Angina pectoris is a common manifestation of coronary artery disease. The pain is caused by reduced blood flow to a segment of heart muscle...
A person suffering from a heart or lung disorder is liable to experience high blood pressure. The walls of the blood vessels and arteries... Read more »
If you have traveled by jet over several time zones, you are perhaps familiar with the malaise that's known as jet lag. Suddenly night and... Read more »
A solid new report appears to verify what has long been assumed: eating a lot of whole grains may cut high blood pressure risk. As usual,... Read more »
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common reasons for hospital admission in the United States and most Western European... Read more »
News media sound bites were ricocheting around the Internet last week suggesting that perhaps type 2 diabetes is an intestinal disorder... Read more »
What is angina? Angina is short for “angina pectoris,” which in Latin means “pain of the chest.” More specifically, angina is pain... Read more »
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PreventionHeart disease prevention is important before and after someone is diagnosed with the condition:Primary prevention refers to measures that... Read more »
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Primary, or unexplained, pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a rare lung disorder in which the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries rises far above... Read more »
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Blood is carried from the heart to all the body's tissues and organs in pipes, called arteries and veins. Blood pressure is the force of the blood... Read more »
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension; Familial primary pulmonary hypertension; Idiopathic pulmonary arterial... Read more »