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1. Lifestyle - Health - HEALTH

   New wave of pedometers can help step up healthy habits

   Posted May 20th 2013, 12:00am by Jeanette Wang

   ... activity across all ages, leading to weight loss and lower blood pressure. The goal agreed on by medical experts is 10,000 steps a day. In a 2007 study published in the Journal of the American ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1239936/new-wave-pedometers-can-help-step-healthy-habits
2. Lifestyle - Health - HEALTH

   Sleep apnea often goes undiagnosed

   Posted May 13th 2013, 12:00am by Elaine Yau

   ... of diseases. Sleep apnea is related to diabetes, stroke, heart disease and high cholesterol Jamie Lam Chung-mei, Society of Sleep Medicine "Previously, it was thought that the condition only ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1234645/sleep-apnea-often-goes-undiagnosed
3. High blood pressure discovery

   Posted Aug 15th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Health Cardiology Cardiovascular Diseases High Blood Pressure Herpesviruses High Blood Pressure Alice Yan ting.yan@scmp.com It is a disease ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/976223/high-blood-pressure-discovery
4. Millions ignorant of high blood pressure

   Posted May 18th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Her research shows that the number of cases of high blood pressure has risen rapidly on the mainland in the past two decades, particularly in the 35 to 45 age group. The number of hypertension ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/968048/millions-ignorant-high-blood-pressure
5. Kidney patients' relatives at risk, study shows

   Posted Sep 06th 2010, 12:00am by Patsy Moy

   ... Health Kidney Diseases Medicine Nephrology High Blood Pressure Patsy Moy The chances of kidney patients' close relatives developing similar problems are between a third and a half if they smoke, suffer from high blood pressure and are elderly, a study by the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology has found. It surveyed 844 parents, children and siblings of 466 kidney patients in 2008/09. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/723995/kidney-patients-relatives-risk-study-shows
6. News - Hong Kong - SOCIETY

   Health of poor an urgent case as Leung prepares policy address

   Posted Jan 06th 2013, 12:00am by JOLIE HO

   ... and March 2011. It covered about 20,500 people in 8,400 households. The study showed a linear relationship between blood pressure and income. The poor were inclined to suffer from high blood ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1120879/study-links-poverty-high-blood-pressure-and-other-ills
7. News - Hong Kong - CONSUMER COUNCIL

   Home blood pressure monitors may not be accurate: Consumer Council

   Posted May 16th 2013, 12:00am by Amy Nip

   ... of readings. The readings were then compared with those obtained from a mercury blood pressure monitor, a device usually used in clinics and thought to be more accurate. Both systolic pressure ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1238462/home-blood-pressure-monitors-may-not-be-accurate-consumer-council
8. Lifestyle - Health - HEALTH

   Those with a low platelet count benefit from a healthy diet

   Posted May 13th 2013, 12:00am by SUNORY DUTT

   ... chemotherapies do, however, lower platelet counts by increasing venous pressures in the liver circulation. Given that the spleen's natural job is to dispose of old blood cells, sometimes an effect ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1234646/those-low-platelet-count-benefit-healthy-diet
9. The advantages of pressure

   Posted Aug 11th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... they care about our future and don't want us to be lazy. Lastly, there is the pressure of self-expectation. This is probably the most important factor when it comes to aiming high - and aiming high is the only way we reach high places. On the whole, I say pressure is good, if looked at in the right light and handled properly. Carman Chan Ka-Man, Shun Lee Catholic Secondary School ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/648719/advantages-pressure
10. Invention wins academics prize

    Posted Jun 11th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... a special stethoscope to a computer system. Software they designed analysed the pattern of the digitised signal from the stethoscope, calculating the pulmonary blood pressure. Chung said they were ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/716814/invention-wins-academics-prize

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