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Alvin Hopkinson

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Pulmonary Hypertension - What You Need to Know

A person suffering from a heart or lung disorder is liable to experience high blood pressure. The walls of the blood vessels and arteries located in the lung area tend to constrict due to a primary disorder, hence the patient becomes doubly afflicted as he develops hypertension. The occurrence of hypertension in these cases is known as pulmonary... Read moreChevron
posted 08/12/2009, comments (0)|
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Melanie Thomassian

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6 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally

Today roughly 65 million Americans have hypertension. As we've been discussing recently, if left untreated this can lead to a number of problems including kidney damage, stroke, heart attack, and heart failure.   If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure, thankfully you can do something about it. Here are some of the nutrients and... Read moreChevron
posted 06/08/2009, comments (2)|
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Dr. Charles Whitcomb

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Caloric Restrictions and Brain Function

Chronic imbalance between energy intake and energy use leads to chronic metabolic disease.  Metabolic disease is the leading cause of death in Western society.  In the heart and circulation this leads to high blood pressure, atherosclerosis and its consequences: heart attack and stroke.  In the immune system we find increased risk... Read moreChevron
posted 02/11/2009, comments (0)|
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HeartHawk

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Distilling Clarity from Confusion: Blood Pressure, Heart Disease and Diabetes

In a recent sharepost I discussed lowering blood pressure (BP) and mentioned the new guideline from the National Health, Lung, and Blood Institute of lowering BP to under 120/80 mmHg. As of late, the most recent advice has simply been, "Lower is better!"  Epidemiological studies seem to support this idea noting that those who start with lower... Read moreChevron
posted 10/17/2008, comments (0)|
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Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH

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Teach your Kids Healthy Habits Now!

You may have heard about the "obesity epidemic" in the media. The risks appear to be even greater than ever. About a third of children and adolescents in the United States are overweight.  As the prevalence of childhood risk factors increases so too will adult heart disease. Childhood obesity contributes to many of the adult risk... Read moreChevron
posted 02/25/2008, comments (0)|
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