Blood Pressure

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Managing kids' cholesterol and blood pressure protects future brain health, new research shows

Some blood pressure medications linked to greater skin cancer risk, study finds

Sun safety to prevent skin cancer

Metal exposure linked to pregnancy complications, Rutgers study finds

Metal pregnancy complications

Social isolation has many health risks – for women, they include hypertension

Social isolation risks

Children's Health

Vitamin D may protect unborn babies from childhood high blood pressure

Lifetime discrimination may increase hypertension risk among Black people, study finds

Discrimination increases hypertension risk

Brain bleeds on the rise in older seniors, but blood thinners may be preventing fatal strokes at earlier ages

Brain bleeds in seniors

Workplace wellness programs have little impact on overall staff health, study finds

Workplace wellness programs

Blood pressure spikes during moderate exercise a sign of future health issues

Exercise-induced high blood pressure

Running a marathon may reduce effects of aging, study finds

Marathon runners reap extra health benefits

Study links blood pressure medication to suicide risk, but some health experts are skeptical

blood pressure medication suicide

The top 5 millennial health issues – and what to do about them

Millennial Health Issues

Adverse pregnancy outcomes increase risk of high blood pressure

More blood pressure medicine recalled after carcinogen found in pills

Blood pressure medicine recalled FDA

New pill could treat both blood pressure, cholesterol issues

blood pressure cholesterol pill

Free health screenings for Camden residents in September

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A selfie video can measure your blood pressure

Blood Pressure Measurement Smartphone selfie

Hypertension: What it is and how to deal with it

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New research suggests promising Alzheimer's treatment in blood pressure medication

blood pressure drug alzheimers treatmetn

These 3 health interventions could potentially slash 94 million premature deaths

preventing premature deaths

Five ways to lower your blood pressure

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FDA releases list of nitrosamine-free blood pressure medications amid shortage

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

A new study discovered a really romantic method of overcoming stress

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Do neckties pose a health hazard? Jim Gardner seems to think so

jim gardner taking off tie

The latest blood pressure guidelines: What they mean for you

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Study finds greater risk of heart disease among self-proclaimed slower walkers

Walking

Study: Smoking weed could lead to fatally high blood pressure

Study: Strokes declining in men, but not in women

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