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A new study has revealed that high blood pressure is potentially more dangerous for women than men. Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for the first time found significant differences in the mechanisms that cause high blood pressure in women as compared to men. “This is the first study to consider sex as an element in the selection of antihypertensive agents or base the choice of a specific drug on the various factors accounting for the elevation in blood pressure,” lead author of the study, Carlos Ferrario, said. Although there has been a significant decline in cardiovascular disease mortality in men during the last 20 to 30 years, the same has not held true for women, Ferrario said. In the comparative study, 100 men and women age 53 and older with untreated high blood pressure and no other major diseases were evaluated using an array of specialized tests that indicated whether the heart or the blood vessels were primarily involved in elevating the blood...

Acne results when the oil glands that remain under the hair follicles become overactive. Sin cells can connects all the skin pores causing white heads and with pigmentation blackheads. A acne is an oil gland that is infected with bacteria, which results in the inflammation of the area along with formation of pus. Acne is a common skin disease associated with scaly red skin, blackheads and whiteheads, pinheads, pimples, large papules and possibly scarring. It occurs when the hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. Acne appears mostly on faces, neck, back and shoulders. Acne occurs during adolescence and continues into childhood. Mostly acne diminishes over time and tends to disappear or at the very least decrease after one reaches one's early twenties. But removal of acne(pimple) and scars needs medical treatment. Acnes heal slowly, and when one begins to resolve, others seem to crop up. They may cause emotional distress and lead to scarring of the...