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Treat high blood pressure with medication I'm sure you know by now - and you certainly will if you have browsed around this site - that there are lots of ways to treat high blood pressure. Many people are able to achieve their blood pressure goals by simply changing their diet or by altering their lifestyle. Salt reduction certainly helps - you'll be horrified at how easy it is for salt to

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How To Find Home Blood Pressure Devices There are now a wide range of options for you if you want to purchase a home blood pressure device or a home blood pressure monitor. I recommend Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk for a range of well priced machines. If you don't want to shop online then most local drugstores or pharmacies will sell home blood pressure devices that will fit your needs. A couple

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Living With Low blood pressure The problems associated with a low blood pressure are often overlooked - particularly when compared to the media and medical attention devoted to high blood pressure and its treatment. But if you have low blood pressure or hypotension as it is sometimes called then you'll know that the symptoms can ruin your life at times. I get regular emails asking me for advice

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Treatment for blood pressure Now - as some of the readers of this site will know, I've been involved in helping people to deal with their high blood pressure for a long time now. I do my best to give good quality blood pressure advice and try very hard to be open minded and impartial. You're just as likely to read me rabbit on about blood pressure vitamin supplements as you are about the

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The Pressure Point New blood pressure discussion forum For years now, I've had people email me to ask questions about high blood pressure or low blood pressure treatment. I do my best to email back but it can be really difficult to find the time to keep up - and - let's face it, I don't know all the answers. I think I've hit upon the solution and have created a new discussion forum devoted to

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Blood Pressure Treatment Choices Blood pressure treatment can seem confusing and the range of options available for anyone with high blood pressure grows day by day. You or your doctor may choose to treat your blood pressure by medication, by lifestyle advice, by altering your diet or by doing all of these things and more. This blood pressure site has grown a lot in scope and size since I

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Eating Nuts Can Lower Cholesterol Levels Most of us know that a balanced diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables and low fat dairy products will keep us healthy. But now we should also take a much closer look at the health benefits of nuts. Until recently, nuts were regarded as a high energy or high fat food and so their consumption was limited or even avoided. But diet specialists have now

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How not to have a heart attack I found a great article today on how to avoid a heart attack. Here are the main recommendations for simple things you can do in your own life to make sure that your heart stays healthy and you lower the heart attack risk. Keep control of your blood pressure That's what this website is all about of course. Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood

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Body Weight and High Blood Pressure Are you overweight? Do you have high blood pressure? Half of overweight people with high blood pressure could have the condition as a result their size. Italian research has shown that about 50% of overweight adults with high blood pressure between the age of 29 and 65 saw their blood pressure drop after six months on a diet. This is important because it

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Does alcohol raise blood pressure? A high or moderate alcohol intake will raise blood pressure in some people, but the effect may depend largely on age and cholesterol levels says a new study from Japan. It seems that alcohol affects blood pressure more in men in their fifties or older. The study showed that fifty year olds who drank even moderate amounts of alcohol generally had higher blood

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Heart Attack Risk A new quick and painless test could save your life. An ultrasound scan on the carotid arteries, the small blood vessels that run along either side of your neck can give insight into the health of your whole vascular system. Ultrasound of the carotid arteries allows doctors to measure the thickness of those arteries and the thickness predicts how likely you are to have a

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Treat High Blood Pressure By the nature of a large site like this I tend to find that the older articles get a bit lost over time. So - if you're interested -here are a few of the highlights from previous months and years of writing about high blood pressure treatment. Firstly, and this article about your blood pressure reading was one of the first I published on the subject, you might like to

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Alcohol and Blood Pressure Is alcohol good or bad for your blood pressure? People with high blood pressure need not be teetotal and may benefit from a regular tipple, a US study suggests. The research showed that men with high blood pressure reduced their risk of a heart attack by having a drink or two a day. But experts warned too much alcohol can raise blood pressure and said the findings

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A vaccine against high blood pressure Can a simple vaccine jab protect you from stroke and heart disease? Researchers think they have developed a vaccine to control high blood pressure. The vaccine is derived from a protein found in limpets and the hope is that it would need a course of just three jabs, with a booster every six months. The commonest way of treating blood pressure at the moment

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Omega 3 Fatty Acids and Blood Pressure Alter your diet and lower your blood pressure A diet rich in nutrients called omega-3 fatty acids can help lower a person's blood pressure. Foods rich in Omega 3 include fish and nuts. A new large study looked at diet and its relation to blood pressure in 4,680 men and women, ages 40 to 59, who lived in Japan, China, Britain and the United States. They

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Seven Weird Ways to Die Young What advice would you give to a non married, pessimistic pop star who has recently lost weight and lowered their cholesterol level by taking vitamin supplements? Easy - stay in bed until after lunch of course ! We all know lots of tips about staying healthy and get advice from every TV chat show and billboard. But check out these weird facts if you want to (or

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Salt and Blood Pressure in Children High salt diets in children lead to raised blood pressure, which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke later in life. A new large research study showed that for each extra gram of salt eaten there was a 0.4mmHg (millimeters of mercury) increase in systolic blood pressure. This means that ten extra grams of salt a day would increase the upper blood

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Buy Hyperexol Read reviews for hyperexol Hyperexol is a non drug combination product that some people have found helpful in the treatment of high blood pressure. The manufacturers say that Hyperexol consists of naturally potent "targeted nutrients" that are essential in making it effective, yet still safe enough to take everyday. Hyperexol contains no chemically generated compounds, fillers,

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Heart Start Machine Could you save a life if you had to? Could you? Right now? Right this minute now? Research has shown that if someone has a cardiac arrest then the clock starts ticking from the very first second and every minute is vital if they are to have a chance of survival. Only one person in every twenty lives to tell the tale if they have a cardiac arrest outside of hospital - and

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So - here we go! After many requests I've finally decided to try a multilingual version of this site. With the help of google translate, yahoo translate and bablefish I've added a few translated pages in French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. More might follow. If you're interested the links are to be found on the left of the pages. And with a view to welcoming any new

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Zocor and High Blood Pressure Can Zocor Increase Blood Pressure Zocor is a drug used to treat high cholesterol levels.It's other name is Simvastatin.Simvastatin is one of a widely used group of drugs called statins. Most people who take zocor have no significant side effects but some experience pain in the joints and muscles. Common side effects associated with zocor therapy or simvastatin

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Zantac and Blood Pressure Does Zantac affect blood pressure I've received a few emails recently asking if there is any connection between zantac and blood pressure? Zantac or Ranitidine as it is also known is a drug for the treatment of excess stomach acid, heartburn and ulcers. To my knowledge there is no proven connection between Zantac and Blood Pressure. Zantac does not interact with any

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Blood Pressure Medicine - Norvasc Side Effects Most people who take Norvasc for blood pressure treatment experience no side effects at all. Norvasc is the world's most commonly prescribed blood pressure treatment. It works by altering the way that blood vessel wall cells handle calcium and causes the blood vessels to relax. More relaxed blood vessels leads to lower blood pressure. Norvasc is

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Blood Pressure Medicines - Norvasc Norvasc or Amlodipine (as it is also called) is a medication for the treatment of high blood pressure. It is one of the commonest Blood Pressure Medicines worldwide Blood pressure medicines come in many different varieties. Norvasc works by altering the way that calcium is handled by the cells in blood vessel walls. Norvasc is also sometimes used in the

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Low Blood Pressure? Have you got too low a blood pressure for your health? I get many emails on the subject of low blood pressure. There seem to be many sites out there on the web that deal well with topics related to high blood pressure or hypertension but it's much harder to get good quality information about the signs and symptoms of low blood pressure. It can even be difficult to pind down

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