high blood pressure
elevation of the arterial blood pressure or a condition resulting from it; hypertension. Abbreviation: HBP
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They have higher rates of kidney disease and high blood pressure.
By not including everyone, genome science has blind spots | Tina Hesman Saey | March 4, 2021 | Science News For StudentsChavez, who has diabetes and high blood pressure, said hospital workers didn’t mention shelters or provide a list of options.
The Pandemic Paused Efforts to Provide Post-Hospital Care for the Homeless | Lisa Halverstadt | March 2, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIf the readings point to trouble like abnormally high blood pressure, the nurse alerts the senior’s primary-care physician, who can then set up a virtual visit to determine the next steps.
The 37-year-old has asthma, high blood pressure and obesity, putting him at increased risk for severe illness and complications from the virus.
With Over 275,000 Infections and 1,700 Deaths, COVID-19 Has Devastated the U.S. Prison and Jail Population | Josiah Bates | December 28, 2020 | TimeWhile Campos was the last to develop symptoms, “when it hit her, it happened so quick,” said her daughter, Yuri Campos, 37, who said her mother had asthma, high blood pressure and prediabetes.
Elsi Mabelicia Campos, devoted mother who kept the Pew building spotless, dies of covid-19 | Samantha Schmidt | December 10, 2020 | Washington Post
They say another passenger trapped in line is suffering from high blood pressure.
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The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMedical panel loosens guidelines about when people over 60 should be treated for high blood pressure.
Up to a Point: 2013 in Review and Predictions for 2014 | P. J. O’Rourke | January 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSecond, the rates of high blood pressure, etc were not that low.
No, Really, It's Possible That Health Insurance May Not Make Us Healthier | Megan McArdle | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI suffered intense sinus flare-ups, headaches, high blood pressure, wheezes, and coughs.
Apoplexy comes next, especially if the fat man is also a florid man with a fast heart or an inclination to high blood pressure.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictHormotone Without Post-Pituitary is recommended for use in neurasthenic conditions associated with high blood pressure.
I am called to the draft, and they found I have high blood pressure.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyDoctors had told him he was in danger of death because of severe attacks of vertigo and a high blood pressure.
The Goat-gland Transplantation | Sydney B. FlowerHardening of the arteries as well as high blood pressure are returned to normal in 100 per cent of the cases.
The Goat-gland Transplantation | Sydney B. Flower
Scientific definitions for high blood pressure
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