MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'blood press'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:26:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398859&cid=t_147252_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FAfqznWcZto0%2F May is High Blood Pressure Awareness Month. That means it’s time to get checked to make sure your numbers are in the normal range. High blood sugar is called “the silent killer” because it essentially has no warning signs. About a third of the people that have it don’t even know. The normal range of blood pressure is 120/80 or less. It’s recommended that lifestyle changes, like exercising and eating right, are done to lower blood sugar before going on medication. Image: sxc.hu. Share and Enjoy: Post from: Blisstree Treating High Blood Pressure (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398859 Thu, 07 May 2009 11:01:11 +0100 2398859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=536333&cid=t_147252_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F4%2F10%2Fwe-are-fat-and-getting-fatter.html Photo from USA Today, by Jeff Mitchell, Getty ImagesAccording to a front page story in USA Today, there has been a “mind-boggling” increase in the number of people who are severely obese (aka morbid obesity). A study, published in the journal Public Health, by RAND Corporation researcher Roland Sturm, documents that there are 2.6 million more people with a body mass index of 40 or higher than there were just five years ago. Overall almost 25% of people are now considered obese, up from 20% in 2000. A staggering 66% of people in the US are either overweight or obese. To help us visualize what this means, USA Today published a chart to accompany the article. Here is what it takes to be obese or severely obese:Height          ... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=536333 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:59:21 +0100 536333