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Diabetes
About 16 million people in the United States have diabetes mellitus, a serious, life-long disorder that is, as yet, incurable. About one-third of these people do not know they have diabetes and are not under medical care. Each year, approximately 600,000 people are diagnosed with diabetes. In Illinois, approximately 500,000 persons 18 years of age and older have diagnosed diabetes.
Individuals with diabetes are at increased risk for heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and lower extremity amputations not related to injuries. Diabetes and its complications occur among Americans of all ages and racial and ethnic groups. The burden of the disease, however, is heavier among the elderly and certain racial and ethnic populations, including African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Hypertension
How does high/low blood pressure arise?
The level of blood pressure is established by a part of the brain known as the circulatory centre and is regulated by feedback from the central nervous system.
Diet Soda Cause Heart Attack
Chugging a Diet Coke or two every day could cause you to have a heart attack, stroke, or other major heart event, suggests new research recently presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles.
Young Attack by Stroke
Scientists in America said in a statement unhealthy lifestyles lead to many children and adults who are at risk of stroke. The researchers looked at the figures for ischemic stroke, caused by blood clots, and hemorrhagic stroke, caused by bleeding in the brain.