Hypertension
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...secondary hypertension. Factors such as heredity, obesity, smoking , and emotional stress are thought to play a role; the usual...weight and salt and alcohol intake, increased exercise, quitting smoking, and various drugs, such as diuretics , ACE inhibitors...