After Diabetes Diagnosis Offers Big Benefits: Study
Weight-Loss Aids Bought on Internet Might Harm Your Heart
When Chest Pain Requires Quick Action in ER
When the Heart Stops Beating
Whole Grains Lower Risk of Heart Failure
Whole Grains, Bran May Fight Hypertension in Men
Why Watching TV Sports Increases Heart Attacks
Women at Higher Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension
Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly
Working Hard When Tired Raises Blood Pressure
Workplace Health Programs Effective Interventions
Workplace Wellness Seems to Really Work
Young Kids' Screen Time May Raise Blood Pressure
Young Vets With PTSD More Prone to Heart Risk Factors