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The national high blood pressure education program.
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This article is published in Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.The article was published on 1974-04-01. It has received 1110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health education.read more
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Neurodevelopmental and respiratory follow-up results at 7 years for children from the United Kingdom and Ireland enrolled in a randomized trial of early and late postnatal corticosteroid treatment, systemic and inhaled (the Open Study of Early Corticosteroid Treatment)
Trevor T Wilson,Lorraine Waters,Christopher Patterson,Christopher G. McCusker,Nichola Rooney,Neil Marlow,Henry L. Halliday +6 more
TL;DR: This study failed to show significant differences in cognitive function between dexamethasone- and budesonide-allocated groups, but there may be increased systolic blood pressure and a greater likelihood of developing asthma in childhood after postnatal dexamETHasone treatment.
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Treatment of primary and secondary hypertension in children.
TL;DR: It is concluded that significant lowering of BP with either CCB or ACEI is achievable in most children with HTN, and SH patients respond better to therapy than those with PH.
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Efficacy of a school-based cardiac health promotion intervention program for African-American adolescents
TL;DR: The intervention program was efficacious in knowledge, diet, exercise, and exercise, as well as fruit and vegetable intake, and blood pressure levels were not significant.
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Four novel UCP3 gene variants associated with childhood obesity: effect on fatty acid oxidation and on prevention of triglyceride storage.
C V Musa,Annamaria Mancini,Andreina Alfieri,Andreina Alfieri,Giuseppe Labruna,Giuliana Valerio,Adriana Franzese,Fabrizio Pasanisi,Maria Rosaria Licenziati,Lucia Sacchetti,P Buono,P Buono +11 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that protein UCP3 affects long-chain fatty acid metabolism and can prevent cytosolic triglyceride storage and suggest that telmisartan, which increases fatty acid oxidation in rat skeletal muscle, also improves U CP3 wt and mutant protein activity, including the dominant-negative UCP 3 mutants.
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Obesity in the pediatric patient: cardiovascular complications
TL;DR: Research is necessary to better understand the mechanisms by which obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, and treatment should be directed at both obesity and the risk factor abnormality.