Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: blood pressure measurement http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Healthy doctors make healthy patients, study finds Patients are more likely to follow preventive health practices like getting a flu shot or mammography if their doctors do likewise, researchers at the University of British Columbia and in Israel have discovered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-healthy-doctors-patients.html Health Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:00:08 EST news284632371 Annual BP checks may improve hypertension identification (HealthDay)—For previously normotensive adults, an annual office-based hypertension screening strategy is associated with improved specificity while maintaining sensitivity, according to a study published in the March/April issue of Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-annual-bp-hypertension-identification.html Health Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:10:01 EST news283095463 High blood pressure during pregnancy may signal later heart disease risk even once or twice during routine medical care—can signal substantially higher risks of heart and kidney disease and diabetes, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-high-blood-pressure-pregnancy-heart.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:05 EST news279805500 Community-based study IDs prevalence of HTN in children (HealthDay)—The prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension is lower than previously reported in school-based cohorts, according to a large community-based study published online Jan. 28 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-community-based-ids-prevalence-htn-children.html Pediatrics Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:00:01 EST news278599643 Sudden blood pressure drop with position change linked to higher risk of heart failure People whose blood pressure drops rapidly when they move from lying down to standing, known as orthostatic hypotension, may have a higher risk of developing heart failure, according to research published in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-sudden-blood-pressure-position-linked.html Cardiology Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:00:03 EST news251376427 Decoded DNA from 100,000 Kaiser members opens new research doors A team of Bay Area researchers faced a herculean challenge 15 months ago: Sequence the DNA of more than 100,000 Kaiser Permanente members who joined an unprecedented study of genetics and environmental conditions links health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-decoded-dna-kaiser-members-doors.html Genetics Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:20:03 EST news230556610