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Get Your Blood Pressure Checked: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Starting at age 18, you should check your blood pressure at least every 2 years. Lowering your blood pressure can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke – and can help you live a longer, healthi... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
About Hypertension: Health Info 
This site offers information on High Blood Pressure (or hypertension); it has information about the kinds, causes, dagers, and how to take control.... Details >
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Keep the Harmony Within You - Check Your Blood Pressure
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaska Natives today. Knowing your blood pressure can help you prevent heart disease. This document provides tips to lower your blo... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Blood Pressure Testing and Measurement
Information about at-home high blood pressure monitoring. Includes what happens during blood pressure testing, how blood pressure readings are taken, which readings are normal and abnormal and choosin... Details >
Find a Doctor Directory: Pulmonary Hypertension Association
This site provides an interactive map and form to search for a doctor in the US or countries around the world; the information listed in the database has been self reported by the participating physic... Details >
Healthy Eating: Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure
Research has shown that following a healthy eating plan can both reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure and lower an already elevated blood pressure. ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Heart and Vascular Diseases Information for Patients and the General Public
This web site links visitors to many resources related to cardiovascular diseases. Includes: consumer health information booklets - some in Spanish -on high blood pressure, obesity and cholesterol; re... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
High Blood Pressure
The American Heart Association provides this site as a service to the general public. Users can get general information about high blood pressure risks, prevention and management.... Details >
High Blood Pressure (NIA Age Page)
Also available in: Spanish
You can have high blood pressure (HBP) and still feel just fine. That’s because HBP does not cause symptoms. But, HBP (sometimes called hypertension) is a major health problem. If not treated, it can ... Details >
High Blood Pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease in Children: A Guide for Parents
High blood pressure is common in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Because of their young age when they develop CKD and high blood pressure, there is a high risk that these children may even... Details >
High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of kidney failure. This patient education fact sheet provides basic information about high blood pressure and kidney disease.... Details >
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
High Blood Pressure Detection
You can find out if you have high blood pressure by having your blood pressure checked regularly. Most doctors will diagnose a person with high blood pressure on the basis of two or more readings, tak... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
Although many pregnant women with high blood pressure have healthy babies without serious problems, high blood pressure can be dangerous for both the mother and the fetus. Preeclampsia is also a facto... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Keep Your Heart in Check-Know Your Blood Pressure Number or Nais ng mga Pilipino ang Malusog na Puso (High Blood Pressure Prevention)
Keep Your Heart in Check-Know Your Blood Pressure Number explains what high blood pressure is, how to read your blood pressure number, and ways to keep blood pressure in the normal range. This series ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Pregnancy and Heart Disease
A woman who has a history of heart disease, heart murmur, rheumatic fever or high blood pressure should talk with her healthcare provider before she decides to become pregnant. These health problems a... Details >
Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: What Every African American Should Know
High blood pressure (also called hypertension) increases your chances of having a heart attack, heart failure, stroke, kidney disease, and other life-threatening illnesses. African Americans are most ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Network
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Support Groups
An online listing of national and international pulmonary hypertension support groups provided as a service to patients and their families by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.... Details >
Questions To Ask Your Doctor If You Have High Blood Pressure
Questions you should ask if your doctor prescribes a drug to treat your blood pressure.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Take Care of Your Heart
Also available in: Hmong Khmer/Cambodian Korean Laotian Thai Vietnamese
Take care of your heart by managing your diabetes and blood pressure.... Details >
Take Steps--Prevent High Blood Pressure
Also available in: Spanish
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-si... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Tips for Reducing Sodium in Your Diet
Written specifically for persons with high blood pressure, following these tips will help you to reduce salt and sodium in your diet.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Tips On How To Make Healthier Meals
These tips were written specifically for persons with high blood pressure but may be used by anyone who would like to improve their eating habits. The topics covered include: choosing foods low in sat... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Tips To Help You Remember To Take Your High Blood Pressure Medicine
This mini fact sheet presents advice for patients with high blood pressure. Following these tips will help you to remember to take your medication as prescribed and achieve the maximum benefit intende... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure
Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure is intended for people who are interested in learning more about preventing and controlling high blood pressure. Based on National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institut... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH
The DASH Diet is based on findings from the "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension," a clinical study that found that elevated blood pressure levels can be reduced with an eating plan low in total f... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health