by Christian Goodman I heard from client not long ago describing her spouse’s predicament with blood pressure readings. When he takes the reading at home it is somewhere between normal and slightly elevated, but at the doctor’s office it reads high. While her husband said he doesn’t feel nervous about going to the doctor or visiting with his doctor, my client wondered what role stress was playing on her husbands’ blood pressure - even if on a subconcious level. This particular scenario is

by Christian Goodman I recently heard from a client who’s husbands blood pressure reads high. It only reads high at the doctor’s office, however. My client wondered if her husband was suffering from stress about seeing the doctor and that was perhaps raising his blood pressure. While her husband did not think he was particularly nervous about seeing his doctor, he did admit it could be playing a role subconciously. Her husband may be suffering from “White Coat Syndrome,” or “White Coat H

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Last week, Capitol Hill was deluged with false talking points from the abstinence-only crowd, as they held their annual " Abstinence on the Hill " Lobby Day. While I've gone over several of these falsehoods ("0%" of comprehensive sex education programs talk about abstinence, "0%" of unintended pregnancies would have been prevented with contraceptive access), one that was repeatedly mentioned and deserves some attention is their claim that comprehensive sex education receives more money than abst

Definition: The aorta is the largest artery in your body, and it carries oxygen-rich blood pumped out of, or away from, your heart. Your aorta runs through your chest, where it is called the thoracic aorta. When it reaches your abdomen, it is called the abdominal aorta . The abdominal aorta supplies blood to the lower part of the body. In the abdomen, just below the navel, the aorta splits into two branches, called the iliac arteries, which carry blood into each leg. Click to learn more