High cholesterol and hypertension are two different things, but they often come together with disastrous consequences. Stroke, heart attack and an assortment of other coronary heart and artery diseases can be caused by high blood pressure resulting from high cholesterol levels. Unfortunately, the most common diet and exercise life style maintained by people in the […]
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Does Salt Cause High Blood Pressure?
Both sea salt and rock salt were well known to the ancient Greeks who noted that eating salty food affected basic body functions such as digestion and excretion (urine and stools). This led to salt being used medically. The healing methods of Hippocrates (460 BC) especially made frequent use of salt. Salt-based remedies were thought […]
How to Treat Hypertension in Elderly People
How to treat hypertension in elderly people Treating hypertension in elderly patients is not an easy task because the condition is often characterized with additional illnesses and health complications that make it difficult obtaining accurate and representative blood pressure readings. Older people often suffer from more variable blood pressure that changes from standing to a […]
High Blood Pressure: Modern Age Disease
High Blood Pressure also known as hypertension is a contemporary age disease and is usually termed as a silent killer. In this modern world people have become so busy in their life that they hardly get some good time to spend with friends and family. Thus the increased physical and mental pressure on the human […]
Hypertension Diet Therapy – Is a Great Way to Treat Or Prevent Hypertension
Large numbers of people today are living with hypertension and many others are at risk for developing it. The good news is that simple lifestyle changes can have a great positive impact on both treatment of high blood pressure and on prevention of hypertension. Making a few lifestyle changes can significantly reduce your chance of […]