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Hypertension
If left untreated, hypertension can lead to heart attack, kidney failure, or stroke. In this program, a host of medical experts explore the history, symptoms, and treatment of this ailment which affects more than 50 million Americans. Groups at highest risk for developing hypertension-African Americans, pregnant and post-menoapusal women, and others- are profiled. The effectiveness of drugs such as diuretics, beta blockers, and ace inhibitors in treating the problem is supported, and lifestyle changes in the areas of diet and increased exercise are suggested.
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015011
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/834797
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063723
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/966065
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105975
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/834794
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/965831
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015010
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063821
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- ""The clinical program thoroughly addresses all aspects of hypertension including risk factors, impact on the vascular system and organs, diagnosis, and treatment through lifestyle modification and pharmaceutical means. Special attention is given to the proper technique for taking blood pressure. In addition, the therapeutic values and side effects of hypertension medicines such as thiazide, diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin II receptor antagonists are described.""
- "If left untreated, hypertension can lead to heart attack, kidney failure, or stroke. In this program, a host of medical experts explore the history, symptoms, and treatment of this ailment which affects more than 50 million Americans. Groups at highest risk for developing hypertension-African Americans, pregnant and post-menoapusal women, and others- are profiled. The effectiveness of drugs such as diuretics, beta blockers, and ace inhibitors in treating the problem is supported, and lifestyle changes in the areas of diet and increased exercise are suggested."@en
- "This program looks at hypertension, identifying some of its causes and explaining why it is known as the "silent killer." Profiling two brothers who both need to control their high blood pressure, the program shows how different patients respond to different ways of reducing blood pressure: diet, exercise, not smoking, and medication. The program explains that doctors can't always identify the cause for hypertension, but must be content to treat it, knowing that treating hypertension greatly reduces the risks of the disease. -- container."
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- "Hypertension"@en
- "Hypertension the silent killer"
- "Hypertension the facts"