High Blood Pressure

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.

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?

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.

Health Conditions Women of Color Need to Know About

If you are a woman of color, there are certain health conditions for which you have a higher risk. This chart describes the conditions, the risk differences for women like you compared with white women, and steps you can take to minimize your risk.

I'm Mad . . . Smokin' Mad!

It’s not bad enough that the makers of Virginia Slims target young women with their new slimmer, sexy cigarettes in convenient, cute little “purse packs,” but they chose pink and teal for the hot new

Burning the Candle At Both Ends Raises Blood Pressure!

What is the cost of doing “just one more thing?”

We all do it. Get up a little early, or stay up a little later, to get just one more thing done.