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There's a push to make Thai food healthier as the country's been seeing a rise in obesity. A surge in the number of Thais with diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease also has prompted the change.

Intensively treating hypertension in some African Americans with kidney disease by pushing blood pressure well below the current recommended goal may significantly decrease the number who lose kidney function and require dialysis, suggests a new study.