High Blood Pressure

Latest News
• Chicken Soup Keeps Heart Healthy (03/19/2001, Reuters)
• Most Common Form of High Blood Pressure Often Uncontrolled (03/15/2001, Reuters)
• Lower Sodium Intake Reduces Drug Need (03/13/2001, United Press International)
• Study Shows New Link Between Salt Sensitivity and Risk of Death (02/15/2001, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Reducing Sodium Leads to Substantial Drop in Blood Pressure, Finds NHLBI Study (01/03/2001, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• More News on High Blood Pressure

From the National Institutes of Health
• High Blood Pressure: Treat it for Life (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

General/Overviews

• High Blood Pressure (American Heart Association)
• Hypertension (Patient Education Institute) - requires Flash plug-in
• What Is High Blood Pressure? (American Heart Association) - Easy-to-Read

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypertension (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Hypertension (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Disease Management

• Home Monitoring of High Blood Pressure (American Heart Association)
• Ten Tips To Help You Control Your High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Nutrition

• Facts About the DASH Diet (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Spice Up Your Life! Eat Less Salt and Sodium (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read

Pictures/Diagrams

• Inside the Body (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Prevention/Screening

• Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read

Research

• Moderate Rise in Blood Pressure Linked to Drop in Thinking Skills (American Heart Association)
• NHLBI Study Shows Association Between Sleep Apnea and Hypertension (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Reducing Sodium Leads to Substantial Drop in Blood Pressure, Finds NHLBI Study (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Study Shows New Link Between Salt Sensitivity and Risk of Death (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Mechanics of African-Americans' Deadly Hypertension (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.)
• Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension (High Blood Pressure of Pregnancy) (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Syndrome X (American Heart Association)

Treatment

• How Can I Reduce High Blood Pressure? (American Heart Association) - Easy-to-Read
• How Do I Manage My Medicine? (American Heart Association) - Easy-to-Read
• Lessening the Pressure: Array of Drugs Tames Hypertension (Food and Drug Administration)
• Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure (American Heart Association)
• What Is High Blood Pressure Medicine? (American Heart Association) - Easy-to-Read

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Organizations

• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Statistics

• FASTATS: Hypertension (National Center for Health Statistics)

Children

• High Blood Pressure in Children (American Heart Association)

Seniors

• Blood Pressure Treatment in the Very Old (Novartis Foundation for Gerontology)

Women

• Controlling High Blood Pressure: A Woman's Guide (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Alliance for Aging Research) - links to PDF file

Español/Spanish

• Coma Menos Sal y Sodio/Cut Down on Salt and Sodium (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read, bilingual (Spanish/English) text. Links to PDF file.
• Control de la Presion Arterial Alta: Guia para la Mujer de Edad Major (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - links to PDF file
• Pongase en Accion--Prevenga la Alta Presion!/Take Steps--Prevent High Blood Pressure! (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read, bilingual (Spanish/English) text. Links to PDF file.
• Presión Arterial Alta (Hipertensión) (Patient Education Institute) - requires Flash plug-in
• Presión Arterial Alta: Guía Para la Mujer de Edad Mayor (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - links to a PDF file.