http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com All You need To Know About High Blood Pressure Thu, 17 May 2012 21:34:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/controlling-blood-pressure-team-based-care-vital http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/controlling-blood-pressure-team-based-care-vital#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 21:34:38 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/controlling-blood-pressure-team-based-care-vital High blood pressure was listed as a primary or contributing cause of death for approximately 336,000 Americans in 2007. If all patients with high blood pressure were treated to goal as outlined in current clinical guidelines, it is estimated that 46,000 deaths might be averted each year…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/controlling-blood-pressure-team-based-care-vital/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation-2 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation-2#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:50 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation-2 A large cohort study has found that the strongest risk factors for atrial fibrillation in both men and women were a history of palpitations and hypertension. While hypertension is a well known risk factor for AF, the investigators note that “the impact of self-reported palpitations on later occurrence of AF has not been documented earlier”…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation-2/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:50 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation A large cohort study has found that the strongest risk factors for atrial fibrillation in both men and women were a history of palpitations and hypertension. While hypertension is a well known risk factor for AF, the investigators note that “the impact of self-reported palpitations on later occurrence of AF has not been documented earlier”…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/large-population-study-fomds-palpitations-predictive-of-future-atrial-fibrillation/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:50 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012 Reinvigorating the 1967 Folsom Report’s ‘Communities of Solution’ to Address Today’s Fragmented U.S. Health Care System In the wake of federal efforts to reform the U.S. health care system, a group of rising family medicine leaders call for a reinvigoration of community-centered health systems, as originally outlined in the landmark 1967 Folsom Report…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:50 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012 Reinvigorating the 1967 Folsom Report’s ‘Communities of Solution’ to Address Today’s Fragmented U.S. Health Care System In the wake of federal efforts to reform the U.S. health care system, a group of rising family medicine leaders call for a reinvigoration of community-centered health systems, as originally outlined in the landmark 1967 Folsom Report…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/news-from-the-annals-of-family-medicine-mayjune-2012/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:50 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk If your parents have a history of high blood pressure, you can significantly reduce your risk of developing the disease with moderate exercise and increased cardiovascular fitness, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:50 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk If your parents have a history of high blood pressure, you can significantly reduce your risk of developing the disease with moderate exercise and increased cardiovascular fitness, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/if-you-have-a-family-history-of-hypertension-physical-fitness-may-reduce-your-risk/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/survey-results-suggest-the-need-for-better-preventive-care-for-the-diseased-heart http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/survey-results-suggest-the-need-for-better-preventive-care-for-the-diseased-heart#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 02:44:59 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/survey-results-suggest-the-need-for-better-preventive-care-for-the-diseased-heart There are discrepancies between the recommendations for the management of cardiovascular risk factors and their implementation in clinical practice. In the latest issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, Christof Prugger and his fellow authors present the results of the EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys in the Munster region of Germany (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; 109(17): 303)…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/survey-results-suggest-the-need-for-better-preventive-care-for-the-diseased-heart/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/no-protective-effects-against-colorectal-cancer-found-with-blood-pressure-drugs http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/no-protective-effects-against-colorectal-cancer-found-with-blood-pressure-drugs#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 02:44:59 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/no-protective-effects-against-colorectal-cancer-found-with-blood-pressure-drugs A new study has found that, contrary to current thinking, taking beta blockers that treat high blood pressure does not decrease a person’s risk of developing colorectal cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also revealed that even long-term use or subtypes of beta blockers showed no reduction of colorectal cancer risk…
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]]> http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/no-protective-effects-against-colorectal-cancer-found-with-blood-pressure-drugs/feed 0 http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/blood-pressure-control-improved-with-home-telemonitoring-by-pharmacists http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/blood-pressure-control-improved-with-home-telemonitoring-by-pharmacists#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 17:40:10 +0000 admin http://www.controlhighbloodpressure.com/blood-pressure-control-improved-with-home-telemonitoring-by-pharmacists Patients receiving telemonitoring along with high blood pressure management support from a pharmacist were more likely to lower their blood pressure than those not receiving extra support, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2012…
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