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Read the full fact sheet- Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a risk factor in many diseases, such as heart attack, kidney failure and stroke.
- Hypertension often doesn’t show any symptoms, so regular check-ups are important.
- Leading a healthy lifestyle is one of the best ways to both treat and prevent hypertension.
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Stopping episodes of recurrent ARF can prevent rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
There’s no safe level of alcohol use during pregnancy. It’s safest to not drink at all during pregnancy, when trying to conceive, and while breastfeeding.
While the relationship between alcohol consumption and obesity remains unclear, there are good reasons to think that alcohol may play a role.
Learn all about alcohol - includes standard drink size, health risks and effects, how to keep track of your drinking, binge drinking, how long it takes to leave the body, tips to lower intake.
A person with amyloidosis produces aggregates of insoluble protein that cannot be eliminated from the body.
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