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By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People really can commit to diet and lifestyle changes for the long haul, and the benefit shows up in their blood pressure, researchers reported Monday. In a study of 810 adults with elevated blood pressure, investigators found that those who were given a lifestyle overhaul were generally able to stick with the plan for the 18 months they were followed. Moreover, their risk of having full-blown high blood pressure was about one-fifth lower than...
Please read in seventh paragraph ... instructions to follow National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's ... instead of ... instructions to follow American Heart Association's ... By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People really can commit to diet and lifestyle changes for the long haul, and the benefit shows up in their blood pressure, researchers reported Monday. In a study of 810 adults with elevated blood pressure, investigators found that those who were given a lifestyle...
By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People really can commit to diet and lifestyle changes for the long haul, and the benefit shows up in their blood pressure, researchers reported Monday. In a study of 810 adults with elevated blood pressure, investigators found that those who were given a lifestyle overhaul were generally able to stick with the plan for the 18 months they were followed. Moreover, their risk of having full-blown high blood pressure was about one-fifth lower than...
By David DouglasNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although hypertension is known to be a risk factor for cardiovascular death, it appears that systolic blood pressure -- the top number of the BP reading -- is generally the most predictive of cardiovascular risk, researchers at the VA Health Care System in Boston report."We found that an elevated systolic blood pressure was the most important blood pressure parameter for predicting cardiovascular death across a wide age range," lead...
NEW YORK -- Healthier eating habits could make a big difference in the epidemic of high blood pressure in the U.S., according to a report from the American Heart Association.Over the past 10 years, studies have bolstered evidence that diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in sodium can lower a person's blood pressure, the AHA concludes in a scientific statement published in its journal Hypertension.In addition, one of the benefits of healthier eating -- weight loss -- may also help...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumption of vegetables, fruits, and other plant foods seems to reduce the risk of elevated blood pressure, whereas intake of meat raises the risk, according to a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition for December. Several reports have shown similar associations, but few studies have specifically addressed this topic in young adults, lead author Dr. Lyn M. Steffen, from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues note. They...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Individuals with "prehypertension," blood pressure readings on the high end of normal, have an increased risk of having a major cardiovascular event, according to a report in the Annals of Family Medicine. In May 2003, the Joint National Commission on High Blood Pressure introduced prehypertension as new risk category. The condition was defined as having a systolic blood pressure - the top number -- between 120 and 139 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure - the bottom...
By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High blood pressure can take years off both life expectancy and time lived free of disease, according to a study published Monday. The research, based on data from a long-running U.S. heart-health study, found that the impact of high blood pressure on life expectancy may be more significant than previously estimated. Researchers found that high blood pressure at the age of 50 shaved about 5 years off men's and women's lives. It also caused them to...
