Children born to mothers with obesity, a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy ... including lifestyle changes for women of childbearing age and earlier blood pressure screenings for at-risk ...

Anyone age 17 and up, or 16 with a signed parental permission form ... high blood pressure or diabetes are encouraged to attend. To pre-register for the screening, visit mobilescreening.nkfi.org ...

We cannot expect people to trust public health if we speak only in leaflets and headlines, writes Sara Carvalho ...

it’s the kind of condition that can progress silently over years and suddenly show up in the form of chest pain or a heart attack. You can lower your risk of CAD by managing your blood pressure ...

We tested whether an automatic oscillometric blood pressure (BP) monitor embedded with an algorithm for AF detection might be effective for opportunistic screening of asymptomatic ... asked to give ...

There was also consensus on using patient data to risk-stratify screening algorithms and the need to obtain some form of consent around the time of drawing blood. Conclusions This study found that the ...

Hypertension or high blood pressure, which can lead to heart attack and stroke, the two top causes of death in the United ...

Hypertension kills more people than any other condition. In the U.S., despite spending more than $4 trillion a year on ...

A new study found that many young Americans are unaware that they have high blood pressure.  Researchers tracked health ...

PETERSBURG, Va. — A barbering school in Petersburg is cutting through healthcare barriers by offering blood pressure screenings with every trim, helping address high hypertension rates in the ...

The findings can help shape prevention efforts on both ends of the equation, including lifestyle changes for women of childbearing age and earlier blood pressure screenings for at-risk children ...

Nearly half of the mothers in the study (5,537, or 44.4%) had at least one cardiometabolic risk factor. Obesity was the most common, affecting 3,072 mothers (24.6%), followed by hypertensive ...