Hypertension Archives - The Westside Story

New study links eating out frequently with high blood pressure

Apr 14, 2015

Findings of a recent study conducted by the scientists from the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore suggest that eating out too frequently might be linked with hypertension or high blood pressure. They s...

Electronic reminder system helps patients take their pills

Charles Omedo

Dec 6, 2014

Health

Following a research that established one-third of patients do not take their prescription medicines as directed by their physicians, a study of 300 patients has been published in PLOS ONE to indicate that most...

Stroke rates in US seniors are decreasing

Platonium

Jul 15, 2014

Health

A new long-term study has revealed that seniors in the US are suffering fewer strokes, regardless of their race or sex. Not only that, but those people who do have strokes are more likely to survive them. "W...

Study Reveals Women More Prone To Cardiovascular Problems Due To Hypertension Compared To Men

Jayaram Pawar

Jan 4, 2014

Health

The medical community had long held to the belief that high blood pressure was equally prevalent among both the sexes. However this myth has been broken in recent studies which concluded that women are more lik...

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