Entries Tagged 'Hypertension' ↓
December 10th, 2009 — Hypertension, high blood pressure
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted on the arteries. Blood pressure can differ from person to person. When your blood pressure is measured it is expressed in two numbers such as 120/80.The figure on the top denotes the pressure when the heart is pumping blood and its muscle is contracted.
If your blood pressure is measured as 140/90, then you are a patient of hypertension or high blood pressure and therefore you need to reduce your blood pressure level. However, you should be aware that blood pressure rises with age and so as you grow older you should keep a check on your blood pressure and reduce blood pressure if it is above the normal blood pressure level.
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November 26th, 2009 — Heart Disease, Hypertension, Vitamin and Supplement, high blood pressure
What’s all the fuss about Omega 3 fish oils? What do they do for my body?
Omega 3 fish oils are a substance that can be found in the bodies of fish. However, eating fresh fish is no longer recommended. The mercury levels that are prevalent in almost all fresh fish these days can be very detrimental to your health.
However, companies have manufactured fish oil that is mercury free by processing the oils that naturally occur in the fish. Omega 3 is a type of fat that is essential for human health. Omega 3 contains two fatty acids that benefit the human body greatly, which are known as DHA and EPA.
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November 25th, 2009 — Hypertension
Hypertensive heart disease is a late complication of high blood pressure or hypertension of the heart. Hypertensive heart disease happens when there is an uncontrolled or prolonged elevation of blood pressure that leads to a variety of changes in the myocardial structure, coronary vasculature, and conduction system of the heart.
Hypertensive heart disease is generally a term used in heart diseases such as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), cardiac arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure (CFH).These diseases generally develop in response to chronically elevated blood pressure, but acute elevation of blood pressure can also lead to bringing out an underlying tendency to any of the symptoms connected with chronic hypertension.
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November 2nd, 2009 — Arteriosclerotic, Diet, Healthy Food, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Vitamin and Supplement, cholesterol, coronary heart disease, diabetes, exercise, heart attack, high blood pressure, obesity
When we think of a heart attack, we picture an old man, clutching his chest as he staggers. But this is a dangerously misleading view. According to a newspaper article, heart disease is the leading cause of death, deaths in government hospitals showed that about one in six females died of cardiovascular disease as opposed to about one in 48 females who died of breast cancer.
While there are factors like family history and the natural ageing process that put us at risk, there are many things we can do to protect our heart.
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September 25th, 2009 — Hypertension, exercise, high blood pressure
It seems as though many Americans are living a life that leads to high blood pressure or hypertension. As people age, the situation gets worse. Nearly half of all older Americans have hypertension. This disease makes people five times more prone to strokes, three times more likely to have a heart attack, and two to three times more likely to experience a heart failure.
The problem with this disease is that nearly one third of the folks who have hypertension do not know it because they never feel any direct pain. But overtime the force of that pressure damages the inside surface of your blood vessels.
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September 20th, 2009 — Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure
Did you know that if you have diabetes you have a greater chance of dying from heart disease or stroke and it doesn’t make any difference if you are a woman or a man? One reason is high blood levels of sugar make the walls of your blood vessels thicker and cause them to lose their elasticity, which in turn makes it harder for blood to pass through.
Type 1 diabetes is know as juvenile-onset diabetes and usually affects children and young adults and is genetically-linked. The following are some conditions that are typically found in people with type 2 diabetes, which is know as adult-onset diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
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September 15th, 2008 — Hypertension, high blood pressure
When the demand for butter exceeded the ability of farmers to supply this desirable fat … the search for a substitute started us on a road to trans fats, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Not until 20 years ago did we finally discover the dangers of trans fats.
How Did Trans Fats Enter our Food Supply?
In the 1860s butter was in great demand and there just wasn’t enough to satisfy everybody. Emperor Louis Napoleon III offered a prize for a substitute … and so, the first margarine was invented by a French chemist. It was created from clarified beef fat.
It wasn’t until 40 years later that the process of hydrogenation was developed … and the door to deadly trans fats was opened. Butter rationing during two worlds wars and the lower cost of margarine … had more and more people switching to this butter substitute — made from cheap vegetable fats. Continue reading →
August 27th, 2008 — Hypertension, high blood pressure
Hypertension, as you know as high blood pressure is not only a condition for adults but it can also affect children, kids and even infants. When you see high blood pressure in children, the basic cause is either heart or Kidney. But it has been seen that children do have high blood pressure even though they have no heart or kidney problem but there’s a family history of high blood pressure and an unhealthy lifestyle – a bad diet, excess weight, stress, and insufficient physical activity.
Though it is estimated that 4.5% of kids have high blood pressure. High blood pressure is very common among adults but it is also increasing in children these days, a trend that researchers link to the increase in childhood obesity.
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June 20th, 2008 — Heart Disease, Hypertension, Quit Smoking, heart attack
What is one of the leading killer of human being? That’s right, heart disease is one of the leading killers in almost developed countries around the world, and the number of cases is rising constantly as a result of both modern lifestyles and increased overall longevity.
When developing the condition can have a devastating impact on the sufferer’s life, modern medicine has developed many effective treatments for heart disease, ranging from drugs and lifestyle improvements right through to surgery.
Of course, prevention is always better than cure, so before we look at some of the symptoms of cardiac disease we’ll look at some of the ways you can help your body ward off the risks.
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May 7th, 2008 — Heart Disease, Hypertension, diabetes
Diabetes and heart disease go hand-in-hand. Diabetic persons are at much greater risk to having heart attacks, high blood pressure, and strokes. People who have diabetes have often much higher blood sugar level that can cause damage to many parts of the body including the blood vessels.
Vascular problems due to diabetes may also include poor circulation to the legs and feet, unfortunately these problems can go undetected and can start early in life.
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