Article: Diastolics Below 80 mm Hg Lower Stroke Risk.(Statistical Data Included)

Article: Hypertension treatment in the elderly needs careful scrutiny: ...
Heart Advisor;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... top number) reading of more than 140 mm Hg and a diastolic (lower number) reading of less than 90 mm Hg. It's the most common form of hypertension ... blood pressure (SBP) of less than 140 mm Hg and a diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of ...

Article: Systolic target of 135 mm Hg cuts diabetes ...
Internal Medicine News;  September 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... for patients with diabetes at 130/80 mm Hg. But no major trial results have ever ... average systolic blood pressure of 135 mm Hg. The treatment also produced a 14% relative ... systolic pressure in the control arm was 140 mm Hg. The findings are important because they ...

Article: You Can Lower the Blood Pressure 10 mm Hg with Diet ...
Internal Medicine Alert;  February 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ...You Can Lower the Blood Pressure 10 mm Hg with Diet Alone! Abstract & Commentary ... lower systolic blood pressure more than 10 mm Hg after only 30 days. Source: Sacks FM ... reduced the systolic blood pressure by 2.1 mm Hg (P < 0.001) in the control diet ...

Article: Beta blocker meets stricter criterion: nebivolol can lower DBP by ...
Renal & Urology News;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... blood pressure (DBP) reduction of 10 mm Hg or more. This criterion, however, may ... the variability in DBP is as high as 15 mm Hg, defining response using the more stringent criterion of a 15 mm Hg or greater reduction is more clinically ...

Article: Adjust treatment goals in hypertensive seniors: in patients with ...
Family Practice News;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... a blood pressure of less than 120/80 mm Hg had a significantly higher rate of death ... maintained at a pressure of 120-139/80-89 mm Hg, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Pharm ... systolic pressure was kept at 120-139 mm Hg. These findings are noteworthy because ...

Article: Drop in Blood Pressure Cuts Second Stroke Risk. ...
Family Practice News;  December 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... average blood pressure reductions of 5 mm Hg systolic and 3 mm Hg diastolic; their stroke risk was 5% below the placebo group ... reductions of 12 mm Hg systolic and 5 mm Hg diastolic and a 43% drop in stroke risk, Mr. Chalmers said. "We ...

Article: The Evidence Based Educator: 10 mm/Hg
Dynamic Chiropractic;  February 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Sharpless in the 1970s that as little as 10 mm/Hg of pressure can disrupt the function of ... of your patients and inflating it to 10 mm/Hg. The patient will probably agree that ... for display on your bulletin board. 10 mm/Hg (millimeters of mercury) is a measurement ...