Special Health Alerts
Most people now know that one of the first steps to reducing your blood pressure is to change your diet and include more fresh fruits and vegetables. But most people may not know that just the simple addition of the humble beet into your diet could have some profound and directly immediate effects on your blood pressure.
Approximately 1 in 3 American adults have high blood pressure, half of which are not …
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If you suffer from blood pressure problems, you may want to think about getting a little more sleep on a regular basis.Researchers from Harvard Medical School found that even one extra hour of sleep may have a significant positive impact on your blood pressure.
About one third of adults in the United States suffer from high blood pressure.Blood pressure problems, including high blood pressure, often have no symptoms and many people go undiagnosed for …
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Lip cancer is the most common in the family of oral cancers. Tobacco, alcohol and over-exposure to sunlight are considered the main contributing factors, but now new research suggests blood pressure drugs could increase the risk of getting the disease.
The research conducted through the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Northern California is considered preliminary but has been published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. It indicates that commonly used blood pressure drugs increase the risk of lip cancer …
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Do you feel that your current job makes you suffer from high blood pressure or hypertension? Coronary heart disease is regarded as a major cause of mortality across the globe and is strongly associated with problems in maintaining a normal blood pressure. Although studies have shown that improvement in cardiac care and health programs have resulted in a decrease in heart-related mortalities and possibly an increase in chances to live longer, it is also baffling to know that the incidence …
