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 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans with high blood pressure is on the rise thanks in large part to growing rates of obesity, researchers said on Tuesday.
| | | October 14, 2008 03:15 PM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may protect women from developing type 2 diabetes, but the effect of alcohol on inflammation and blood vessel function doesn't appear to explain the relationship, new research suggests.
| | | October 14, 2008 02:27 PM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In people who have suffered a heart attack, depression and a high heart rate at night, while often coexistent, are independent predictors of death, according to research published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
| | | October 14, 2008 03:19 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of a breathing treatment called continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, reduced cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome, but only in those with good adherence to CPAP, Slovakian researchers found.
| | | October 14, 2008 01:43 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A combination of sunlight exposure and low blood levels of antioxidants may make older adults more vulnerable to a common vision-robbing disease called age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, researchers have found.
| | | October 14, 2008 11:47 AM ET
 | GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly 60 million women will give birth without any medical assistance this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday in a report calling for an overhaul of how health care is financed and managed globally.
| | | October 14, 2008 12:04 PM ET
| CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A U.S. recession could cut AIDS funding and impede the drive to find a vaccine for the disease, a senior official with a group spearheading vaccine research said on Tuesday.
| | | October 14, 2008 01:52 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It's unclear, based on current research, whether massage therapy for post-exercise muscle soreness and recovery actually helps or not, the authors of a new review on the topic conclude.
| | | October 14, 2008 01:47 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercise therapy after surgery for a slipped disc may help people get over their pain and disability more quickly, a research review suggests.
| | | October 13, 2008 06:38 PM ET
 | CHICAGO (Reuters) - A long-term analysis of people who took the arthritis drug Vioxx confirms it doubles the risk of strokes and heart attacks, researchers said on Monday, but this risk goes away a year after people stop taking it.
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More Americans getting high blood pressure: study
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