7 Steps That Can Lower Your Blood Pressure As You Age

 7 Steps That Can Lower Your Blood Pressure As You Age by Sandeeps LaMotte.  CNN.  September 16, 2020.  

New York Times Maps Where U.S. Residents Are At Increased Risk For Covid-19

Where Chronic Health Conditions And Coronavirus Could Collide by Nadja Popovich, Anjali Singhvi and Matthew Conlen.  The New York Times.  May 18, 2020.

Large Study Points To Benefits Of Taking Blood Pressure Medicines At Night

The Best Time To Take Your Blood Pressure Drugs May Be At Night by Nichols Bakalar.  The New York Times.  October 23, 2019.

The Ideal Diet For Lower Blood Pressure

The Ideal Diet For Lower Blood Pressure by Janet Lee.  Consumer Reports.  October 8, 2019.

Stress And Modern Life: How To Stress-Proof

Why Stress Is Dangerous-And How To Avoid Its Effects by Mithu Storoni.  BBC.  August 14, 2019.

Lifestyle Changes Reduce The Need For Blood Pressure Medications

Lifestyle Changes Reduce The Need For Blood Pressure Medications.  American Heart Associations/Science Daily.  September 9, 2018. 

Large Study Results: Self-Testing Of Blood Pressure Resulted In Better Results

The Best Way To Monitor Your Blood Pressure?  Do It Yourself by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  March 6, 2018. 

Gene-Environment Interaction Analyzed To Identify Areas Of Genome Assoiated With Blood Pressure

Cigarette Smoking Behavior Helps Identify Genes That Regulate Blood Pressure.  NIH/National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute.  March 1, 2018. 

Benefits Of Stair Climbing For Postmenopausal Women (Any Everyone Else)

Climb Stairs To Lower Blood Pressure And Strengthen Leg Muscles.  The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)/Science Daily.  February 14, 2018. 

Behind The New Blood Pressure Guidelines: Statistics and Methodology

Don't Let New Blood Pressure Guidelines Raise Yours by H. Gilbert Welch.  The New York Times.  November 15, 2017. 

New Guidelines For Blood Pressure: Millions Affected

Under New Guidelines,  Millions More Americans Will Need To Lower Blood Pressure by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  November 13, 2017. 

How Much Rest Is Needed To Ensure An Accurate Blood Pressure Reading

Why Your Blood Pressure Probably Isn't As High As Your Doctor Says by Ross Pomeroy.  Real Clear Science.  October 12, 2017. 

Billion + Living With High Blood Pressure

More Than 1 Billion People Globally Are Living With High Blood Pressure by Meera Senthilingam.  CNN.  November 16, 2016.

Treatment Goals For High Blood Pressure Subject To Controversy; Lack Of Scientific Effectiveness Study is Cited

Blood Pressure, The Mystery Number by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  June 22, 2015. 

Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome Has Seemed To Stablize; Demographics May Foreshadow Future Rise However

Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome In The U.S. Has Stabilized.  Can It Last?  by Karen Kaplan.  The Lost Angeles Times.  May 19, 2015. 

Natural Ways To Reduce Blood Pressure

5 Ways To Naturally Reduce Blood Pressure by Abigail Thorpe.  Time.  February 19, 2015.

Sugar Vs. Salt: Which One Is The More Harmful For Blood Pressure?

Blood Pressure:  Sugar Worse Than Salt by Salynn Boyles.  Medpage Today.  December 12, 2014.

High Blood Pressure Is Highest In The Southeast With No Improvement Seen

High Rates Of High Blood Pressure Persist In US Southeast by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters.  December 27, 2013.

(1)  ___________ of U.S. adults have high blood pressure.  In the southeast the rate is ____________.
(2)  High blood pressure accounts for up to ___________ deaths worldwide each year.

(3)  __________ was factored out from the research design of the study.

(4)  Blacks were nearly _______________ as whites to suffer from high blood pressure.

(5)  The racial difference was seen mainly among __________.

(6)  __________ seems to be a main driver of the problem especially among whites.

(7)  Other factors included ______________________.

(8)  Black people were ____________ as whites to have high blood pressure without knowing it.

(9)  Only ________ percent of those who knew they had high blood pressure were taking diuretics.