I am one of the unlucky Americans who experienced a mild stroke in the past two years. When it happened I woke up in the hospital feeling pretty cloudy and confused. What in the world just happened to me? Obviously, I was there for a reason but when the stroke hit me my first reaction […]
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Natural Treatment For High Blood Pressure
Also called hypertension, high blood pressure is a wide spread health problem. One in five Americans already has it and more than 90% will get it. The fact that at least 90% of us will develop high blood pressure or hypertension suggests that we are genetically programmed to get it, but it is not our […]
How To Get Rid Of Hypertension
High blood pressure or hypertension is known as the silent killer because most people don’t know they have it and they can die without warning. It was listed as a primary or contributing cause of deaths in the United States. One in five Americans has hypertension or high blood pressure. This is very alarming as […]
Cozaar (losartan) reduces strokes by 40%, but does NOT reduce heart attacks
fatnews.com Hi, this is Larry Hobbs @ FatNews.com. larryhobbs@fatnews.com The blood pressure medicine Cozaar [losartan] [reduced strokes by 40%, but] did NOT reduce [heart attacks]…. Between Cozaar and the beta blocker atenolol, Cozaar, some might argue, is only the lesser of two evils. — Franz Messerli, MD, European Heart Journal, 2003. Cozaar [losartan] is an […]
Blood Pressure and Anxiety
High blood pressure is a condition where the pressure of your blood is higher than it should be. The force that the blood exerts on the blood vessels should be kept at certain levels otherwise it can become one dangerous health problem. A typical blood pressure reading should be less than 120/80mmHg. Anything reading above […]