Joe Montana Campaigns for Better Blood Pressure Control; Football Legend...

PR Newswire;  August 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......raise awareness that blood pressure levels above 120/80 mm Hg increase the risk of...recommendations that point to blood pressure below 120/80 mm Hg as the healthiest level...example, a person whose blood pressure is 140/90 mm Hg faces twice ...

Fifth joint national committee report on high blood pressure. (National...

American Family Physician;  February 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......normal level of blood pressure is 130/85 mm Hg. High-normal blood...include 130-139/85-89 mm Hg. Almost 30 million Americans have blood pressure levels in the high-norm...far the diastolic blood pressure should be reduced below 85 mm ...

Guided breathing lowers blood pressure in type 2 diabetes.(Cardiovascular...

Internal Medicine News;  February 1, 2007 ;     515 words ......At baseline, mean blood pressure was 149/82 mm Hg in the treatment...Jerusalem. Systolic blood pressure dropped by 9.5 mm Hg in the group using...from a mean of 66 mm Hg in the controls. Diastolic blood pressure dropped slightly...

Biofeedback lowers blood pressure in type 2 patients.(Metabolic Disorders)

Family Practice News;  December 15, 2006 ;     440 words ......At baseline, mean blood pressure was 149/82 mm Hg in the treatment...Jerusalem. Systolic blood pressure dropped by 9.5 mm Hg in the group using...from a mean of 66 mm Hg in the controls. Diastolic blood pressure dropped slightly...

High blood pressure.(Information from Your Family Doctor)

American Family Physician;  October 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......filling with blood. Normal blood pressure is less than 130 over 85 (this is the same thing as 130/85 mm Hg). High blood pressure is 140 over 90 mm Hg or higher. If your blood pressure is between 120 over 80 mm Hg and 140 over 90 ...

Blood pressure measurement in public places.

American Family Physician;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......measured their blood pressure for the first time...2 percent) had blood pressure measurements above 135/85 mm Hg and were referred...than for systolic blood pressure (SBP). However...be as much as 60 mm Hg below to 58 mm...settings (135/85 mm ...

Treatment of hypertension: insights from the JNC-VI report. (Joint...

American Family Physician;  October 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ......who have a systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or greater or a diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or greater or who...dagger]) Systolic blood pressure below 140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure below 90 mm Hg. ...

BLOOD PRESSURE GUIDELINES AND SCREENING TECHNIQUES

Dental Assistant;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......IV. Glossary V. Blood Pressure A. Systolic Pressure...Pulse Pressure VI. Blood Pressure Category VII. Factors That Influence Blood Pressure VIII. Causes of...for Determining Blood Pressure Xl. Procedure for Determining Blood Pressure XII. ...

New Data Demonstrate That BENICAR(R) and BENICAR HCT(R) Significantly...

PR Newswire;  May 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Mean Blood Pressure Drops of 35 mm Hg* in Systolic Hypertensive...blood pressure of 171/95 mm Hg reaching the blood pressure goal of less than 140/90...rates of less than 140/90 mm Hg and blood pressure normalization of less than...

Blood pressure screening in adults. (U.S. Public Health Service)

American Family Physician;  December 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......pertains: (1) diastolic blood pressure between 85 and 89 mm Hg; (2) African American...Over Initial screening blood pressure (mm Hg)(*) Systolic Diastolic...adults whose diastolic blood pressure is 85 to 89 mm Hg, measurement should be...

BP control better with combination therapy.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(blood...

Internal Medicine News;  June 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......with a systolic blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg or currently on...average decline in blood pressure from 145/80 mm Hg to 132/74 mm Hg...of less than 120 mm Hg. The study remains blinded, so blood pressure reductions were...

Late-life low blood pressure associated with Alzheimer's.(Neurology)

Internal Medicine News;  August 1, 2008 ;     508 words ......analysis, systolic blood pressure was divided into...less than 120 mm Hg, 120-139 mm Hg...normal), 140-159 mm Hg, and 160 mm Hg or higher. Diastolic blood pressure was divided into...80-89 mm Hg, and 90 mm Hg or ...

NHLBI releases new high blood pressure guidelines. (Practice...

American Family Physician;  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......than 50 years, systolic blood pressure of more than 140 mm Hg is a more important risk...each increment of 20/10 mm Hg; * Patients with a systolic blood pressure of 120 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure of 80 to 89 mm ...

Blood pressure control in African Americans: ALLHAT and AASK

Journal of the National Medical Association;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......pressure goals, both diastolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg as well as systolic blood pressure less than 140 mm Hg. Other agents (atenolol, reserpine...blood pressure less than 140/90 mm Hg. The blood pressure ...

Blood Pressure Control by Physicians is Inadequate.

American Family Physician;  April 1, 1999 ;     690 words ......pharmacy records. A blood pressure of less than 140/90 mm Hg was considered well...the mean systolic blood pressure was 146 mm Hg; after two years of...patient's diastolic blood pressure was greater than 90 mm Hg, although changes...