Hypertension in Canada is increasing, and it is projected that more than one-quarter of Canadian adults will be diagnosed with hypertension by 2012/13, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Older women were more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure compared with men, and people in the Atlantic provinces had the highest rates of hypertension.

( Canadian Medical Association Journal ) Hypertension in Canada is increasing, and it is projected that more than one-quarter of Canadian adults will be diagnosed with hypertension by 2012/13, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Older women were more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure compared with men, and people in the Atlantic provinces had the ...

India is unlikely to be able to screen over 150 million people for diabetes and hypertension by March 2012 as was announced by Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in New York in September.

Global Cardio Care Centers is the largest physician practice dedicated to delivery of EECP cardiovascular therapy. Physicians in the practice suggest EECP positively affects motor functions in stroke patients who undergo several courses of EECP treatment. The Sara Soulati Health For Life Program complements EECP treatment at the clinic.

(PRWeb November 14, 2011)

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Within the next 20 years it is expected the number of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) will double from its current figure of half a million to one million. A new study has looked at whether certain types of drugs used to treat high blood pressure, also called hypertension, might have beneficial effects in reducing the number of new cases of Alzheimer's disease each year.