Showing posts with label bloodpressure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bloodpressure. Show all posts
NPC CM addressees Colombo leaders at Vazhalaay in Jaffna
Northern Province Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran on Monday urged the Sri Lankan government to address the issue of Land and Property based on well-established international principles and rights as outlined in the Pinheiro Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Geneva Conventions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Add Health
Hypertension may be much more common than expected among young adults, researchers found.
In the NIH-funded National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the prevalence of hypertension in 24- to 32-year-olds was 19% in 2008, according to Quynh Nguyen, MSPH, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill, and colleagues.
That compares with a rate of 4% among young adults participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for a similar time period, the researchers reported online in Epidemiology.
Self-reported rates of hypertension, however, were similar in the two studies: 11% in Add Health and 9% in NHANES.Add Health principal investigator Kathleen Mullan Harris, PhD, also of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said on a conference call with reporters that there was no clear explanation for the discrepancy between the two studies.
“We tend to think of young adults as rather healthy, but a prevalence of 19% with high blood pressure is alarming, especially since more than half did not know that they had high blood pressure,” Harris said. Although the issue warrants further study, she added, “we think that the prevalence probably lies somewhere in between these two estimates.”
Add Health was started in 1994-1995 by enrolling more than 20,000 U.S. adolescents in middle school and high school. The students have been followed up periodically since then, most recently with Wave IV in 2008, when researchers began collecting in-home blood pressure measurements.
For comparison, the researchers used participants of similar age from NHANES 2007-2008. The cross-survey comparison included 14,252 Add Health participants and 733 NHANES participants.
Both the rate of blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg or greater (19% versus 4%) and mean blood pressure (125/79 mm Hg versus 114/67 mm Hg) were higher in Add Health than in NHANES, which remained consistent in all sociodemographic subgroups.
Survey weights and propensity for differential selection into Add Health did not account for the different rates of hypertension observed in the two studies. After adjustment for numerous participant characteristics, examination time, use of antihypertensives, and consumption of food, caffeine, and cigarettes before blood pressure measurement, there was still a significantly increased likelihood of hypertension in Add Health (OR 6.6, 95% CI 4.0 to 11.0).
The researchers then examined other potential methodologic concerns, including digit preference, validity, reliability, measurement context, and interview content.
Kiwis Have Great Health Benefits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also known as the Chinese gooseberry, kiwifruit is a very delicious fruit that is known for its appearance and flavor. Kiwis are about egg size and have a brown fuzzy-like surface. When cut open a bright lime green flesh is revealed. Within the bright lime green flesh are black seeds which can be eaten. The skin is somewhat tough, but the flesh is soft. There are both green and yellow kiwifruit.
The Gold Kiwifruit has a yellow flesh which is characterized by its sweet flavor and less acidic base which is found in the traditional green kiwifruit. The golden variety is also shaped with a pointed end and is a bit less hairy than the green variety of the kiwifruit. It should be noted that although most people removed the skin from the kiwi before consumption it is edible.
The kiwifruit is native to southern China. Other varieties of the kiwifruit are available in Japan and India. The kiwifruit is the national fruit of the People’s Republic of China. The kiwifruit would eventually be cultivated in New Zealand when Mary Isabel Fraser, a principal of girl’s school, was visiting a school in China and obtained the kiwi seeds and bought them to New Zealand.
The seeds were planted by the nurseryman Alexander Allison in 1906 and the first fruit appeared in 1910. Currently, there are a number of countries which cultivate kiwifruit which include Italy, New Zealand, France, Chile, Japan, Greece and the United States. Kiwifruit is still grown in China, but the country is not considered to be a major producer of the fruit today.
The process of cultivating kiwifruit is interesting. This fruit is produced in warm climates. In order for fruit to be produced pollination is necessary. It can be difficult to pollinate kiwifruit because the flowers of this fruit are not very preferred by bees. Thus, to increase pollination two methods are used. There is the method of saturation pollination where a large number of beehives are placed in the kiwi orchards forcing them to collect pollen from these plants.
Also, there is the method of blowing pollen over the female flowers to begin germination. Because many kiwifruit can be produced on one vine it is necessary to grow this fruit on a supportive structure. Many times the structure is also accented with a watering system to ensure proper irrigation.
Kiwifruit is a small fruit which packs a load of healthy nutrients. Kiwifruit are very delicious, and there are a number of vitamins and minerals available in this fruit. It is very high in vitamin C and it also contains potassium, vitamin A and vitamin E. The skin of the kiwifruit contains antioxidants so even though people usually discard this part of the kiwifruit they shouldn’t because it offers lots of health benefits.
Kiwifruit is also high in fiber making it a natural laxative. It is possible that there are a number of cardiovascular benefits to eating kiwifruit as it is a natural blood thinner which means it can naturally prevent blood clots and lowers the fat content in the blood to prevent blockages. Because kiwifruit contains lutein it can also be consumed to promote eye health.
