Article: Drink Milk for Heart Health: New England Journal of Medicine Study Reaffirms That Lowfat Dairy Foods, as Part of the DASH Diet, May Help Reduce Blood Pressure.

Article: The DASH Diet for Hypertension.(Book Review)
AORN Journal;  March 1, 2005 ;     406 words ...The DASH Diet for Hypertension...softcover The DASH diet offers readers...control of our blood pressure, the DASH (ie...approach. The DASH diet study was supported...who followed the DASH diet for eight...identified, and blood pressure ...

Article: Study finds DASH diet, reduced sodium lower blood pressure in all. (Research Notebook).(Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)(Brief Article)
FDA Consumer;  March 1, 2002 ;     536 words ......that besides blood pressure, the DASH diet lowers blood...showed that the DASH diet plus reduced...sodium lowers blood pressure in a wide variety...those with high blood pressure. While the combination of the DASH diet and reduced...

Article: The DASH Diet: a better way to lower blood pressure and stroke risk.(Brief Article)
Medical Update;  February 1, 2002 ;     205 words ......and calcium can reduce blood pressure independent of exercise...author of the new book, The DASH Diet for Hypertension. Our diet lowered participants' blood pressures as much as a typical blood pressure medication, and it did so...percent, and lost weight. The DASH ...

Article: Lessening The Pressure.(includes meal plan and blood pressure stages chart)
FDA Consumer;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......silent killer --hypertension, or high blood pressure--snuck up on my mother when she was...lengthy hospital stays. Though her blood pressure measured as high as 250/150 during...e's maintained a much-closer-to-normal blood pressure for the past 30 years, thanks to daily...

Article: A primer on high blood pressure. (includes related article on prevention)
FDA Consumer;  September 1, 1986 ;     700+ words ...A Primer on High Blood Pressure Back in 1969 a group of volunteers...with a device that recorded their blood pressure at five-minute intervals as they...doing, it was found that their blood pressure showed wide swings during a 24-ho...

Article: You're not too young. (includes related article) (High Blood Pressure)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  May 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......said Dr. Parsons, but your blood pressure is high. Well have to measure...year-olds don't have a high blood pressure, especially healthy 15 years old like he was. Adults have high blood pressure, especially overweight adults...

Article: The rise of blood pressure is slowed.
FDA Consumer;  May 1, 1984 ;     700+ words ...There's good news and bad news about high blood pressure. The good news is that more and more...problem. The bad news is that high blood pressure continues to be a problem to some degree...percent. (See accompanying chart.) High blood pressure is the major risk factor for, or cause...

Article: Controlling High Blood Pressure: A Woman's Guide.(Pamphlet)
Pamphlet by: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......what it takes to control high blood pressure. This Guide Will Show You...good news, you're right. High blood pressure does not have to be a health...fact, if you do not have high blood pressure, you can use this guide to...

Article: Blood pressure diet helps prevent heart attack, stroke in healthy women, long-term study says
AP Worldstream;  April 14, 2008 ;     474 words ......recommends for lowering blood pressure can save people...government to stop high blood pressure. The plan, called the DASH diet, favors fruits...help prevent high blood pressure and cholesterol...don't have high blood pressure, so I don't have...benefits ...

Article: Number of Americans with high blood pressure rose in last decade.(Research Notebook)
FDA Consumer;  November 1, 2004 ;     494 words ......in the United States with high blood pressure increased by 30 percent between...have hypertension, defined as blood pressure of 140/90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or higher, using blood-pressure-lowering medications, or having...

Article: High blood pressure: controlling the silent killer. (includes related articles)
FDA Consumer;  December 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......people in the United States have high 24 blood pressure, or hypertension, and nearly half don...American Heart Association. Because high blood pressure usually doesn't give early warning...Americans died of diseases related to high blood pressure in 1990 (the latest year for which...

Article: Kids' High Blood Pressure Goes Untreated
AP Online;  August 22, 2007 ;     585 words ......S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing...study suggests. Calculating elevated blood pressure in children is trickier than in adults...youngsters have been estimated to have high blood pressure; the study suggests that three-quarters...

Article: Eat well and lower your blood pressure.(Neighborhood Heart Watch)
Indiana Business Magazine;  October 1, 2003 ;     579 words ......winning combination to dramatically lower blood pressure includes weight loss, exercise, reduced...hardly come at a better time. Revised blood pressure guidelines released in May by the federal government say that blood pressure readings once thought normal actually...placing once ...

Article: Blood Pressure
Encyclopedia of Public Health;      700+ words ...BLOOD PRESSURE Blood pressure is a physiological variable — like body temperature, respiratory rate, or heart rate. Blood pressure is not constant throughout the day; each time the heart squeezes...