You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!


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Showing posts with label Hypertension. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hypertension. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Daytime nap may cause hypertension, stroke – study

By Xinhua News Agency

(UPDATE) BEIJING: Chinese researchers have found that increased daytime napping frequency is likely to be a potential causal risk factor for hypertension or ischemic stroke.


For middle-aged and elderly people worldwide, hypertension is one of the main causes of death triggered by cardiovascular diseases, and stroke is one of the main causes of disability. Early studies have found that people's blood pressure will rise after taking a nap.


UK Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database, collected information on genetics, lifestyle and health conditions from more than 500,000 British volunteers ages 40 to 69, according to the study published in the journal Hypertension.


The research team from the Xiangya Hospital under the Central South University conducted a Cox regression (or Cox proportional hazards regression) analysis on 358,451 participants free of hypertension or stroke from the database.


They conducted relevant studies via Mendelian randomization and found that frequent nappers had 12 percent and 24 percent higher risks of hypertension and ischemic stroke, respectively, compared to those who never took a nap, indicating a positive correlation between daytime napping frequency and the incidence of essential hypertension or stroke.

Wang E, head of the research team, said that although the study was aimed at middle-aged and elderly people in Europe, this study is based on a large database of clinical studies, so it is generally representative.

He added that the internal mechanism of the association between nap and hypertension, stroke and other diseases is still unclear and needs to be further studied.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

One in Every Four Pinoy Adults has Hypertension

An article in a Philippine national daily let one learned, that a recent survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute showed that more and more Filipinos are at-risk for lifestyle-related diseases.

Results of the recent National Nutrition and Health Survey done by the FNRI found that more Filipinos have hypertension, high fasting blood sugar as well as high cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and other lifestyle-related illnesses.

The survey revealed that one in every four Filipino adults has hypertension or a blood pressure (BP) reading equal to or higher than 140/90 millimeter mercury. High BP increases from 40 to 49 years old.

Facts are: these lifestyle-related diseases are among the diseases that currently dominate the list of leading causes of death in the Philippines. These are also the leading causes of morbidity, particularly diseases of the heart and the vascular systen. 

Filipinos should exercise regularly, avoid smoking (!) and drinking alcoholic beverages (!). Mmmh, I am sure, we expatriats are also included.

Eating a variety of foods everyday, consuming more fruits, vegetables, root crops and legumes can be done while living in the Philippines.