How is blood pressure measured? How does one know if he or she has hypertension? Actually, most people know the answers to both these questions. But since hypertension – or high blood pressure – is such a “silent” condition (many people don’t even know they have it), people often simply don’t care. A doctor, in […]
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5 Common Herbal Remedies For High Blood Pressure
Hypertension is the medical term used to describe high blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of your arteries as the heart pumps blood through the body. Blood pressure readings are given as two numbers, 120 over 80 (written as 120/80). The top number is your systolic pressure. It […]
Risk Factors For Hypertension
Ironically while we know that hypertension can kill, we don’t know why it happens. In 95 percent of cases, there is no underlying cause – the reason why it’s called primary or essential hypertension. In the remaining 5 percent of cases, the problem can be traced to kidney or heart disease and is known as […]
Reduce High Blood Pressure Safely With Vitamin C
The suspenseful music rises. The darkness comes upon you. A full moon dimly lights the vacant wooded area. You know that a silent killer lives in these dark woods. You hear something. Something or someone is following you. In a cold sweat, you look over your shoulder. The music crescendos into frightful intervals. All you […]
High Blood Pressure vs. Low Blood Pressure – The Cause and Cure!
Do you have high blood pressure? Do you have low blood pressure? This is an important question for your health and your life. Why? According to the American Heart Association (AHA), about one in three adults in the United States have high blood pressure. And only about 63 percent of those with high blood pressure […]
Treating Hypertension with Excercise
People with hypertension are three times more likely to have a heart attack, five times more likely to develop heart failure, and eight times more likely to suffer a stroke than people with normal blood pressure. The problem with high blood pressure is that nearly one third of the folks who have it do not […]