High Blood Pressure: Overview

  • Pulmonary Hypertension, Primary

    03/24/08, Healthwise

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  • High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

    04/24/07, Healthwise

    Blood pressure is a measure of how hard the blood pushes against the walls of your arteries as it moves through your body. It’s normal for blood pressure to go up and down throughout the day, but if it stays up, you have high blood pressu

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  • Prehypertension

    05/03/07, Healthwise

    Prehypertension is blood pressure that is higher than normal but not high enough to be high blood pressure. It is a warning that your blood pressure is going up.

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