Seven Qigong Practices for Hypertension #2

In treating hypertension, the second qigong/chi kung practice I recommend: Increase your exposure to sunlight. Sunlight regulates much of our bodily functions: sleeping patterns, moods, immune system, stress levels and resulting blood pressure. What happens when there is not enough sunlight entering our eyes? The body becomes tired and lethargic. Growth in children is affected […]

Hypertension and Your Kidneys – Any Relationship?

The relationship between hypertension and kidney disease is such that it is difficult to determine which of them precedes the other. It is a known fact that hypertension can cause kidney problems, especially the chronic types such as chronic pyelonephritis, nephrosclerosis, etc and it is also known that kidney diseases such as acute or chronic […]

Dr. Chris Nielsen- Physician Video Profile

Video profile of Cardiologist Dr. Chris Nielsen. His areas of expertise include interventional cardiology such as angioplasty and stenting, renovascular hypertension, repair of congenital heart defects and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using alcohol septal ablation.This video is brought to you by the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Video Rating: 5 / […]

Pulmonary Hypertension Echocardiography Findings

Do you always need to measure the systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) in order to see if pulmonary hypertension is present? In this demo, Thomas Binder explains that there are a bunch of other clues that indicate pulmonary hypertension using echocardiography. Remember: very often sPAP cannot be measured. Therefore, these clues are extremely important. Learn […]

Exercising Tips : Exercises to Lower Blood Pressure

Treadmills and aerobic exercises engage the larger muscles of the body, which can help lower resting blood pressure levels in people who have hypertension. Workout and lower blood pressure withtips from a personal trainer in this free video on exercising. Expert: Donna Donovan Bio: Donna Donavon is the owner of Donna’s Nautilus Fitness Center in […]

The Loretta McNary Show ft. Pulmonary Hypertension – Part1

Barbara Thompson and Dr. William Novick talk about Pulmonary Hypertension, its symptoms, treatments & the need for awareness of this invisible heart/lung disease on The Loretta McNary Show in Memphis, TN. It is under-diagnosed & the public as well as the medical community must become aware of high lung pressure as there are treatments. For […]