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Up to 10 percent of students have high cholesterol
College students see themselves at the peak of health, and for the most part, they are right.
Global Survey Shows Outlook Worsening for Nearly 100 Million People With the Most Challenging Form of Hypertension
ERLANGEN, Germany and BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite ongoing medical care, an alarming 65 percent of people with 'treatment-resistant' hypertension reported in a new survey that high blood pressure remains their most serious health concern, and 79 percent of the respondents said they need new treatment options to get their dangerously high blood pressure under control.
U.S. Personal Health Records Market 2010 to 2015
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
U.S. Personal Health Records Market 2010 to 2015
Information presented includes an overview of personal health records (PHR), definition of the key market segments by product type, descriptions of product types by technical approaches, an outline of key data elements and sources, a summary of benefits and advantages to using a PHR, a list of major technology and market trends and dynamics, including selected drivers and restraints impacting the market, ...
Health Experts Urge Halt to Hydrofracking Expansion Until Needed Research is Done into Health Impacts
Industry Called Upon to Set Up Foundation to Conduct Needed, Independent Research
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading U.S. medical experts urged today that the rapid expansion of unconventional natural gas drilling (known as "hydrofracking") for natural gas extraction be paused so that necessary research can be done into the potential harmful effects on human health.
The comments were made in statements delivered today at a conference sponsored by the nonprofit Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) and the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE).
The major PSE/MACCHE event brought together public health experts, physicians, epidemiologists and ...
High blood pressure treatment just got cheaper
WASHINGTON — For many of the one-in-three American adults who have high blood pressure, a cheaper alternative to brand-name medications is about to become available.
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