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	<title>Ask Dr. Manny &#187; hypertension</title>
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		<title>Popular Medications Linked With Cognitive Impairment, Risk of Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study warns consumers to beware: a number of common medications, such as Tylenol, Benadryl and Dramamine, may cause cognitive impairment and even increase the risk of death.
Medications with anticholinergic activity are frequently taken among the elderly adult population and include both over-the-counter drugs as well as prescription medicine.  Anticholinergics affect the brain by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Disease and Stroke Rates Closely Tied to National Income</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An analysis of heart disease and stroke statistics collected from 192 countries by the World Health Organization shows that the relative burden of the two diseases is closely linked to national income.
University of California researchers found that developing countries tend to suffer more death and disability by stroke than heart disease.  Meanwhile, the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stroke Rates Rising Among U.S. Youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stroke rates are rising among adolescents and young adults, according to a new study, which blames the increased prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and obesity for the higher rates.
Ischemic stroke hospitalizations increased 37 percent between 1995 and 2008 among adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 44.
Of the patients hospitalized for ischemic stroke, researchers found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E.D. Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Manny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be called impotence. But thanks to the proliferation of drug industry advertisements that now threaten to overwhelm our television programs, today we know it as erectile dysfunction, or, more discreetly, simply as E.D. Whatever you want to call it, though, it’s the man’s inability to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are the Risk Factors of Dying from a Heart Attack?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.askdrmanny.com/what-are-the-risk-factors-of-dying-from-a-heart-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study from Wake Forest researchers looks at not only how likely it is for a person to suffer a heart attack, but whether or not there are certain risk factors that will make that person more likely to die of a heart attack.
&#8220;For some people, the first heart attack is more likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over Half of All Alzheimer&#8217;s Cases May Be Preventable with Lifestyle Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over half of all Alzheimer’s disease cases could be preventable with simple lifestyle changes, according to researchers.
After analyzing worldwide data involving hundreds of thousands of people, San Francisco VA Medical Center researchers concluded that people could modify their risk for the debilitating disease.
Modifiable risk factors included low education, smoking, physical inactivity, depression, mid-life hypertension, diabetes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Grads Have Lower Blood Pressure than People With Less Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to television programs and movies, college tends to evoke images of partying, poor diets, substance abuse and last-minute cramming for exams &#8211; in other words, not the healthiest environment.
However, a new study suggests that going to college may actually be good for you, and not just in terms of knowledge and learning.
Forget the freshman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death Rate Falls Among People With High Blood Pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Crees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Death rates are falling among people with high blood pressure – but are still much higher than those without, according to researchers.
Results from two national health surveys show that death rates have fallen from 18.8 deaths for every 1000 people to 14.3 among those suffering from hypertension.  This is still 57 percent higher than those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Stress Levels Hurting Your Health?  Here&#8217;s How to Cope</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Manny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress is our body’s ability to respond to our surroundings&#8211;how we react to our family, our work, and various events in our lives.
Stress is normal. Everyone is under some kind of stress—every day. But there are two kinds of stress: the good and the bad. Good stress can be something like getting a new job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Use of Ecstasy is On the Rise; More Than 17,000 Hospital Visits</title>
		<link>http://www.askdrmanny.com/teen-use-of-ecstasy-is-on-the-rise-more-than-17000-hospital-visits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Langer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new federal study indicates that ecstasy use is rising among teens and young adults and causing a significant increase in emergency room visits, WebMD reported.
According to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, hospital emergency room visits involving ecstasy rose almost 80 percent, from 10,000 visits to nearly 18,000, during [...]]]></description>
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