Articles related to "Blood Pressure"



Spinal Alignment And Hypertension
A keen physician noticed that many of his hypertensive patients decreased their high blood pressure by visiting their chiropractor.
• high blood pressure and the neck • bllod pressure and neck alignment • blood pressure and neck adjustments • high blood pressure and neck alignment • c1 vertebrae hypertension

Hypertension
Hypertension, a serious medical disorder, affects more than 60 million Americans in the United States as well as people in other industrialized nations. This is an overview of the disease, providing key elements, risk factors, and what can be done to help control it.
• hypertension • high blood pressure • ace-inhibitors • calcium channel blockers • risk factors

Foods to Lower Your Blood Pressure
A study has suggested that eating plenty of vegetables may help reduce high blood pressure. With a little imagination it's easy to produce plenty of tasty leafy dishes.
• vegetables and blood pressure • nitrates and blood pressure • beetroot and blood pressure • spinach and blood pressure • lettuce and blood pressure

How to Lower Blood Pressure
If your blood pressure reading is "elevated", don't panic. Instead, consider it a wake-up call to improve your health before it's too late.
• elevated blood pressure • high blood pressure • hypertension • lowering blood pressue • how to lower blood pressure

High Blood Pressure
Once hypertension starts it usually lasts a lifetime. This article will show simple ways to help prevent or control high blood pressure.
• high blood pressure • hypertension • blood pressure • high • systolic

Hypertension
How do you get high blood pressure and can it be cured? Here are a few facts about hypertension.
• high blood pressure • hypertension • primary hypertension • secondary hypertension • stroke

Genetics And Hypertension
Genetics and environmental factors contribute equally to the development of high blood pressure. Genes in the RAS are particularly important.
• genetics of hypertension • genetics of high blood pressure • contributing factors of hypertension • contributing factors of blood pressure • renin angiotensin mutations

Hypertension Management Study
A recently published study finds that patients in the U.S. have better management of their hypertension than patients in Europe.
• hypertension • hypertensive • high blood pressure • management of high blood pressure • blood pressure

Vital Signs: Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is measured by listening for Karotkoff's sounds as the blood surges through the arteries.
• blood pressure • how to take a blood pressure • bp • systolic • diastolic

Self-help for High Blood Pressure
Most cases of high blood pressure are related to life-style factors. Those with moderate to mild hypertension may find self-help methods an alternative to drugs.
• self-help for hypertension • drugs for hypertension • risk factors and hypertension • classification of hypertension • heart disease and hypertension

A Pause for Pregnancy
While not for everyone, this article discusses the real probabilities of pregnancy for dialysis patients and transplant recipients.
• dialysis • kidney failure • pregnancy • esrd • renal

Active Kids Avoid Hypertension
A study published by the American Heart Association proves the benefits of childhood exercise by showing active kids have lower blood pressure.
• childhood hypertension • hypertension treatment • lower blood pressure • children's exercise • high blood pressure

Alcohol Helps A Women's Heart
how drinking can help a women's heart
• women • health • alcohol • heart • blood pressure

Blood Pressure & African Americans
African Americans with high blood pressure seem to respond better to some anti-hypertensive drug and drug combination therapies than to others.
• african american black hypertension • african american black high blood pressure • african american black diuretic • african american black beta blocker • african american black calcium channel blocker

Bolstering Your Blood Pressure
Maintaining healthy blood pressure is an important aspect of healthy living. As we age, our blood pressure may begin to rise. This silent killer can be managed effectively with a combination of diet, exercise and stress reduction. Failer to do so can result in a serious compromise of our over all health. This article gives you good, pratical advice on how to bolster healthy blood pressure.
• blood pressure • stress reduction • exercise • emotions • meditation

Chinese Herbs for Hypertension
Combining TCM dietary recommendations and herbal formulas can lower blood pressure. Seaweed, mung beans and hawthorn fruit are part of natural treatment for hypertension.
• hypertension • foods to reduce high blood pressure • high cholesterol • traditional chinese medicine • chinese herbs

Chocolate addictions:
Dark chocolate, and in particular the cocoa in the chocolate, has exhibited significant health benefits in the last decade in numerous clinical studies.
• chocolate • cocoa • blood pressure • cardiovascular health • white chocolate

Don't hit the snooze for this wake-up call
Not long ago I wrote about how your thoughts or intuitions can give you helpful messages. Your body also sends messages in its own way. Wake-up calls force you to look at your life a little deeper. Something is not working and your body is letting you know.
• wake-up call • wakeup call • follow your passion • passion • emergency room

Exercise with Hypertension
What is Hypertension and what recommendations are there for exercise?
• hypertension • blood pressure • exercise • acsm

FDA Warns Americans on Over-the-Counter Medications
Warning of over-the-counter cold medications containing PPA
• women • health • medicine • strokes • blood pressure

Headaches May be a Warning Sign
The stroke-related death of U.S. Sen. Paul Coverdell of Georgia had warning symptoms - headaches. Too often people try to ignore headaches in the mistaken belief that they aren't serious. What else might a headache be a warning of?
• hypertension • high blood pressure • headache • cerebral hemorrhage • ischemic stroke

Heart to Heart
A brief discussion of the value of proper nutrition in the health of the heart and circulatory system.
• heart • high blood pressure • nutrition • circulatory system

High Blood Pressure, a Dietary Approach
This article will give you details on high blood pressure. What it is, why you need to control it and how to control it with dietary measures.
• dash • high blood pressure • hypertension • diet • lifestyle

Hypertension
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, usually does not show symptoms. Blood pressure check, along with changes in diet and lifestyle, are therefore important.
• hypertension • blood pressure check • heart attack & stroke • sphygmomanometer reading • atherosclerosis of arteries

Kidneys
Resources for the kidney.
• kidney • nephron • blood pressure • loop of henle • electrolytes

Labor & Delivery: Your Pain, Your Choices
You have many options during your pregnancy, one of the most important being your choice of pain management during your delivery. This article outlines some of the different pain medications available and their advantages and disadvantages.
• labor • epidural • pain • medication • delivery

Learning to Relax: Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Life can be hectic and intense. With the added burdens of the recent terrorist attacks some of us may feel somewhat overwhelmed. Progressive Relaxation is a fast and simple way of learning to deal with stress very effectively. Take a little time to learn this method and reap the results.
• stress • anxiety • fear • high blood pressure • relaxation

Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Every pregnant woman should know the signs and symptoms of pregnancy induced hypertension and how to possibly prevent it.
• pregnancy • induced • hypertension • birth • high

Pregnancy-Induced High Blood Pressure, Toxemia
This article addresses pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, known as toxemia of pregnancy, and discusses what expectant mothers can do to protect themself and their unborn child if they should develop this disease.
• prenancy-induced high blood pressure • toxemia • disease • proteinuria • edema

Summer Stress
how to deal with summer stress
• women • health • summer • stress • heart

Thyroid Hormone and Heart Disease - Hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone) was first identified as a problem with the heart and the vascular system.
• hyperthyroidism • heart disease • cardiovascular • palpitations • cardiac arrythmias

Two Key Indicators of Recovery and Restoration: Your Heart Rate and Your Blood Pressure
Two key medical indicators of whether or not you are overtraining and heading for illness, and whether or not you have let your body recover enough so that it benefits from the training runs you do, rather than be destoyed by your efforts. These are your heart rate (pulse) and your blood pressure, so you need to know haow and where to measure them - and where to buy what you will need!

What is Biofeedback?
The definition of Positive from a personal development standpoint with an example of usage.
• biofeedback • control blood pressure • control stress • control heart rate • lower blood pressure

Be Heart Smart I
February is American Health Month. Be kind to your heart and check out this first article in a two-part series, with incredible links to heart healthy related web sites.
• american heart association • american heart association • aha • ama • american medical association

Berries for Your Health
Including berries with your cereal, salads, or desserts makes solid nutritional sense. Berries may turn out to be the super fruit that can keep you healthy.
• berry for health • healthy berries • acai berry • goji berry • goji berries

Diabetes and Your Heart
This article will attempt to discuss the reasons as to why diabetics are more prone to cardiovascular disease and circulatory problems.
• diabetes • sugar • diabetic • insulin • disease

Health Benefits of Knit & Crochet
The current resurgence of hand-knitting and crochet may very well owe its popularity to the desire for promised health benefits.
• knit health benefits • crochet health benefits • knit and stress levels • crochet and stress • hand knit

Health Benefits of Knit & Crochet
The current resurgence of hand-knitting and crochet may very well owe its popularity to the desire for promised health benefits.
• knit health benefits • crochet health benefits • knit and stress levels • crochet and stress • hand knit

Hypertension in African Americans
Compared to the non-African American population, Blacks experience higher rates of hypertension and hypertensive disorders for several reasons.
• hypertension in african americans • hypertension in blacks • high blood pressure in african americans • high blood pressure in blacks • hypertensive disorders in african americans

A Simple Holiday: Making it Pleasant for Alzheimer's Patient and Caregiver
Reflections on my Christmases with my mother as her caregiver and in the years since. Features a quote from an article by Tim Brennan, an early onset Alzheimer's patient, about the importance of keeping Christmas simple.
• alzheimer • alzheimer's • caregiving • dementia • eoad

About the Kidneys
Read the basics of what the kidneys do and what happens when they fail.
• kidney failure • esrd • fistula • renal failure • dialysis

Acupuncture and Acupressure
Acupuncture and acupressure are being used increasingly for many conditions. Whilst evidence exists for their effectiveness, for some ailments more research is needed.
• acupuncture and acupressure • acupuncture and acupressure for nausea • acupuncture for pain • acupuncture for back pain • cochrane collaboration and acupuncture

Aortic Dissection
Aortic dissection is uncommon but can lead to serious consequences, including death. What exactly is this condition?
• aortic dissection • chest pain • hypertension • beta-blockers • surgery for aortic dissection

Beat Hypertension with Vegetables
A recent study has suggested that high nitrate foods may relax blood vessel walls and lower blood pressure.
• beet root juice and hypertension • vegetables and hypertension • nitrates and hypertension • nitric oxide and blood vessels • blood pressure and blood vessels

Bell's Palsy Causes
Bell's palsy is a neurological disorder that strikes the face. Learn the causes for this malady....
• bell's palsy • causes • infection • alcoholism • herpes

Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
Discusses Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome, a rare kidney disease that is one of the most common childhood kidney diseases with onset usually between 2 and 6 years of age and how it can cause chronic and acute pain in children.
• nephrotic syndrome • nephrosis • chronic pain • artsy_grampa • high blood pressure

Dangers Of A Sedentary Lifestyle
Statistics on people who continue to ignore the preventative powers of exercise on deadly diseases.
• physical inactivity and heart disease • african americans and high blood pressure • latinos and obesity • preventable diseases and exercise • recent diabetes statistics for america

De-stressing Not Distressing
"It's not a magic bullet, but increasing physical activity is a positive and active strategy to help manage depression and anxiety," says Kristin Vickers-Douglas, Ph.D.,
• depression • anxiety • improve mood • 30 minutes of exercise • exercise

Exercise To A Stress-free Life
You can reduce the effects of stress in your life and enhance your health at the same time. Research suggest that exercise reduces stress.
• stress • blood pressure • fight-or-flight • stressful situations • physiological reactions

Exercise-Your Alternative Medicine
Exercising regularly not only reduces the risk of many diseases, it can also reverse the symptoms of many diseases.
• exercise as medicine • physical activity treat illness • reduce sickness • improve health • high blood pressure


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