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Hypertension Affects Everyone Online Special. Bringing together 16 articles from the NPG hypertension portfolio, Hypertension Affects Everyone features some of the latest research related to the causes, affects and results of hypertension. This online special provides you with FREE access to articles from American Journal of Hypertension, Hypertension Research and Journal of Human Hypertension for a limited time.

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Updated Metabolic Syndrome Web Focus. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together and increase the risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes affecting nearly 50 million Americans. Read the most recent articles providing valuable insight into this emerging medical and public health epidemic.this article is FREE

Genomics of hypertension. ACE polymorphisms may instigate arteriolar narrowing. Read this Funagata Study showing how D/D alleles of this enzyme could predict chronic hypertension. FREE

The INTERMAP Study. This study has coordinated, on an international scale, the work of scientists exploring the striking variations in blood pressure between populations and individuals. Find out more by reading articles relevant to INTERMAP.