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Stroke victim says undiagnosed high blood pressure could have killed her
Tanya von Ahlefeldt from Hertfordshire had developed a major clot in her brain, causing a stroke. Every year around 100,000 people in the UK experience a stroke, with around a third dying.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

After Andrew Marr blames his stroke on overdoing it on the rowing machine at 53, how risky is high-intensity exercise for the over-fifties?
As Andrew Marr blames his stroke on intensive exercise, over-fifties are warned to be cautious about high blood pressure when working out in case they put too much strain on their heart.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The power of folic-acid: Supplements can slash a stroke by almost 75%
Researchers from Peking University found that adults with hypertension who take folic acid, alongside blood-pressure medication, every day for four years are 73 per cent less at risk of stroke.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Doctors urged to use a new blood pressure test to predict the risk of patients having a stroke
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) said if doctors suspect a patient has high blood pressure, they should use the WatchBP Home A device which could ‘opportunistically’ detect atrial fibrillation.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

High blood pressure: New research suggests see-sawing readings are the key danger sign for strokes...
The real risk for stroke lies in how dramatically blood pressure varies from hour to hour, day to day, week to week.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Me and my operation: Putting a paperclip in your leg could cut high blood pressure
More than 15 million people suffer from high blood pressure, which raises the risk of stroke or heart disease. Robin Wyatt, 74, had a new procedure to tackle it.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Forgetting daily blood pressure tablets dramatically increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and death
Researchers at Glasgow University have urged doctors to give more consideration to blood pressure variability when monitoring and treating high blood pressure.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Eye test that can spot your risk of a stroke
The £20 test takes photographs of the retina — the light-sensitive layer of cells at the back of the eyeball — which can become damaged by high blood pressure.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What your PERSONALITY says about your health
Researchers from Washington University, Missouri, found that being a conscientious and open person protects against stroke, arthritis, lung disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Woman from County Durham paralysed after stroke triggered by contraceptive pill
Donna Watson, now 28, from County Durham, says doctors believe her contraceptive pill, Rigevidon, caused high blood pressure and borderline high cholesterol.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The age a woman gets her first period can predict her risk of heart disease, study says
Women who begin menstruating before age 10 or after age 17 may have a higher risk of heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure, according to a new Oxford study.
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What's your heart's REAL age? Take this online test to find out...
A test from NHS Choices reveals whether a person is likely to have a heart attack or stroke within 10 years. Smoking, high blood pressure or cholesterol and being overweight increase the risk.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cold weather can raise the risk of stroke by 30%, new study warns
Sudden temperature drops can increase the blood's potential to clot, leading to a rise in strokes, German researchers found. People with high blood pressure, smokers and the obese are most at risk.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

High blood pressure? Drinking cherry juice is 'as good as medication'
Patients saw their blood pressure drop by 7 per cent within three hours, enough to slash the risk of a stroke by 38 per cent or heart disease by 23 per cent, say scientists at Northumbria University.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Microscopic particles from car exhausts 'thicken the blood and trigger clots'
Air pollution, both inside from cooking fires and outside from traffic fumes, ranked among the top causes of stroke, along with smoking, high blood pressure and obesity, say Auckland researchers.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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