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  2. 6 Things to Do When You Wake Up If You Have High Blood ... - AOL

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    There are two numbers in a blood pressure reading: Systolic (the top number) and diastolic (the bottom number). Systolic measures the pressure during heartbeats, and diastolic measures the ...

  3. What is Hypertension? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    This can increase your blood pressure and affect your reading. During the test, a healthcare provider will put a blood pressure cuff around your upper arm. The cuff is connected to a small machine.

  4. During blood pressure check, there's a right way and wrong ...

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    Blood pressure readings taken while a person's arm is in the wrong position could lead to a ... while the diastolic blood pressure — the bottom number — was 4.4 points higher than in the ...

  5. Management of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    For most people, recommendations are to reduce blood pressure to less than or equal to somewhere between 140/90 mmHg and 160/100 mmHg. [2] In general, for people with elevated blood pressure, attempting to achieve lower levels of blood pressure than the recommended 140/90 mmHg will create more harm than benefits, [3] in particular for older people. [4]

  6. Naproxen - Wikipedia

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    Naproxen's medical uses are related to its mechanism of action as an anti-inflammatory compound. [11] Naproxen is used to treat a variety of inflammatory conditions and symptoms that are due to excessive inflammation, such as pain and fever (naproxen has fever-reducing, or antipyretic, properties in addition to its anti-inflammatory activity). [11]

  7. COX-inhibiting nitric oxide donator - Wikipedia

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    In addition, traditional NSAIDs increase blood pressure and interfere with the actions of antihypertensive drugs. Several CINODs are currently being tested in clinical trials , the most advanced of which are being conducted by the French pharmaceutical company NicOx , whose flagship compound naproxcinod (NO-naproxen, nitronaproxen) is in phase ...

  8. Hypertension is a ‘silent killer.’ Here’s what your blood ...

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    You’ve likely heard your health care provider say your blood pressure is something like “120 over 80,” typically a larger number over a smaller number. Together, the two are measured in ...

  9. Pathophysiology of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    A diagram explaining factors affecting arterial pressure. Pathophysiology is a study which explains the function of the body as it relates to diseases and conditions. The pathophysiology of hypertension is an area which attempts to explain mechanistically the causes of hypertension, which is a chronic disease characterized by elevation of blood pressure.