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Number of people with hypertension doubles between 1990 and 2019

September 19, 2023

Elevating hypertension treatment rates to those of high-performing countries by 2050 could prevent 76 million deaths, 120 million strokes, 79 million heart...

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Taurine could be potential elixir of life: study

June 14, 2023

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Taurine is an amino acid naturally found in protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, and dairy products Taurine, a compound found in humans as well as dairy...

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Sodium divide: Women more prone to high blood pressure from salt intake

May 19, 2023

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A new study suggests that women across all ages and ethnicities are more salt-sensitive than men, a fact that could significantly impact blood pressure control...

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Scale-up efforts to prevent, detect and control hypertension: WHO

May 16, 2023

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While a quarter of the adult population in the WHO South-East Asia region has high blood pressure, only one in three are on treatment while just one in ten...

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Low veg intake, inactivity raise heart disease risk in Southeast, South Asia

April 18, 2023

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Hypertension and obesity were the top two most prevalent risk factors in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Cambodia, reveals the latest Lancet study...

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Millennials face the highest health risks of any generation

February 28, 2023

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The problem is their lifestyle, which consists mostly of an insatiable addiction to screen time Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, have witnessed...

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Life expectancy in India after a stroke

February 21, 2023

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Study finds that 60 percent of patients do not survive beyond the first month As India has a high burden of stroke, a mobile health (mHealth) strategy used for...

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A 10-minute scan can detect cause of your high blood pressure

February 1, 2023

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An estimated 1.28 billion adults aged 30-79 years worldwide have hypertension, a major cause of premature death A ten-minute scan can detect the cause of high...

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Tool that measures workplace stress

January 23, 2023

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While there isn’t an easy cure to stress, it can now be measured by a first-of-its-kind device developed by the National Institute of Mental Health and...

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Hypertension control: ‘Village doctors’ in China show the way

May 12, 2022

In rural China, where blood pressure control rates are poor, especially in rural areas, an intervention led by village doctors is proving successful in...