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Sodas and Health Issues

Preventing High Blood Pressure by Limiting Sugar Before you pick up that next soda – with or without sugar – you may want to listen to studies presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s annual meeting in late October. The studies are showing correlations between health issues such as high blood pressure and our intake of [...]

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Hypertension and Memory

Having trouble with your memory?    A new study suggests that if your memory is not what it used to be, you should be getting your blood pressure checked.     In last week’s Neurology Journal, the authors, who are following 20,000 patients, found the people with blood pressures above normal were more likely to have a decline [...]

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