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Exercise's Effects on the Heart
Inactivity is one of the four major risk factors for coronary artery disease. However, exercise helps improve heart health in people with many forms of heart disease and can even reverse some risk factors, such as some of the effects of smoking.
Like all muscles, the heart becomes stronger and larger as a result of exercise so it can pump more blood through the body with every beat and sustain its maximum level with less strain. The resting heart rate of those who e...
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High Blood Pressure Unusual Symptoms: Could What You Feel be More Serious?
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health ExpertHigh blood pressure is commonly referred to as a 'silent killer' because many people overlook the... Read more »
Anger, Stress and High Blood Pressure
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...incorporate lifestyle modification into the treatment of high blood pressure and coronary heart... Read more »
I’ve been told that I have white coat or office high blood pressure, is there anything I should do?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...question. This diagnosis of “office-related” high blood pressure is usually suggested when... Read more »
High Blood Pressure in Children
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health ExpertHigh blood pressure goes hand-in-hand with obesity. As obesity increases among children in the... Read more »
What if “normal” blood pressure is really high blood pressure?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert"Oh, no. I don't have high blood pressure," declared Ron after I informed him that his pressure of... Read more »
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Questions for your Cardiologist: Heart Questions to Ask your Doctor
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In one word, potassium. Nearly 95% of the high blood pressure in the world is known as primary, essential, or idiopathic hypertension. It is called this because no clear underlying cause can be... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Diagnosis
...average of all the measurements will be considered in the diagnosis of hypertension. If high normal or high blood pressure persists, further tests should be performed to determine if the organs... Read more »Taking Responsibility for your Weight
...not unusual consults were requested the other day. The first involved a 55+ year old woman with high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia (cholesterol of 252) and extreme obesity (5 feet tall, 190... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Risk Factors
During the last decade, the number of Americans with high blood pressure has increased by 30 percent. Over 65 million American adults now have high blood pressure, and this condition... Read more »Images
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