The elderly are the most rapidly growing population group in the world. Data collected over
a 30-year period have demonstrated the increasing prevalence of hypertension with age …

Clinic blood pressure (BP) is recognized as the gold standard for the screening, diagnosis,
and management of hypertension. However, optimal diagnosis and successful management …

Drawing from epidemiological, laboratory, and natural environment (eg, daily diary) studies,
this chapter begins with discussion of the impact romantic relationship status (eg, married vs …

Nurses may experience frequent nightmares due to stressful work environments.
Nightmares may also exacerbate stress among nurses, although this has yet to be tested …

Highlights•Relationship functioning influences stress responses and health
outcomes.•Negative relationship functioning generally induces larger stress responses and …

Research on psychosocial influences such as relationship characteristics has received
increased attention in the clinical as well as social-psychological field. Several studies …

BACKGROUND Attenuated nocturnal blood pressure (BP) dip** is a better predictor of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality than resting BP measurements …

This literature survey emphasizes cardiovascular outcomes and the potential pathways from
aircraft noise to health outcomes for possible cardiovascular endpoints. Two potential …

The leading interest of this study is to develop an automated diagnosis system for detection
of hypertension by making use of Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. In this work, the ECG …

Few studies examine how relationship factors influence sexual risk. We investigated gender
differences of the influence of relationship functioning on sexual risk behavior and sexually …