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personal interest topic: hypertension
Title: personal interest topic: hypertension
Category: Social Sciences
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personal interest topic: hypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is defined as a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140/90 mmHg (www.focusonhighbloodpressure.com). This definition refers to a systolic pressure above 140 with a diastolic pressure above 90. Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood flowing through your blood vessels against the vessel walls. It depends on your blood flow (how much blood is pumped by your heart) and the resistance of your blood vessels to blood flow. If this pressure …showed first 75 words of 387 total…
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References
What is Hypertension? Retrieved December 14, 2002, from the
World Wide Web: http://www.focusonhighbloodpressure.com/script/main/ art.asp?li=MNI&track=qpp3846pg&…
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)-Overview, Retrieved
December 14, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://www.aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.com/encyclopedia/ article/1817.51388?z=1817_0000
What is blood pressure? Retrieved December 16, 2002, from
the World Wide Web: httpp://www.llifeclinic.com/focus/bllod/whatisit.asp
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