Recent Health Blog | High Blood Pressure PostsNursing Students Ambush Men at Barbershopsby Aimee Amodio11 Jun 2009 12:15 PMShave and a haircut... and a blood pressure check? Across the United States, nursing students are hitting the barbershops to encourage men's health. One specific target: heart health among black men. Low Blood Pressureby Aimee Amodio18 Apr 2009 02:44 PMHigh blood pressure gets a lot of press -- why it's bad, what you can do about it, and more. New Guidelines for Resistant High Blood Pressureby Aimee Amodio14 Apr 2008 08:09 PMThe American Heart Association has new guidelines for treating resistant high blood pressure. What is resistant high blood pressure (also known as resistant hypertension)? There are two different types. Marriage and Blood Pressureby Aimee Amodio25 Mar 2008 12:58 PMMake all the jokes you want about how being married can raise your blood pressure... a new study from Brigham Young University has shown that a happy marriage can lead to lower blood pressure. In fact, a happy marriage seems to have some big health benefits. High Blood Pressure Linked to Dementiaby Aimee Amodio14 Dec 2007 03:35 PMDid you really need ANOTHER reason to take care of your high blood pressure? Here's one for you -- high blood pressure has been linked to dementia by research from Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Hey, Chocoholics!by Aimee Amodio05 Jul 2007 04:40 PMThe next set of evidence about the health benefits of chocolate has arrived. A study from the University of Cologne in Germany found that dark chocolate seems to have a lowering effect on your blood pressure! Before you go digging into that box of chocolates, keep reading. Hot Dogs and Your Healthby Michele Cheplic14 Jun 2007 07:20 AMWhat goes better with summer's favorite pastime than a juicy hotdog? According to the National Hotdog and Sausage Council baseball fans will eat almost 28 million hotdogs this year. Personally, I can't stand hotdogs... and I'm not a huge fan of baseball either. High Blood Pressure Fact and Fictionby Aimee Amodio07 Jun 2007 08:56 PMThere is a lot of misinformation out there about high blood pressure. Do you know the truth from the myth? Fiction: Symptoms of high blood pressure include nervousness, sweating, and trouble sleeping. Fact: High blood pressure has NO outward symptoms. High Blood Pressure and Womenby Aimee Amodio06 Jun 2007 07:51 PMApproximately seventy-two million Americans have some form of high blood pressure -- and nearly half of them are women. Women may be particularly at risk for developing high blood pressure. Risk factors include: Taking birth control pills. What Can You Do About High Blood Pressure?by Aimee Amodio05 Jun 2007 07:51 PMSome risk factors for high blood pressure are things you can't help. You can't change your race, or your gender, or your family history. However, there are some things you CAN do to help lower your high blood pressure. Lose weight. Many people with hypertension are also overweight. Recent Blog Comments Aimee Amodio says... "Hahaha it's like DefCon Five (the military alert level)..." |
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