This machine produced by Thames Medical uses the Doppler system to accurately measure your cats blood pressure. Used carefully by cat health care professionals it gives great results. Produced in conjunction with Novartis Animla Health (www.novartis.com ), Thames Medical and Dr Andy Sparkes. The video was uploaded by Paul at SimplyCats a Cat Only Vet […]
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Essential Facts About Blood Pressure Monitors
High blood pressure is a silent killer. It is the force applied to the artery walls as the heart works over time to pump blood to the various parts of the body. The normal blood pressure is between 120 to 130 m Hg Systolic and 80 mmHg diastolic. Hundreds of thousands of people succumb to […]
Monitoring Glucose
Monitoring Glucose Article by Angelo Alford The glucose meter is a device that is used to measure the blood levels of glucose. This device also known as a glucometer is basically employed by folks who have been diagnosed with diabetes and need to monitor their blood glucose level. Blood is acquired from the patient thru […]
How to Measure a Blood Pressure- Mary Toapha, Speech Class
Recorded on August 25, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.
What Is a Normal Blood Pressure? Don’t Be Out Of That Range, Or Else
When blood pressure is measured we need to take into account 2 measurements. The first one is called Systolic Blood Pressure and the second one is Diastolic Blood Pressure. Systolic Blood Pressure is taken when the heart is pumping out blood, and Diastolic is taken between heartbeats, when the heart is resting. There is a […]
Natural Cures For High Blood Pressure – HBP, Hypertension
Have you noticed that every other person we know or meet either has high blood pressure or showing signs and symptoms of it? Displaying alarming statistics, high blood pressure sometimes referred as HBP and medically termed as hypertension has become so widespread that today it is believed that one in every five Americans already is […]
The Amazing Hawthorne Berry & How To Make Hedge Jam
Hedge row jam / jelly Ingredients: 4-measures of Hawthrone Berries 2-measures of Crab apples 1-measure of Elderberies Place ingredients in large cooking pot and cover with water Bring to the boil, then simmer for about an hour. seperate juice from the pulp. Weigh the juice and add an equal weight of sugar. Bring sugar & […]
How to Measure Your Blood Pressure – Simple Ways to Do it Yourself
The average normal adult blood pressure is 120 systolic and 80 diastolic or simply stated as 120 over 80 in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or 120/80 mmHg. Every individual varies in his or her blood pressure level. The blood pressure reading mentioned above may be used as a reference in measuring your own blood pressure; […]
Understanding High Blood Pressure
Imagine a garden hose. If there is little water pressure as you are trying to wash your car, the hose is flimsy and kinks easily. However, if there is high water pressure, the hose is firm, the water sprays out in greater amounts, and the hose may even burst. Your body’s arteries and veins work […]
MIT Media Lab Medical Mirror
You can check a person’s vital signs — pulse, respiration and blood pressure — manually or by attaching sensors to the body. But a student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program is working on a system that could measure these health indicators just by putting a person in front of a low-cost camera […]
High Diastolic Pressure – What Does it Really Mean?
Your blood pressure is a measure of the force exerted on the artery walls by your blood as your heart beats and forces the blood around your body. This measure is in two parts, namely systolic and diastolic. Systolic pressure is recorded as the force on the artery wall at the time the hear beats […]
Pulmonary Hypertension Echocardiography Findings
Do you always need to measure the systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) in order to see if pulmonary hypertension is present? In this demo, Thomas Binder explains that there are a bunch of other clues that indicate pulmonary hypertension using echocardiography. Remember: very often sPAP cannot be measured. Therefore, these clues are extremely important. Learn […]
Support High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Naturally
There is a wide variety of nutritional supplements available to support high blood pressure naturally, but first we must understand the magnitude of the problem and what are the most likely causes of hypertension in the US. According to recent estimates, about one in three U.S. adults has Hypertension, but because there are no symptoms, […]