Blood Pressure

Celebrate Your Independence With the Great American Smokeout

For the past 32 years, the Great American Smokeout has made being a quitter something to celebrate. The event challenges tobacco users to quit for at least one day with the hope that single day will be the catalyst to quit completely.

Why is Elevated Blood Pressure a “Silent Killer”?

You are feeling good, things at home and work couldn’t be better. The weekend is coming and you can’t wait to relax. You just have to see your doctor for a regular checkup tomorrow and then you will be off to enjoy your plans for the weekend. But, at the doctor’s visit you are informed that your blood pressure is high. “What! But I feel so good, I’ve got energy, I’m able to multitask at work and home”, you cry out. You can’t believe it.

Pomegranate Juice, a Natural Way to Lower Cholesterol and Blood Pressure?

One of the major risk factors for heart disease that most of us are aware of is cholesterol.

Top Ten Antioxidants for Kidney Health, Blood Pressure, and Weight

Healthy kidney function is essential for normal blood pressure and water balance. The kidneys produce hormones to regulate constriction of arteries so they get enough blood supply to perform their filtering function. The volume of blood and tissue fluid is kept in range by excretion of water and salts.

How Much Salt is Too Much?

The standard nutrition labels you see on most packaged foods say your daily sodium intake should be less than 2,400 mg. A diet of average American food can easily contain much more sodium, mostly in the form of ordinary table salt. So how much is really too much?

Heart Disease: An Equal Opportunity Killer

I was absolutely thrilled when EmpowHer asked me to write some articles on women’s heart health. The need for this education was drilled home when my dear, sweet, wonderful husband, with his brilliant IQ of 158, asked me why women need to be concerned about their heart health!!!

Connection Between Inflammation, Infection and High Blood Pressure

Reuters news service released an article yesterday citing a few studies that show a correlation between a common virus, CMV Cytomegalovirus, and high blood pressure.

Top 5 Summer Foods for Lowering Blood Pressure

There are a lot of foods that are heart healthy, but which ones should you eat during the summer months?

Can Centrally Acting Anti Hypertensive Medications Reduce Dementia? Part 2

So what should patients do in the meantime?

It is far too early to start advocating ACE inhibitors for all elderly patients.