Research articles of interest
The article titled Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet appeared on the Wiley interscience website and reports on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and how it was well accepted and associated with a decrease in blood pressure in normotensive individuals.
This article appeared in National Electronic Library for Medicines (NELM) and gives a definition of ambulatory blood pressues targets for diagnosis and treatment.
This independent article appeared on www.incirculation.net and it explains how Team-based care improves BP control in hypertension
This article appeared in www.medwire-news.md and it explains how obesity is the main risk factor for left atrial enlargement
This article appeared in www.medwire-news.md and it explains how slow walking is linked to increased CV mortality in elderly
This article appeared in www.medwire-news.md and it explains how salt consumption increases stroke and heart disease risk
This article appeared in www.medwire-news.md and it explains how people who are overweight or obese and have a high waist circumference have a significantly increased 10-year fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
This article appeared in www.medwire-news.md and it explains how modest dietary salt reductions could slash US cardiovascular disease burden.
This article appeared in http://www.ukmicentral.nhs.uk/ and it explains self-management intervention can improve control in hypertension
This article appeared in http://www.ukmicentral.nhs.uk/ and it explains calcium-channel blocker plus diuretic is less favourable in hypertension than other combinations
This article appeared in www.medwire-news.md and it explains how it could be better to treat hypertension less aggressively in over 80s.
The Mail On Sunday (15/11/2009) printed the article on the right hand side about how too much salt can lead to hypertension.