What is Hypertension?

Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day. Each time your heart beats, blood is pumped through the various blood vessels in your body. Your blood pressure is defined as the pressure the blood exerts on the vessel walls. If the pressure is too low, the blood may not reach certain areas of the body. If the blood pressure is too high, the heart and blood vessel walls may be damaged.Hypertension is a condition where... Read more >

Control Blood Pressure

For years, you've thought you had normal blood pressure, and suddenly the doctor tells you that you have high blood pressure and that you're at risk for heart disease and strokes.   Fair enough. A bit of a surprise, but what do you do about it? Then he tells you. You've been having trouble trying to quit smoking, and now he wants you to lose weight (try doing that when you're trying to kick nicotine)... Read more >

Hypertension Treatment

Millions of Americans know that they have high blood pressure. Millions of other Americans don't know that they have high blood pressure. Furthermore, millions more are at risk for high blood pressure. Since a person can have hypertension without ever displaying any symptoms, the only way to determine whether you have high blood pressure or not is consistent monitoring of your blood pressure. If you have mild... Read more >

Hypertension in Children and Teenagers

While many people associate hypertension, or high blood pressure, with aging and adulthood, children and teenagers are also susceptible to this condition. In the United States, almost 60 million people over age 6 (about one in every five people) suffer from hypertension. Symptoms of Hypertension in Children Although only about 1 to 3 percent of children are afflicted with the condition, checking children for... Read more >

Alternative Medicine

Increasingly, people are looking to alternative medicine for treatment of hypertension. Why, you ask? Alternative medicine is relatively inexpensive while medications can easily cost a small fortune. Furthermore, medications usually have side effects, which may be difficult for some people to handle.Alternative methods are not usually very effective when used alone. Most people use herbal remedies and nutritional... Read more >

New Research and Findings

Approximately 72 million, or one in three people, in the United States have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. Over 30 percent of people who suffer from hypertension don’t even know they have this condition. Hypertension research is discovering more about hypertension and hypertension treatment every day. Some of the most compelling recent findings include: a new way to control hypertension... Read more >

Benefits of Hypertension Drugs

Hypertension drugs are used to treat high blood pressure. In general, the goal of hypertension medication is to reduce blood pressure to less than 140/90. However, did you know that some hypertension drugs, including DynaCirc®, isradipine, ARBs and ACE inhibitors, carry some hidden health benefits? Read on to learn all about the health benefits of hypertension drugs!The Benefits of ARBs and ACE... Read more >

Stress Management Techniques

Too much stress is bad for your health — but so is too little. Stress is a perfectly natural reaction that prepares you for action. It's the old "fight or flight" principle, and it worked to keep our ancestors alive back when they lived in caves. In a stressful situation, cortisol and adrenaline are released into our bloodstreams, raising our normal blood pressure and getting us all fired up. Trouble is, this... Read more >