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• ISBN: 0764554247
• ISBN: 9780764554247
• Physical Description: 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Wiley Pub., [2002]
• Copyright: ©2002

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Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Understanding High Blood Pressure 7 -- Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted with High Blood Pressure 9 -- Chapter 2 Detecting High Blood Pressure 15 -- Chapter 3 Determining If You Are At Risk 29 -- Chapter 4 Understanding Secondary High Blood Pressure 43 -- Part II Considering the Medical Consequences 63 -- Chapter 5 Pumping Your Blood: The Heart 65 -- Chapter 6 Protecting Your Kidneys 83 -- Chapter 7 Guarding Your Brain from High Blood Pressure 99 -- Part III Treating High Blood Pressure 115 -- Chapter 8 Outlining a Successful Treatment Plan 117 -- Chapter 9 Eating and High Blood Pressure 127 -- Chapter 10 Salt and High Blood Pressure 141 -- Chapter 11 Avoiding Poison: Tobacco, Alcohol, and Caffeine 149 -- Chapter 12 Exercising Your Way to Lower Blood Pressure 171 -- Chapter 13 When Lifestyle Changes Don't Do It All: Drug Therapy 185 -- Part IV Investigating Special Populations 225 -- Chapter 14 Elderly 227 -- Chapter 15 High Blood Pressure Among Children 239 -- Chapter 16 Women and High Blood Pressure 251 -- Chapter 17 Ten Simple Ways to Reduce Blood Pressure 265 -- Chapter 18 Ten Myths About High Blood Pressure 281 -- Chapter 19 Ten New Discoveries About High Blood Pressure 291 -- Chapter 20 Ten + Places to Go for the Latest Information 301.

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