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Under-Trained Primary Care Nurses ‘Uncomfortable’ Treating Allergy, UK

Three-quarters of primary care nurses have admitted to lacking even basic training in treating allergies, and more than half say they feel "uncomfortable" seeing patients with allergy-related conditions.
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Brisk Walking Lowers Blood Pressure, Increases Fitness In Obese

If walking seems too simple to be an effective fitness method, think again: taking a stroll is an easy way to lower pressure and for the obese to increase aerobic fitness, according to three researchers who presented findings at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.
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Despite Therapy For Hypertension Kidney Disease Worsens In A Fourth Of African-Americans

The best available treatment for chronic kidney disease from high blood pressure did not keep the disease from substantially worsening in about a fourth of African-Americans studied, according to long-term results of a National Institutes of Health study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Questioning The Risk Of Death From Higher Salt Intake

Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death, according to investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. They reached their conclusion after examining dietary intake among a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S. The Einstein researchers actually observed a significantly increased risk of death from Read more…

Significant Blood Pressure Reductions Seen In Difficult-to-Treat, Black Patients Receiving Exforge(R)-Based Therapy


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Suicide Prevention Group Delivers Much Needed Message To Pennsylvania’s Elderly

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Study Links High Normal Blood Pressure To Significant Cardiovascular Risk - Atcor Medical’s SphygmoCor System Plays Key Role In Discovery

A new study of more than 10,000 patients, conducted by the Universities of Cambridge and Cardiff in the United Kingdom using AtCor Medical Holdings Limited’s SphygmoCor® has found that more than 70 percent of patients identified as having ‘high-normal’ systolic blood pressure through traditional cuff blood pressure measurement may be at serious cardiovascular risk. This is because those individuals have elevated central systolic blood Read more…

Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Service Members Will Cost U.S. Up To $6.2B Over Two Years, According To Report

Nearly one in five, or about 300,000, soldiers who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan has post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression — illnesses that could cost the U.S. as much as $6.2 billion over two years in care, lost productivity and lost lives through suicide, according to a RAND report released on Thursday, the Washington Post reports (Scott Tyson, Read more…

Gluten-Free Bread Mix Sweeps The Board At First Ever Free-From Food Awards, UK

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More men who have never smoked die of lung cancer than women

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Menopause Does Not Cause Increased Blood Pressure, Studies Find

Increases in blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk occurring in women after menopause do not result from menopause itself, according to two new studies reported in the October Journal of Hypertension. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in Read more…

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Water Released Into The St. Lawrence River Contains Hypertension And Cholesterol Medications

A study conducted by Universit?© de Montr?©al researchers on downstream and upstream water from the Montreal wastewater treatment plant has revealed the presence of chemotherapy products and certain hypertension and cholesterol medications.
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Pregnant Women With Bulimia Have More Anxiety And Depression

Women who have bulimia in pregnancy have more symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to pregnant women without eating disorders. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows that they also have lower self-esteem and are more dissatisfied with life and their relationship with their partner.
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Medication Compliance In African Americans Boosted By Gifts, Affirmations

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New Insight For Treating Vascular Disease

The blood circulates through the body in an intricate process that researchers are only beginning to understand. Now, University of Missouri researcher Steven Segal has received the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s prestigious Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award for his work in defining the signaling processes that control blood flow in the smallest, microscopic Read more…

‘Tetris’ May Help Reduce Flashbacks To Traumatic Events

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BBC Headroom Is Cracking Up For World Mental Health Day

This week, as the world’s attention turns to issues of good mental health for Friday’s World Mental Health Day, BBC Learning’s own mental health and wellbeing campaign - BBC Headroom - celebrates with the transmission of Alastair Campbell’s moving film, Cracking Up, some new faces at bbc.co.uk/headroom and a dedicated action line: 08000 933 193[i].
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New Program Challenges Stigma And Honors Police Officers Who Help Each Other And Themselves To Cope With Job Stress

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Coping Strategies Help Women Facing Economic Stress

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Triumphs And Tragedies In Advances In The Management Of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus:

The need for long term studies to establish the best means of treating Diabetes, was underlined by Prof John Cleland from the University of Hull at the ESC Congress in Munich. Prof Cleland listed the latest treatment available for patients and voiced his concern about the side-effects and efficacy of available anti-diabetic drugs.
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Re-Launched Allergy Screening Service Hits The Airwaves, National Pharmacy Association, UK

Just under a hundred NPA members are now offering the NPA and Allergy UK Allergy Screening Service. The service which has been recently remodelled to include a "pin prick" test as well as a screen was the subject of radio interviews conducted by regional and local stations across England last week. NPA members were able to Read more…