Hypertension |
High Blood Pressure; Hypertension/High Blood Pressure |
For other forms of hypertension see hypertension (disambiguation). Hypertension or high blood pressure is a medical condition wherein the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial hypertension, the word "hypertension" without a qualifier usually refers to arterial hypertension. Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic renal failure. Definiti ...
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Hypertension Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
- American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/
- National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/index.htm
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
- National Institute on Aging Information Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.nia.nih.gov
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- Office of the Director http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- Holistic Online http://holistic-online.com/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/

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