Blood Pressure Information and Side Effects resources
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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Resources
- American Indian and Alaska Native People: Keep the Harmony Within You-Check Your Blood Pressure! (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Ask NOAH About: Beta Blockers Fact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: ClonidineFact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Be Smart About Your Heart. Control the ABCs of Diabetes: A1C, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Blood Pressure (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Bradbury-Eggleston Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Check Your High Blood Pressure Prevention IQ (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Congenital Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association)
- Cut Down on Salt and Sodium! (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Facts About The DASH Eating Plan (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- For Your Heart (Office on Women's Health, HHS)
- Frequently Asked Questions - High Blood Pressure (National Women's Health Information Center)
- GuÃa para la Buena Salud de los Adultos (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Heart Truth: Questions To Ask Your Doctor/What's Your Risk? (Heart Truth: A National Awareness Campaign for Women about Heart Disease, The)
- High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- High Blood Pressure: Tips for Keeping It Under Control (National Institute on Aging)
- Keep the Beat: A New Collection of Heart Healthy Recipes- Just in Time for the Holidays (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Kidney Disease of Diabetes (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- La guÃa para mantenerse saludable después de los 50 (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Lessening the Pressure: Array of Drugs Tames Hypertension (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
- Magnesium (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Pongase en accion-prevenga la alta presion! (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Preguntas frecuentes - Alimentación saludable para el corazón (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Preguntas frecuentes - Enfermedades cardiacas y cardiovasculares (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Preguntas frecuentes - Enfermedades de las arterias coronarias (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Read the Food Label for Sodium! (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Preeclampsia in Hypertensive Women (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS)
- Systolic High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Take Steps — Prevent High Blood Pressure! (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Ten Tips to Help You Control Your High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Tips To Eat Less Salt and Sodium (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Tips to Help You Remember to Take Your High Blood Pressure Medicine (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Use Herbs and Spices Instead of Salt (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- WISEWOMAN: Improving the Health of Uninsured Women (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)