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As academic director for Duke University's corporate education business, Cheryl Stokes traveled the globe. Doing so while 4 months pregnant meant enduring more discomfort than usual.

Heart problems can contribute to health problems, But many times people don't know there's a problem with their heart. Now, ...

Progress in assessing cardiovascular risk and identifying early prevention opportunities, improvements in treating heart failure, new therapies for bleeding strokes, strategies for reducing the ...

Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, or hypertension, which occurs when the force of blood pushing against the walls of the blood vessels is too strong. It is a major risk factor for ...

Delaying the onset of high blood pressure may lower the risk of a stroke, new research suggests. The study, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, found the longer ...

Abstract: Presents corrections to the paper, (Corrections to “Automatic Classification of White Blood Cells Using a Semi-Supervised Convolutional Neural Network”).

A subconjunctival hemorrhage is usually caused by a minor eye injury or abrupt changes in blood pressure due to things like sneezing or straining on the toilet. It can also be a sign of a more serious ...

According to the American Heart Association (AHA), a person may have high blood pressure if these numbers are 130/80 mm Hg or more. The first number refers to systolic blood pressure, and the ...

Attendees stretch during a fitness class at the ... is part of the American Heart Association’s Libraries with Heart program. Several Kansas City branches have blood pressure stations ...

He is a member of the Hypertension Australia Clinical Council and member of the Australian Hypertension Taskforce working groups for awareness and screening of high blood pressure. He has ...