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Blood Pressure Defined
The tension in the main arteries that is created by the beating of the heart and the resistance to flow and elasticity of the blood vessels
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International Nurses Day has local link
Published May 11, 2008, 3:55 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Today, Florence Nightingale’s birthday, is marked by the 45,000 nurses in New Zealand and by all nurses internationally as International Nurses’ Day. Nurse educators and nursing students celebrate the day with a large cake (pictured is Post Graduate Nursing Programme Manager Kerri Arcus cutting the cake).
Men more likely to turn to alcohol when they feel down
Published May 11, 2008, 3:31 pm, News-Medical-Net
Women and men tend to have different types of stress-related psychological disorders. Women have greater rates of depression and some types of anxiety disorders than men, while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders than women. A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol.
New clues into how preeclampsia may surface in some pregnancies
Published May 11, 2008, 3:16 pm, News-Medical-Net
The COMT gene - known already for its role in schizophrenia - has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in the advance on-line issue of Nature.
Neverending medicine shortage
Published May 11, 2008, 2:41 pm, Nine O'Clock
Medicine shortage in Romania has a cyclic nature and hence, it highlights critical system causes.
Dawn Primarolo says lower abortion limit could mislead parents
Published May 11, 2008, 2:41 pm, Times Online
A reduction in the legal limit for abortion from 24 weeks would give false hope to the parents of severely premature infants, the minister responsible has told The Times.
Brisk business for beauty industry
Published May 11, 2008, 1:09 pm, The Herald
Beauty lies in what we portray and how we project ourselves. Images of beauty are everywhere. There is no precise definition of beauty. It is also true to say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it could be anything from big round eyes to wrinkles on one’s face.
A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified
Published May 11, 2008, 11:35 am, PhysOrg
The COMT gene - known already for its role in schizophrenia - has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today`s advance on-line issue of Nature.
You Docs: Laugh your way to good health
Published May 11, 2008, 11:16 am, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Laugh, and you might keep your arteries healthy. Why? Cracking up relaxes blood vessels and increases blood flow -- the exact opposite of what happens when you're tense. When people with normal blood pressure watch a funny movie, their blood flow increases by about 20 percent.
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation
Published May 11, 2008, 11:10 am, Medical News Today
How slow growth as a fetus can cause diabetes as an adultIntrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), which results in a baby having a low weight at birth, has been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. It has been suggested that this is because the expression of key genes is altered during fetal development and that this affects disease susceptibility later in life.
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- "Chinese Herb May Lower High Blood Pressure" By Randy Dotinga: TUESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A Chinese herb called danshen could one day be the foundation of a new treatment for high blood pressure, scientists say.
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- Wrist blood pressure monitors: Are they accurate? - MayoClinic.com: Wrist blood pressure monitors can be accurate if used correctly. Learn more.
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- High Blood Pressure: Things You Can Do to Help Lower Yours -- familydoctor.o rg
- Cholesterol Is A Major Building Block: Cholesterol is so important that the body produces its own cholesterol.
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- Blood pressure (strictly speaking: vascular pressure) refers to the force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels, and constitutes one of the principal vital signs. The pressure of the circulating blood decreases as blood moves through
- Normal Blood Pressure
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- Tasers might be bad for your heart: Like this comes as a "shock&qu ot; to anyone???
- Acupuncture Can Lower High Blood Pressure
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