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Hypotension; Low blood pressure (hypotension) |
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels. Unless indicated otherwise, blood pressure refers to systemic arterial blood pressure, i.e., the pressure in the large arteries delivering blood to body parts other than the lungs, such as the brachial artery (in the arm). The pressure of the blood in other vessels is lower than the arterial pressure. Blood pressure values are universally stated in millimetres of mercury (mm Hg), and are always given ...
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Low Blood Pressure News Headlines
- In Kidney Disease Patients, Low Blood Pressure Increases Stroke Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- High Blood Pressure and Medication Safety
WebMD - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Blood Pressure Medicine: An Important Part of Treatment for High Blood Pressure
WebMD - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Blood Pressure Medicine: How to Take Your Medicine Properly – And Why You Should
WebMD - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Tekturna Is First in a New Class of Blood Pressure Drugs
WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy May Lead To Postmenopausal Heart Disease
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Germany & Portugal Come Near Bottom Of New Blood Pressure-based Happiness League
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Study finds painkillers raise blood pressure
Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:51 EST
- Tekturna(R) - The First New Type Of High Blood Pressure Medicine In More Than A Decade - Receives Its First Approval In The US
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Painkiller Risk: High Blood Pressure
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:44 EST
- Painkiller Risk: High Blood Pressure
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- People with low blood pressure may face depression
The Earth Times - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:26 EST
- Germany & Portugal Come Near Bottom Of New Blood Pressure Based Happiness League
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Increased Risk Of Blood Pressure In Men And Use Of Common Pain Relievers Linked
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
- High Blood Pressure Linked To Painkillers
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Beta-Blockers Should Not Be First Choice For High Blood Pressure
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- First Molecular Evidence Of Body's Internal Clock In Controlling Blood Pressure
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Nation's happiness, blood pressure linked
The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:08 EST
- Use Of Common Pain Relievers Associated With Increased Risk Of Blood Pressure In Men
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Painkiller Risk: High Blood Pressure
MedicineNet - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Internal Clock's Control Of Blood Pressure Has Implications For Treating Heart Attacks And Stroke
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Sedentary Teens More Likely To Have Higher Blood Pressure
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Pulse Pressure Identified As Important Risk Factor For Atrial Fibrillation
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Pulse Pressure Identified As Important Risk Factor For Atrial Fibrillation
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- U.S. Approves Novartis Hypertension Drug
New York Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:59 EST
- Single Genetic Defect Causes Early Heart Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
- Wartime Raises Stress, Blood Pressure Rates In Military Offspring
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Sedentary teens have blood-pressure risk
The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:25 EST
- Gene linked to blood pressure
The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:03 EST
- Sedentary Teens More Likely To Have Higher Blood Pressure
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Antibiotic Vancomycin May Trigger Dangerously Low Platelet Count
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Single Genetic Defect Causes Early Heart Disease
ScienceDaily - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Wartime Raises Stress, Blood Pressure Rates In Military Offspring
ScienceDaily - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Heart Disease and Medication Safety
WebMD - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Residents In Disaster Areas Face Medication Adherence Dilemmas
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- Making the Painful Connection
The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:27 EST
- Risk: High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
WebMD - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:48 EST
- Do Painkillers Present a Heart Risk for Men?
ABC News - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:53 EST
- Advance In Understanding Of Blood Pressure Gene Could Lead To New Treatments
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- New Study Finds Antibiotic Vancomycin May Trigger Dangerously Low Platelet Count
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Advance In Understanding Of Blood Pressure Gene Could Lead To New Treatments
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Kidney Disease Up 16% in U.S.
WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- CDC: Kidney Disease Up 16% in U.S.
WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- NHS Fertility Treatment a Matter of 'Location'
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:21 EST
- Common Blood Pressure Drug Reduces Progressive Muscle Degeneration In Mice
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Body Mass Index: Do You Know Yours?
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Like Salty Food? Chances Are You Had Low Blood Sodium When You Were Born
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
- Common painkillers raise heart risk
Reuters - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:24 EST
- Risk: High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Haemonetics(R) Launches Next Generation Mobile Blood Donation System
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Nonsurgical Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Treatment Vacuums Away Damaging Blood Clots And Restores Blood Flow In The Leg
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Low Blood Sodium At Birth Can Lead To A Taste For Salty Food, Obesity
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Assumption Of 'Down-Low' Lifestyle Can Distort HIV/AIDS Research; Researchers Should Look At Other Reasons For Disparity, Commentary Says
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- 'Low' vCJD death toll from blood
BBC - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:04 EST
- Popular painkillers can raise heart risk
MSNBC - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:11 EST
- Low-fat dairy infertility warning
BBC - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:05 EST
- Predictor Of Mortality In Cardiac Patients Found By Researchers
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Like Salty Food? Chances Are You Had Low Blood Sodium When You Were Born
ScienceDaily - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Tall men at risk for prostate enlargement: study
Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:25 EST
- Blood pressure better controlled in U.S.
MSNBC - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:05 EST
- Transfusion near surgery may up blood clot risk
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:01 EST
- Access To Dental Care Remains Challenging For Low-Income People
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Caffeine may be good for some aging hearts
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:05 EST
- Low-fat dairy food may hurt fertility
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:11 EST
- Low-fat dairy food may hurt fertility
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:11 EST
- New low-cost anti-malarial drug launched
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:10 EST
- Eating Ice Cream May Help Women To Conceive, But Low-fat Dairy Foods May Increase Infertility Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
- Adenosine Teaches The Lungs To Cope With Low Levels Of Oxygen
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Eating Ice Cream May Help Women To Conceive, But Low-fat Dairy Foods May Increase Infertility Risk
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Common Blood Pressure Drug Reduces Progressive Muscle Degeneration in Mice - February 2, 2007
National Institutes of Health - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:50 EST
- Low-carb diet beats rivals in weight-loss trial
MSNBC - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:26 EST
- United States Beats Europe For Hypertension Treatment, But Room For Improvement Remains
ScienceDaily - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Cancer Treatment Targets Tumor Blood Supply In Patients
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Reduced Fertility In Women Linked To Low Fat Dairy Food
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Umbilical cord blood banking of negligible value: experts
The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:57 EST
- Cheney Treated for Blood Clot
WebMD - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Blood Clot Discovered in Vice President's Leg
Washington Post - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:44 EST
- Better hypertension control in United States
The Earth Times - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:49 EST
- Low-fat dairy enhances weight loss in diabetics
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:04 EST
- Common Blood Pressure Drug Reduces Progressive Muscle Degeneration In Mice
ScienceDaily - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Newer blood-pressure drugs pose less diabetes risk
Reuters - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:11 EST
- Purdue To Show Low-cost AIDS-testing Technology To African Officials
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Cheney Treated for Blood Clot
MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- DVT Treatment Vacuums Away Blood Clots Prevents Disability
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Copper linked to tumor blood vessels
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:25 EST
- Limelight On "Down Low" Lifestyle May Hinder HIV Prevention
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Blood Pressure Heads Down In The Absence Of PPAR-gamma
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Blood pressure pill may aid muscular dystrophy
MSNBC - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:22 EST
- Increasing Numbers Of Blood Collection Centers In Parts Of China Contributing To Spread Of HIV, Boston Globe Reports
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Cancer Cells Forming Blood Vessels Send Their Copper To The Edge
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Researchers Find Predictor Of Mortality In Cardiac Patients
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Sifting Out Cure For HIV: Special Ceramic Membranes Could Filter Virus From Blood
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Chinese HIV/AIDS Advocate Gao Says International Pressure Helped Persuade Officials To Allow Her To Travel To U.S. To Accept Award
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Prehypertension Is 'On The Map' Of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Study backs worth of Atkins diet
BBC - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:04 EST
- Making Operating Rooms Safer With Open Communication Among Equipment
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Vacuum Method Breaks Up DVT Blood Clots
MedicineNet - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Folate And B12 May Influence Cognition In Seniors
ScienceDaily - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Researching The Genetic And Environmental Causes Behind Deadly And Disabling Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Antihypertensive Drugs That Facilitate And/or Prevent Diabetes Identified By Rush Researchers
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
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