Health literacy and healthy weight management behaviors are important public health issues, especially among individuals with hypertension. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between health literacy and healthy weight managem...
Background In the United States according to Centers for Disease Control (2019), nearly half of adults, 108 million (45%) have hypertension defined as having a systolic blood pressure greater than 130 or diastolic blood pressure greater than 80. T...
Kinesiology, Alternative medicine, Civil engineering
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Hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor for future development of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Isometric exercise training (IET) has been shown to decrease blood pressure and resting heart rate in certain po...
Finding a way to successfully interpret African diversity is important in accurately reconstructing the evolutionary history of our species. By collecting high quality DNA, genealogical, and demographic data on a large cross section of African and...
Hypertensive disorders are the most commonly reported medical disorder among pregnant women, and an important cause of adverse birth outcomes as well as maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. One important step to reduce these adverse eff...
While hypertension is largely preventable, its rates have been increasing in young adults. Hypertension is associated with substantial costs to the US health care system and therefore a public health burden. In recent times, there has been a shift...
