Appointed by Professor Emilio Moriguchi
From Medscape Cardiology > Hypertension Highlights
Salt, Salt, Salt -- Plus Sleep and Job Stress: More Data to Share With Your Patients
Published: 09/09/2009
New position papers and research data from the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) and the American Dietetic Association highlight the role of patients' diets, especially salt intake, in controlling high blood pressure, the starting point for cardiovascular disease, the number 1 cause of mortality in the world today. And it's not just the patients -- over and over the deleterious role of societal forces (especially advertising) is also stressed by the researchers as a major negative factor in the overall health picture. The new data provide details about the effects of these factors in women, blacks, and other minorities; about the physiologic substrates (fluid retention, sleep deprivation); and about the hypertensive effect of job stress (managerial vs professional, differentiated by gender) -- it doesn't go away with retirement
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