- Possible Side Effects of Drugs That Lower Blood Pressure
Explains the risks associated with the different classes of antihypertensive drugs, including beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, and central antagonists.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=593
- American Heart Association: High Blood Pressure Quiz
10 question quiz used to test your knowledge of high blood pressure. Offers a description after each question.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3021399
- Dr. Blood Pressure
High blood pressure informational website. Provides definitions, polls, tips, and more.
www.drbloodpressure.com
- Take Action for Health BP
Program designed to lower high blood pressure. From Novartis.
www.healthybp.com
- High Blood Pressure Detection
Provides details about how blood pressure is tested, what devices to use when tested, and categories for blood pressure levels.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/detect.htm
- World Hypertension League
Devoted to the advancement of hypertension prevention and control. Site offers newsletter, research, calendar of events, and links.
www.mco.edu/whl
- MayoClinic: High Blood Pressure
Provides information about the causes, treatments, prevention methods, and health effects of hypertension.
www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00100
- How To Prevent High Blood Pressure
Provides the importance of knowing about hypertension, how it is checked, and prevention tips, Site also offers a sample walking program. From MDchoice.com.
www.mdchoice.com/Pt/consumer/htp1.asp
- Lowering Hypertension
14 questions to ask your doctor if you have high blood pressure. From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/question.htm
- WHO/ISH Hypertension Guidelines
(PDF)
Printable WHO guidelines for effective management of hypertension.
www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/guidelines/hypertension_guidelines.pdf
- Hypertension Insights
Offering hypertension information including clinical studies and medical information from GlaxoSmithKline.
www.hypertensioninsights.com
- Blood Pressure
Offers information about hypertension and hypotension.
www.abloodpressure.com
- WebMD: Hypertension Health Center
Comprehensive patient-oriented information on hypertension. Site includes articles, quizzes, live event transcripts, editor's picks, and message boards.
www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure
- New England Journal of Medicine: Hypertension
Articles covering topics such as diet, sleep apnea, and beta-adrenergic receptors, including case reports.
content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/hypertension
- familydoctor.org: Using an Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor
Provides information about ambulatory blood pressure monitors, how to check your blood pressure, and causes of hypertension.
familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/heartdisease/treatment/770.htm...
- eMedicine.com: Hypertensive Heart Disease
Provides information on symptoms and treatment of heart diseases caused by hypertension or elevated blood pressure.
emedicine.medscape.com/article/162449-overview
- Patient UK: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Overview of high blood pressure, diagnosis, causes, risk factors, and treatment.
www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068761
- Hypertension and Memory Loss
Article offers studies and theories that untreated hypertension can lead to memory loss by cutting down on blood flow to the brain. From the American Academy of Neurology.
www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/64/8/E28
- iVillage Total Health: High Blood Pressure
Offers information on hypertension. Learn about the causes of hypertension and why high blood pressure should be monitored.
yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/high-blood-pressure.html
- Journal Watch: Hypertension
Find current medical journal articles on the treatment and prevention of hypertension, featuring concise summaries and comment.
www.jwatch.org/cgi/collection/hypertension
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