Does anyone know what really causes high blood pressure? It is quite difficult to distinguish whether symptoms stem from high blood pressure or are just mere coincidences. Things are less simple for less obviously absurd cases. Studies show many different kinds of secondary high blood pressure where the primary causes may be quite different from […]
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Diastolic High Blood Pressure Taken Seriously
For blood pressure patients who wonder what those numbers mean when getting BPs, here is an explanation. Two figures are observed when taking blood pressures (e.g. 140/90). 140 stands for systolic pressure, 90 is the diastolic pressure. A normal systolic pressure should not exceed 140, and a normal diastolic pressure is no more than 90. […]
Diabetes Diabetic Diet Low Carb Helps Reduce Blood Pressure
For the type 2 diabetic keeping blood pressures under control is a vital part of their diet plan. In recent studies researchers evaluated how a high carbohydrate and high monounsaturated fat diet affected the blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes. After 14 weeks they found that those eating the high carb diet had […]
Hypertension – Animed Health
www.animedhealth.com For more information, Call 1-888-926-4633 Hypertension, referred to as high blood pressure, HTN or HPN, is a medical condition in which the blood pressure is chronically elevated. It was previously referred to as nonarterial hypertension, but in current usage, the word “hypertension”[1] without a qualifier normally refers to arterial hypertension. [2] Hypertension can be […]
Diets To Control High Blood Pressure
There are changes we can adopt into our diets to control high blood pressure. Adopting a healthy eating plan is a two prong approach as it prevents the development of having a high blood pressure and lowers an existing elevated blood pressure. Fiber Rich Diet Having a diet that has a huge amount of fiber […]
New Herbal Supplement Offers Effective Support For Healthy Blood Pressure Without Side Effects
BIG ISLAND, HI (PRWEB) January 21, 2004 – High blood pressure is the number one silent killer of Americans but now people can effectively support healthy blood pressure without any side effects, thanks to Pharm East’s new herbal supplement, Holistrol. According to a double blind, placebo controlled, clinical study finished in January 2003, Holistrol can […]
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, […]
High Blood Pressure: Initial Investigations
You may wonder why your high blood pressure was not diagnosed until you had to have a medical for your new insurance policy. This is probably because you had not had your blood pressure measured for some years. Like you, many people with high blood pressure have no symptoms at all. The only way to […]
High Blood Pressure During Exercise
A study from Johns Hopkins shows that people who develop very high blood pressure during exercise are the ones most likely to develop high blood pressure in later years (American Journal of Hypertension, April 2004.) These people have arteries that do not expand as much as normal arteries when blood is pumped to them. When […]
Pediatric Hypertension–Journey into why the National Pediatric Blood Pressure Awareness was founded
Please take a few minutes to visit www.bloodpressure4kids.org. An estimated 2 million children are walking around right now with undiagnosed hypertension (high blood pressure.) It could be your child. In children, this is typically an indicator of a serious underlying cause. Causes such as kidney or cardiac issues among other things. These can all be […]
Blood Pressure and Heart Size in Athletes
In 1976, 413 high school runners in Finland competed in a 2000-meter race. At the time of the race and in a follow-up study twenty-five years later, the faster runners had much lower blood pressures than the slower ones (International Journal of Sports Medicine, July-August 2005.) The researchers wanted to know whether a maximal endurance […]