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More than 50 million Americans live with high blood pressure (hypertension), a silent condition with major consequences. Find out what your pressure says about you.

•	ABCs of high blood pressure

•	Is very low blood pressure good?

•	Quiz: Are you up on high blood pressure?

A healthy lifestyle can help stop high blood pressure before it starts. We'll show you ways to keep your numbers down -- and your heart happy.

•	Are you at risk?

•	Your diet can make a big difference

•	Exercise your way to lower blood pressure

Many people ignore their high blood pressure, but there's another option: taking control. With lifestyle changes and help from your doctor, you can lower your pressure and protect your health.

•	How to check your pressure at home

•	Hold the salt

•	Is having sex still okay?

•	Medicines that control hypertension

Strokes -- a leading cause of adult disabilities in this country -- can change a life forever. We'll show you the symptoms, explore treatments, and help you avoid a tragedy.

•	Stroke: Everything you need to know

•	Six ways to prevent a stroke

•	Warning signs of a stroke

•	Your brain on street drugs

•	Walking after a stroke

•	Caregiving after a stroke

•	Severe language problems

•	Beating depression after a stroke

Q: Do You Keep an Eye On Your Blood Pressure?
    A. Every day
    B. Every week
    C. Every month
    D. Once a year
    E. Rarely or never

See past polls

• Quiz: Are You Up on High Blood Pressure?

• Quiz: Do You Know How to Lose Weight?

• Stroke: An Animated Guide

• Aphasia

• Ask the Expert: How High is Too High for Blood Pressure?

• Book Review: My Stroke of Luck

• Caregiving After a Stroke

• Caregiving After a Stroke , Part 2: The Long Road Back

• Checking Your Blood Pressure

• Depression and High Blood Pressure

• Depression and Stroke

• Diet and High Blood Pressure

• Exercise and High Blood Pressure

• Heart Disease and Smoking

• Heart Disease and Weight

• High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

• High Blood Pressure Drugs

• Hypotension

• Preventing a Stroke

• Pulmonary Hypertension

• Stress and Pulmonary Hypertension

• Quiz: Are You Up on High Blood Pressure?

• Quiz: Do You Know How to Lose Weight?

• Renovascular Hypertension

• Risks for High Blood Pressure

• Salt and High Blood Pressure

• Sex and High Blood Pressure

• Street Drugs and Stroke

• Stroke

• Stroke Survivors Starting Over

• Stroke and Swallowing

• Stroke: An Animated Guide

• Walking After a Stroke -- Part I

• Walking After a Stroke -- Part II

• Warning Signs of a Stroke

• Women and High Blood Pressure

Useful Sites

• New York Online Access to Health (NOAH): Heart Disease

• National Stroke Association

• National Aphasia Association

• Heart Information Network

News archive

• Drug Information Center

• Food and Nutrition

• Heart Health Center


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