Known clinically as Hypertension, High Blood Pressure affects many people at different times of their lives. Blood Pressure is monitored by taking two recordings. The systolic pressure reading is taken to see how much the heart contracts, whilst diastolic pressure ascertains this for the arteries. It is these two figures you will hear being given […]
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Major Risk Factors Of Hypertension
The risk factors of hypertension have a lot to do with race, sex age and family history. The black race has the highest incidence of hypertension than any other race. As of the age factor, the risk of hypertension increases with the advancement in age. Also, there are more recorded cases of hypertension in men […]
How to Deal With Hypertension With Herbal Remedies
Hypertension or more commonly known as high blood pressure is called the disease of our time. The occurrence of this disease has increased exponentially in the past century. Current statistics point out that nearly a third of Americans live with the disease. The disease is associated with the clogging of the arteries, increase in heartbeats […]
Three Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure has been nicknamed the silent epidemic because of its far-reaching consequences. Today, nearly one of every three adults has hypertension. It is the 13th largest cause of death in the United States. Amazingly, studies based on the well-known Framingham Heart Study have estimated that a 55-year-old person has a 90-percent lifetime […]
Malignant Hypertension Symptoms Treatment
Malignant Hypertension and accelerated high blood pressure are two emergency conditions which should be treated promptly. Both conditions have same outcome and therapy. However Malignant hypertension is a complication of high blood pressure characterized by very elevated high blood pressure, and organ damage in the eyes, brain, lung and/or kidneys. It differs from other complications […]
Methods of Lowering Blood Pressure by Dietary Change
Lowering your salt intake is a well known dietary change that helps with reducing hypertension, but there are other changes to your diet that can help as well. Many foods in beverages also contain sugar and caffeine, these and other stimulants should be limited in general. It’s a good idea to avoid soda, junk foods […]
Hypertension Cure by Means of Losing Weight
Losing weight is one method of reducing your blood pressure. If you are overweight or obese, your risk for hypertension, as well as heart disease, is higher than average. There are diets that you can participate in (some are good, some are bad) but none of them will work well if you don’t get enough […]
High Blood Pressure and Diet – Preventing Hypertension Through a Diet Low in Sodium and Fats
Hypertension refers to the increase in blood pressure. It is a chronic medical condition leading to damages in your major organs like the kidneys, heart and even the brain. Previously, the condition was only common among the older population. However, with the prevalence of deleterious lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet and decreased physical […]
Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure – Reversing the Trends of Hypertension
According to the American Heat Association, about one in three adults has high blood pressure, and 20 percent of those don’t even know they have it. With the guidance of a physician, anyone with high blood pressure can reverse its effects by adjusting diet, getting a little more exercise and taking the proper medications if […]
Baba Ramdev – Bhastrika Pranayama (Deep Breath) – Yoga Exercise
Watch Baba Ramdev – Yoga Exercise – Bhastrika Pranayama (Deep Breath Exercise) – Bhastrika Pranayama is an excellent breathing exercise. It keeps the body healthy and mind happy. Heart and brain patients must practice to get miraculous results. Depression, migraine, parkinson’s disease, paralysis are completely cured, which is impossible by medicines.It should be practiced ‘2-minuts’ […]
Swollen Tongue and Angioedema Due to ACE Inhibitor Blood Pressure Medication
High blood pressure medication is very commonly prescribed by doctors. Some medications carry more risk of side effects than others. ACE inhibitor drugs like lisinopril and enalapril are used all over the world. One of the main side effects of these drugs is swelling of the lips and throat – called angioedema in medical language. […]
Magnesium and High Blood Pressure – A Real Issue!
The words of Linus Pauling enforces the seriousness of this article on Magnesium and high blood pressure. Twice a Nobel Prize winner, he once said, “You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.” How often have you read that statement? 10 times, 50 times, 100 times? But who’s taking […]
Blood Pressure Remedy – Lifestyle Changes Is the Best Remedy For Blood Pressure
We often blame health issues like hypertension on uncontrollable factors like heredity, age and gender. In the process, we fail to look into the controllable factors that contributed to the development of hypertension, said factors of which will point the way toward the best blood pressure remedy. This is the case with the following lifestyle […]