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No More SAD Hearts
February 1st, 2013“Progress,” says futurist-physician Richard A. Swenson, MD, “is a one-way street. It thrives on differentiation, giving us more and more of everything, faster and faster.”
Walking away from the Standard American Diet
High Blood Pressure in Children!
September 1st, 2012About one in three adults nationwide has high blood pressure or hypertension. But did you know that kids can get hypertension, too? By some estimates, up to three percent of US children have high blood pressure.
Health News: Diabetes Exacerbates Symptoms in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
September 1st, 2012Hypertension and diabetes are known risk factors for retinal microvascular damage. However, the combined effects of diabetes with early and established stages of hypertension on retinal microvascular degeneration remain incompletely understood.
Health News: Green Tea Extract Shows Extensive Health Benefits
September 1st, 2012Extracts from green tea may lead to improvements in blood pressure, blood-sugar levels, and markers of inflammation, says a new study from Poland with obese hypertensives.
This Is Your Wake Up Call
October 28th, 2011Not so long ago, you either had high blood pressure or you didn’t. Your blood pressure could even flirt with the high normal range without anyone getting overly worked up about it. The same held true for elevated-but-still-normal blood sugar levels.
Precursors to hypertension, diabetes, and osteoporosis don’t have to turn into full-blown disease.High Blood Pressure At A Glance
July 28th, 2011On average, the human heart beats about 100,000 times over the course of 24 hours, with each of these heartbeats sending 2.5 ounces of blood through the heart. That’s approximately 1,980 gallons of blood each and every day!
A Change For Life
July 28th, 2011Is your blood pressure too high? If you are like many Americans, you may not know the answer to this question—but finding out could save your life.
Hypertension may already be stealing minutes from your life. What is it, and what can you do to reverse it?
Yoga Rx: Reduce Hypertension
May 1st, 2008At the pace we live, it’s no wonder hypertension has reached epidemic proportions—almost a third of adults have high blood pressure. But a review conducted by the Prevention Research Center at Yale University’s School of Medicine found that yoga may be as effective in reducing total blood pressure as conventional drug treatments. So strike a pose.
