Before I get into explaining the dangers of high diastolic blood pressure, let me offer you a little background on how your body circulates blood. Every time your heart beats, it pushes blood into your blood vessel system (arteries, capillaries and veins are types of blood vessels). Your blood pressure is a measurement of the […]
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How To Stay Safe When Taking High Blood Pressure Medication
High blood pressure is treated with many different groups of medicines. Each group affects the body in a different way. Depending on your full assessment, your doctor may decide you need a single medicine, or a combination of two or more. Beta blockers are one group. They slow the heart down. They also reduce the […]
High Blood Pressure Remedies That Promise Lower BP
Many experts consider high blood pressure (hypertension) more dangerous than high cholesterol. It’s been known as the Silent Killer because high blood pressure goes undetected until diagnosed usually due to another ailment constituting a visit to your doctor. If not found in time and if left untreated it can cause heart failures, stroke, kidney failure […]
Malignant Hypertension – The Uncommon Silent Killer
Many Americans live with high blood pressure everyday, yet they continue to practice unhealthy lifestyles. Because the signs and symptoms of the cardiovascular disease go undetected for so long, other cardiovascular complications develop unexpectedly. Once detected by medical professionals, they are obligated to treat the condition with medications to control its progression and lower the […]
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 / […]
Vitamins and Mineral Supplements For Alcoholics
Alcohol destroys more that it builds. That is why the addicts suffer health problems and cause worry to those who love them. A negative impact of drinking excessively is diminished body’s ability to absorb vitamins and minerals. Most people understand why these nutrients are useful to the body on a daily basis. They facilitate the […]
Easy With These Natural Hypertension Remedies
The incidence of hypertension or high blood pressure among middle aged and elderly people has increased dramatically in the recent years due to the hectic lifestyles and improper dietary habits. Hypertension is often referred to as the silent killer because people are very often unaware that they are suffering from the ailment. They become aware […]
Hypertension Causes and Treatments
High blood pressure (also known as hypertension) is a dangerous and deadly disease. Many people each year die from this disease because they never knew they were affected by it. Hypertension is considered to be present when a patient’s systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mmHg or greater, and/or their diastolic blood pressure is consistently […]
Omega 3 Cooking Oils – All You Need to Know About Omega 3 Cooking Oils Available Today
In order to be able to choose the best omega 3 cooking oils available today, you need to keep some points in mind. Vegetable oils rich in omega 3 fatty acids include flaxseed, canola, soybean, corn, and pumpkin seed. Out of these, flaxseed and canola are considered to be the richest sources of essential omega […]
Symptoms of Heart Disease Video
Dr. Dahlman’s video explains the symptoms of heart disease which can include high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. Heart disease symptoms may develop if you smoke, are obese or inactive, have a family member with symptoms of heart disease or have a poor diet. Symptoms of heart disease can be eliminated with a healthier […]
An Overview of Fat Soluble Minerals and Vitamins
The next time you decide to go on a strictly fat free diet, you should know that you may end up having a deficiency of some of these very important vitamins and minerals. Fat soluble vitamins and minerals depend on fats for their absorption and also for their transportation around the body. Here are some […]
Cardiovascular Hypertension
Hypertension is not just one illness but a syndrome with multiple brings about. In most situations, the trigger remains unfamiliar, and also the instances are lumped collectively under the term essential hypertension. However, mechanisms are continuously becoming found out that explain hypertension in new subsets of the formerly monolithic category of important hypertension, and the […]
More Drugless Ways to Control Hypertension
Here are more ways to control hypertension without the use of drugs. These guidelines were issued by the Department of Health (DOH) in Manila and are recommended for those with mild hypertension (those with a reading of 140/90) who have no underlying disease. EXERCISE REGULARLY. Exercise leads to weight loss which, in turn, lowers your […]