Natural Remedies For High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

What Is Blood Pressure (Hypertension)? Blood pressure is the pressure created in your arteries by your pumping heart. When this pressure becomes excessive it’s called high blood pressure. Blood pressure is measured using a blood pressure cuff, a completely painless procedure that gives your reading as two numbers such as 120/80mm Hg or “millimeters of […]

Causes of High Diastolic Blood Pressure Readings and What to Do About Them

You’re probably familiar with the blood pressure cuff your doctor uses but do you really understand what he is measuring? Blood pressure is the force that the heart places on the walls of your blood vessels when it pumps and relaxes. When the heart pumps the pressure goes up and this is called systolic pressure. […]

Causes and Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

Primary pulmonary hypertension, or PPH, is a serious medical condition and has received a lot of media attention in recent years due to its association with popular diet drugs. While doctors have discovered that drugs such as Fen-Phen can lead to PPH, there are additional causes of this and other types of pulmonary hypertension. Much […]

Herbal Supplements and Remedies for Hypertension and High Blood Pressure

Introduction Globally more than 1.5 billion people have Hypertension or High Blood pressure. It is a chronic medical condition and often called a silent killer since it can cause a lot of damage to the affected before the disorder is identified. Usually when the heart beats, it creates force which gets transferred to the blood. […]

Diabetes Mellitus – A Review of the Signs and Symptoms, Treatments and Causes of Diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus – A Review of the Signs and Symptoms, Treatments and Causes of Diabetes Article by Jerry Tellier At the moment over 200 million people from all quarters of the world are already identified as having Diabetes Mellitus, and this number has being projected to increase to 380 million by the year 2025. Diabetes […]

What Causes Diabetic Foot Ulcers?

It’s the sign of advanced diabetes that diabetics dread, ulcers of the feet and lower legs. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) has published estimated that one in six diabetics oeventually develop a foot ulcer, and 6 out of every 1,000 diabetics will undergo an amputation. Foot ulcers are most […]

Causes of Sudden High Blood Pressure – The Silent Killer

Depending on your daily activity, your blood pressure constantly changes. Unpredictable causes of sudden high blood pressure can also be related to your mental status or even the time of the day. In most cases, if your blood pressure has been stable for most of your life, a sudden onset of high blood pressure measurements […]

How to Lower High Blood Pressure Using Fish Oil

High Blood pressure is defined as anything higher than 120/80 (normal). When it is high, the heart has to work harder. The higher pressure will likely damage vessels to vital organs such as the kidneys, heart and the brain. It is also known as hypertension. HypertensionSymptoms and Causes Quite often, people have no symptoms but […]

Blood Pressure Facts : How High Blood Pressure Causes a Stroke

High blood pressure causes a stroke by creating narrowing arteries and increased weight load on the heart and blood vessels, leading to blood that cannot get through. Learn how blood clots are formed and cause strokes with information from a nurse in this free video on blood pressure. Video Rating: 0 / 5

Causes, Symptoms, and Natural Remedies For High Blood Pressure

The American Heart Association reports that almost a third of all adults in the United States are suffering from high blood pressure (hypertension). Unfortunately, hypertension is known as a silent disease, which may be why one-third of sufferers are unaware that they have the condition. Some people can go on for years without experiencing even […]