Blood Pressure Medication – Foods That Do the Same As a Water Pill

  If you have high blood pressure or doctor diagnosed hypertension you may be put on a water to help lower your blood pressure. Water pills also are known as diuretics, function to remove sodium from the body. This occurs during urination. For some people this quite frequent and very inconvenient. Another drawback to this […]

High Blood Pressure Vitamins – Can Vitamins Help Lower Your High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure vitamins – do they really exist? Is it actually possible to lower your blood pressure with vitamins? In this article, I take a closer look at vitamins and see if they, or anything else, can help lower your blood pressure. Vitamin C Vitamin C is a well known antioxidant vitamin. Research has […]

Vitamins and Their Role in Our Lives

Vitamins, like minerals, are an essential part of the function and health of the body system. While many vitamins serve individual purposes, the more common way for vitamins to function properly is as cofactors to or in partnership with other vitamins, minerals, nutrients and other substances in the body such as enzymes. Some of the […]

Are Alkaline Minerals the Magic Bullet?

Researcher after researcher is showing that sufficient alkaline minerals in the diet could be one of the most important contributions you can make to your health. Recently, in the last hundred years or so, science has examined a phenomenon in the body called acidosis. This is where the body fluids drop below their optimum healthy […]

Experts Divided Over Latest Diabetes Medications

A new anti-diabetes drug gives the people of India a new hope in fighting diabetes. Experts however are still divided about the medication’s effectiveness despite significant evidences of the pill’s power to stop diabetes by as much as 60 percent. Nevertheless, experts are still very hopeful for the drug, known as Rosiglitazone, to be what […]

Reduce Risk of Diabetes and High Blood Pressure With Weight Loss Camp

Getting to the doctor for a regular check up is something that you should do at least once a year. At this annual visit, you may receive a battery of tests including a check to determine whether or not you are dealing with health conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure. Today, more than ever […]

The Blood Pressure Oracle – How Accurate is the Result of an Electronic Blood Pressure Monitor?

Quite often I have received letters with statements like “My doctor says that all digital machines are inaccurate and that only a doctor or an experienced nurse can take blood pressure accurately”. It is difficult to give an answer to such a statement without offending someone. There are still some people who believe that the […]

Is High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Dangerous? What Should You Do?

Hypertension is sometimes referred to as the “silent killer” by some physicians. Even mild hypertension will lower your life expectancy to some degree if you do not get treatment for it. If you have untreated severe hypertension, the disorder may shorten your life considerably. The reason hypertension is dangerous is that increased pressure in the […]

Side effects of some drugs that are Lowering Blood Pressure(part one)

Side effects of some drugs that are Lowering Blood Pressure(part one) Article by Grojan Fabiola Lowering blood pressure is a condition that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Blood pressure differs deeply with activity, age, medications, and underlying medical conditions Some of the Drugs have some side effects that […]