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Hypertension - How to prevent?
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle will help to reduce your risk of hypertension. These include:
Maintaining a healthy diet (including reducing the amount of salt in your diet)
Lose weight if you are overweight or obese
Regular exercise (at least 30 minutes a day for most days of the week)
Stop smoking
Avoid excessive alcohol intake
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Endocrinology,
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Kidney Failure,
Stroke,
Amlodipine,
Atenolol,
Bisoprolol Fumarate,
Candesartan Cilexetil,
Captopril,
Carvedilol,
Diltiazem Hydrochloride,
Hydrochlorothiazide,
Indapamide Hemihydrate,
Irbesartan,
Lisinopril,
Losartan Potassium,
Metoprolol,
Nebivolol,
Nifedipine,
Ramipril,
Spironolactone,
Telmisartan,
Valsartan,
Verapamil Hydrochloride
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