Blood Pressure: The Vegetarian Diet

Foods which contain cholesterol are not all bad. A strictly vegetarian diet indeed reduces high blood pressure, but can easily become deficient in protein, which is necessary for your body's cell renewal.

Beware Of Kids That Have Signs Of Heart Disease!

Under normal circumstances, we would think that only adults, especially elderly, will have narrowing and hardening of arteries. But, the findings of a study presented at the annual American Heart Association in Chicago last month (Nov 2006) will probably change our views.

Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Follow Up

Follow up of your blood pressure lowering treatment may be done by a practice nurse or a doctor. Practice nurses with recent training may even be more up to date than the doctors who employ them. They usually have more time and are often more in touch with the practical problems with those patients on an average income.

Monitoring of High Blood Pressure Treatment

There are several reasons why your physician or practice nurse should monitor your blood pressure lowering treatment. Aside from assessing its efficacy, determining other factors such as exercise and dietary habits, smoking cessation and weight for your height are also necessary to reduce your risk of eventually suffering from serious complications of high blood pressure such as stroke and coronary heart disease.

Blood Pressure: Treatment for Elderly People

Treatment regimens for high blood pressure in young adults and the elderly are quite different. Age differences and their susceptibilities to the adverse effects of blood pressure lowering drugs have to be considered.

The Side Effects of taking ACE Inhibitors for High Blood Pressure

All forms of medication have downsides if we are really being honest with ourselves. High Blood Pressure Medicine is no different. To be honest as I have covered in other articles with regards to medicine for High Blood Pressure it is very much a case of the lesser of two evils or “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”

PAD - Reasons To Encourage Public Access Defibrillation

The majority of sudden cardiac arrests (SCA) come with no previous warning. This is the reason why there must be AEDs available at all times in public areas so as to increase the survival rate of the patients. Here are some more facts on AEDs and Public Access Defibrillation.

How To Tell The Signs And Symptoms Of Hypertension

Hypertension, or high blood pressure as it is also called, is a health condition that may not even have signs or symptoms. Don't be fooled though, hypertension is a key element in causing strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and even death.

Weapons in the Battle Against Heart Disease

Heart disease and stroke are our nation's number one killers. As we become more sedentary and more obese, heart disease is occurring in more severe forms and at younger ages. But, there are ways to avoid heart disease, if you understand the associated health issues and how to control them. Here's an overview of the contributors to heart disease and how to minimize your risk by managing your life.

Reduce Your Risk Of Heart Disease By Looking After Your Diet And Eating The Right Foods

Many doctors and dietitians believe that if you look after your diet and eat the right foods, it can have a beneficial effect on your heart and might reduce your risk of heart disease.

What Is Normal Blood Pressure?

While most people understand what high blood pressure is all about, do you know what your normal blood pressure reading should be? If you said not really, then you're not alone.

Simple Steps For Controlling High Blood Pressure Effectively

Hypertension can lead to major breakdowns of our body's systems if we do not take the right measures and the consequences are very serious: complicated heart attacks, strokes or the failure of your kidneys.

Depression Anxiety: More Cardiac Rehab

Some things I am learning and a bit of inner healing. I have a clearer sense of what the Rehab is doing for me in many aspects not just in the body.

What are the Types and Uses of Home Blood Pressure Monitors?

A very large number of people are suffering from high blood pressure and are in danger to develop a severe heart disease or even a heart attack. High blood pressure is also