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JNC-7: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
The most recent report from the NIH/NHLBI Joint National Committee on High Blood Pressure as well as patient education material. Includes links to a two page summary ('Physician Reference Card') and a more extensive summary ('JNC 7 Express') of the full report.
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Hypertensive Emergencies - Virtual Hospital
A review of hypertensive emergencies including case studies and useful images.
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Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure - American Heart Association
A summary for patients on how different classes of blood pressure medications work, and a table of drug classes.
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Heart to Heart - Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment
A Web-based tool that estimates a patient's absolute risk of coronary heart disease events based on Framingham data. It also shows expected risk reduction with aspirin use, smoking cessation, or blood pressure or cholesterol medication. A Palm-based version of the tool is available for download.
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Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure - NIH
This easy-to-use site from NIH offers patients explanations about hypertension and its treatment. Patients can also access recent monographs about blood pressure via the "New Publications" link.
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National Guideline Clearinghouse - Hypertension
Over 30 Hypertension-related guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse.
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MedLine Plus - Hypertension Topics
Excellent patient-oriented Web site. Designed by the National Library of Medicine, this site includes extensive information on hypertension as well as multimedia tutorials and materials in Spanish.
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Ten Ways to Control Your High Blood Pressure - American Heart Association
A simple but useful primer for patients on the keys to controlling high blood pressure.
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Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia - American Heart Association
A comprehensive alphabetical list of terms related to heart diseases and stroke, with explanations for patients or links to related topics.
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High Blood Pressure: Treat it for Life - NIH
An on-line version of a practical pamphlet on hypertension and its treatment. The Web site explains common lifestyle changes such as following a low salt diet and starting a walking program.
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Hypertension, Dialysis, and Clinical Nephrology - Renal Disease Electronic Journal
The free content section of this electronic journal for physicians offers audio grand rounds and symposia on renal disorders such as polycystic kidney disease and hyperphosphatemia. This site requires free registration; additional content is available with a paid subscription.
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