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Women of urban area-India. Half of urban women have hypertension
NEW DELHI: Hypertension, which is directly responsible for 57% of deaths due to stroke and 24% of fatalities caused by heart attack, has been found to be rampant in Indian women. | A multi-centre thre... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times Of India
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Potatoes Potatoes 'can reduce blood pressure'
| Potatoes have emerged as an unlikely superfood after a study showed they can reduce blood pressure. | US scientists fed 18 volunteers six to eight potatoes twice a day and found that after a month t... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Irish Times
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Soft drink - Soda - Beverage Push on to limit sugary sodas
| ATLANTA -- Half of Americans drink a soda or sugary beverage each day - and some are downing a lot. | One in 20 people drinks the equivalent of more than four cans of soda each day, even though heal... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The News & Observer
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Medicine - Antibiotics Researchers Find Antibiotic Resistance in Ancient DNA
| An analysis of 30,000-year-old bacteria whose DNA has been recovered from the Yukon permafrost shows that they were able to resist antibiotics. Related | The New Generation of Microbe Hunters (Augus... (photo: WN / Yolanda) The New York Times
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Uncooked egg yolk surrounded with egg white. Yolks are very high in protein but it can cause heart disease. Clearview Estate restaurant recognised as a Good Egg
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 11:56 am | Press Release: Clearview Winery | 31 August 2011 | MEDIA RELEASE | Clearview Estate restaurant recognised as a Good Egg | The question of who are the good eggs o... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) Scoop
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Mashed potato with gravy. Mashed potato is made by mashing freshly boiled potatoes with a ricer, fork, potato masher, or food mill. Potato diet for lower blood pressure... and no weight gain
| Spuds - the new superfood: The potato can help lower blood pressure without piling on the pounds | They have long been maligned as fattening and shunned by those  following the Dukan and other ... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) The Daily Mail
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