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It's not a 2,000-page overhaul of the American health care system. Instead, its total text is the length of a typical letter to the editor. Full Article at Redding.com
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Pulmo BioTech Inc. Announces Further Details of the Background to Its Previously Announced Letter of Intent Regarding the Proposed License of Its Pulmonary Vascular Diagnostic Product Candidate PulmoB
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In the same way that the European Union has previously made major infrastructure investments in countries such as Ireland, the EU is now encouraging and funding the development of high tech companies in Poland through its Structural and Cohesion Funds. Full Article at Freshnews.com
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FILE - In this undated photo provided Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 by the family, Anthony Troupe Jr. , is seen. View Photo »
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I have a heart condition. My husband has diabetes, and we both have high blood pressure. We are 70 and 71 years of age. If you can help us, we will appreciate it very much.
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KARACHI (PPI) - For many people keeping blood pressure down is a must especially if there is a strong history of high blood pressure in the family. Full Article at The Nation
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Being a Registered Nurse, I can't count the amount of times I've admitted a young adult with a diagnosis of Renal Failure. Specifically, last week, I admitted a 38 year old black male from E.R. , in kidney failure. Full Article at Associated Content
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We live in a world of sniveling, dilatory serfs. If you work hard enough, you will have sufficient finances to buy happiness, such as luxury sojourns to the Seychelles. Cogs: get to work. Interesting. Full Article at Above the Law
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NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 13: People wait in line to have their cholesterol checked by Jainine Vndoimen (R) at the City of Newark's free homeless health fair at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being on August 13, 2009 in Newark, New Jersey. View Photo »
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The people who end up with us are the residual 20 percent who really have experienced what we think of as a disease, and really is a chronic disease for that group of folks ... It's kind of like diabetes or high blood pressure. Once you get it you're probably going to have to manage it for the rest of y...
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According to a new study, patients experience better management of their high blood pressure when doctors and pharmacists work together on their treatment than when doctors and pharmacists work alone. Full Article at HealthCentral.com
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Editor's Choice Main Category: Heart Disease Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology; Hypertension Article Date: 04 Dec 2009 - 0:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Beta-blockers, also known as... Full Article at Medical News Today
About High Blood Pressure
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Hypertension, also referred to as high blood pressure, HTN or HPN, is a medical condition in which the blood pressure is chronically elevated. In current usage, the word "hypertension" without a qualifier normally refers to systemic, arterial hypertension. Full Article
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FILE - In this undated photo provided Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 by the family, Anthony Troupe Jr. , is seen. A medical examiner has ruled that an obese 13-year-old suburban St. Louis football player who collapsed during practice in August died of high blood pressure.
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Rahima Begum, 63, an immigrant from Bangladesh, sits in the doorway at her home in Woburn, Mass. , with her grandson Jeeshan Wahab, left, as her daughter-in-law Shaheen Wahab, rear, looks on, Tuesday July 28, 2009.
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Rahima Begum, 63, an immigrant from Bangladesh, sits in the doorway at her home in Woburn, Mass. , with grandson Jeeshan Wahab, left, as daughter-in-law Shaheen Wahab, rear, looks on, Tuesday July 28, 2009.
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