How to Control Hypertension Naturally – Essential Knowledge to Control the Problem

A disease that everyone should be aware of is hypertension, otherwise more commonly called high blood pressure. Approximately 30 percent of Americans are currently living under the specter of this disease. The incidence rate of this disease has exploded in recent times and shows no signs of slowing down. Hypertension brings with a rise in […]

How to Decrease Blood Pressure Without Medication

Men and women identified as having hypertension (high blood pressure) will be monitoring their blood pressure reading at home or be asked to have readings done at a healthcare facility on a regular basis. If these readings were high it would be advantageous for them to know how to lower quickly. There are also many […]

Hypertension, the Silent Killer

What is Hypertension? Hypertension is sustained rise in blood pressure or an elevation of the blood pressure. There are various causes. But the disease is generally divided into primary and secondary hypertension. In primary hypertension, there is no known cause. This condition is also called essential hypertension. There is no major cause of this hypertension. […]

Management of Complications of Portal Hypertension

In this annual update, Dr. John Roberts, Chief of the UCSF Transplant Service gives an overview of 20 years of progress in liver transplantation at UCSF. In the second segment, Dr. Nathan Bass takes a look at the current treatments for management of complications of portal hypertension. Series: UCSF Transplant Update [1/2010] [Health and Medicine] […]

ESC Congress 2010 by topic: hypertension and risk factor management

Catheter-based renal denervation increases insulin sensitivity and improves glucose metabolsim in patients with resistant hypertension (Felix Mahfoud, Homburg) Reduction in mortality with antihypertensive agents. Evidence from clinical trials in at-risk hypertensive patients (Michel Bertrand, Lille) The RESPONSE study (effect of a nurse coordinated prevention program on cardiovascular risk after an acute coronary syndrome: Main results […]