Cardiology
Pharmacists help patients with hypertension
If you have hypertension, it pays to include a pharmacist in a medical care team.
Jul 30, 2015
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News tagged with uncontrolled hypertension
Cardiology
Free online program helps reduce blood pressure
People with high blood pressure enrolled in a clinical pharmacist-led web-based monitoring program were more likely to lower their pressure to recommended level than people who did not use the program.
Mar 5, 2013
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Health
When it comes to health disparities, place matters more than race
Blacks and Whites living in an integrated, low-income urban area had similar rates of treatment and management of hypertension, or high blood pressure, finds a new study in Ethnicity & Disease.
Jul 18, 2014
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Cardiology
Older women, younger men more likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure
Women ages 70 and older and men ages 20-49 were more likely to have uncontrolled hypertension despite taking blood pressure-lowering medications, according to new research presented today at the American Heart Association's Hypertension ...
Sep 27, 2021
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AMA launches online resource to guide HTN management
(HealthDay)—An online resource has been developed for improving the detection and management of high blood pressure. The resource is part of the American Medical Association's Improving Health Outcomes Initiative which ...
Jan 20, 2014
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Cardiology
Researchers pioneer new strategy to help low-income patients control blood pressure
Uncontrolled hypertension, the leading preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature deaths worldwide, disproportionately affects low-income populations.
Nov 14, 2023
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Cardiology
Study finds hypertension-related visits to emergency rooms on rise in US
The number and percentage of patients treated at emergency departments for hypertension are on the rise across the United States, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published recently in the American ...
Dec 21, 2015
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Cardiology
Social determinants of health interventions prevent uncontrolled blood pressure, reduce cardiovascular disease deaths
About half of adults in the United States with uncontrolled hypertension have a blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg or higher, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jul 13, 2023
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Cardiology
Nairobi's slum residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than those in rural areas
Hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is a non-communicable disease that occurs when there is a sustained elevation in the pressure of the blood that flows through the arteries.
Aug 7, 2023
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Cardiology
Patients who trust the medical profession are more likely to take their high blood pressure medicine
Patients with high blood pressure who had more trust in the medical profession were more likely to take their high blood pressure medicine than those with less trust, according to a new study presented at the American Heart ...
Apr 3, 2017
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