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Article: Lifestyle changes lower blood pressure, cholesterol in patients on hypertension medication.
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- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- January 26, 2003
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2003 JAN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Lifestyle changes involving diet and exercise improved lipid profiles and lowered blood pressure in overweight adults already taking medication for high blood pressure, according to a report in the journal, Hypertension.
"National guidelines for the prevention and treatment of hypertension recommend sodium reduction, weight loss, the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, and regular aerobic exercise," said Edgar R. Miller III and colleagues at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research in Baltimore, Maryland. "However, no trial has ...