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Researchers report that people with metabolic syndrome (Syndrome X) are nearly 2.5 times more likely to suffer from chronic kidney disease.

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The higher systolic blood pressure is in children, the more likely they are to have hardened arteries in their late 30s and 40s, say researchers. The study shows shows the importance of checking children's blood pressure, says lead author Shengxu Li.

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One in four people in China may suffer from high blood pressure, but barely half of them know they have hypertension. Of those who know, 63 percent have it under control. Only half of those who knew they had hypertension had changed diet or exercise habits to try to control it.

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Researchers have confirmed several genes that determine the inheritance of obesity. This is the first study of longitudinal data to link body mass measurements taken over several decades to specific genes located on chromosomes.

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Researchers have published results from the first study to intensively examine high-risk young children and to look at how reliable and valid diagnosis of an attachment disorder might be.

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That children are heavier on average today than children were a decade ago may now be common knowledge. The rise in weight appears to be accompanied by a significant increase in blood pressure among children between the ages of 8 and 17, say epidemiologists.

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Teens may be more likely to adopt safe sex practices if they learn them from slightly older teens.

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African commercial sex workers who face hostile police and a public that stigmatizes their work are less likely to use condoms, says Tulane University researcher Sohail Agha.

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Researchers report that one in three adults between 35 and 74 years of age in mainland China has borderline high or high total cholesterol levels and one in four has borderline high or high LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol).

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People who live with HIV in rural areas are less likely to keep up with their treatment schedules if they are problem drinkers. Overall, about one in three HIV positive people surveyed by the researchers reported skipping at least one dose of their medications in the past week.