Hypertension and its causes
What is blood pressure? In a bicycle tire, air pressing against the inner wall of the tire keeps it inflated. Depending on how much air is in the tire, it is either full of air and ready to roll, or too low and looking ...
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High blood pressure: what is it?
High blood pressure (or hypertension) is a condition in which the blood pressure in your arteries is higher than normal. High blood pressure doesn't usually present any symptoms until a vital organ is ...
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Heart disease: risk factors
In order to function properly, your heart needs a large and continuous stream of oxygen-enriched blood, which is supplied directly to your heart muscle through your coronary arteries. If your coronary arteries become clogged, blocked, inflamed, infected, or injured, the blood flow to your heart will be reduced, which can cause injur ...
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Congestive heart failure: causes
Seventy percent of all cases of congestive heart failure are due to poor blood supply to the heart. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is also a factor. High blood pressure causes the heart muscle to become stiff so it cannot accept all the blood returning from the body and ...
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DASH high blood pressure
The DASH approach to eating is an effective way to lower your blood pressure and increase your overall health and well-being. DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH study has shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low fat dairy products could substantially lower blood pressure which could reduce heart diseas ...
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Heart disease: terms to know
Aneurysm is the ballooning out from a weak spot in the arterial wall of the heart. Arteriosclerosis is a general term that relates to several diseases in which the artery walls become thicker and less ...
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Herbal remedies and heart medications - should they mix?
In an effort to maintain or improve good health, many of us - almost half the population of the United States according to some reports - take herbal supplements such as echinacea, garlic, ginseng, gingko biloba, and ...
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High blood pressure: silent risk
High blood pressure, which is also called hypertension, could be silently putting you at risk for heart disease and strokes. High blood pressure is often called the "silent killer" because people don't feel any different unless their blood pressure is really high, which is partly why most people who have been diagnosed with high blood pre ...
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Your blood pressure may be higher than you think
How long has it been that we've been taking blood pressure (BP) readings? About 200 years or so, I think, which is also, I believe, even longer than Regis has been on tv. So given that we've been at it for so long, you'd think that we would never err in taking BP ...
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Your blood pressure may be higher than you think
How long has it been that we've been taking blood pressure (BP) readings? About 200 years or so, I think, which is also, I believe, even longer than Regis has been on tv. So given that we've been at it for so long, you'd think that we would never err in taking BP ...
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