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hypertensionAbnormally high blood pressure due to a variety of causes, leading to excessive contraction of the smooth muscle cells of the walls of the arteries. It increases the risk of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack. Hypertension is one of the major public health problems of the developed world, affecting 15-20% of adults in industrialized countries (1996). It may be of unknown cause (essential hypertension), or it may occur in association with some other condition, such as kidney disease (secondary or symptomatic hypertension). It is controlled with a low-salt diet and drugs. |
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| Guidelines now in place are for asthma in children, breast cancer detection, hypertention diagnosis, low back pain, stable coronary artery disease, uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women, vaginal birth after Cesarean, and viral upper respiratoy infection in children. Inspired by an ancient Asian treatment for hypertention, researchers at the University of Chicago fed rats an amount of this compound that you'd find in four stalks of celery. Lisinopril is used to treat hypertention, heart failure and acute myocardial infarction and is the generic equivalent of Zestril(R) Tablets sold by AstraZeneca. |
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