Hypertension or hypertension is a condition in which there's disproportionate force being applied by the blood against the walls of the arteries. Another way of taking a look at hypertension is that it is a illness that kills you silently since the main symptoms only start to turn up when the condition is in [...]

By KleinheiderPosted on October 28, 2009 at 9:09 am At one point, a large number of Tennesseans averaged 30 different prescriptions each year. That number is down to 16, but the national average is 11.Tennessee has high rates of diabetes and hypertension which require people to take more medications.Criminals are fueling the problem also by doctor shopping. They are going from one doctor to another to get controlled substance, and then selling it for a profit.“Providers I have talked to are fed

While winter holidays are just round the corner, there are chances that people with high blood pressure might risk their health by overindulging in the season, warns an expert. Dr. Shawna Nesbitt, hypertension specialist at UT Southwestern Medical Center, said that about one in four Americans has hypertension, a disease that elevates blood pressure and can [...] Related posts: Less medication is better for high blood pressure: Study Low doses of blood pressure medications effective agains

Have our weight problems really come to this? Are parents of morbidly obese children guilty of child abuse on the level that it warrants them losing custody? It’s not just in the U.S. – this is a worldwide debate. A Scottish couple lost custody of two of their six children because they failed to reduce the kids’ weight following warnings from Scottish social services. In another case, a South Carolina mother lost custody of her 14-year-old son in May – he was 555 pounds. Jerri Gray didn’t

It is one of the great oddities of nutrition that public health guidelines invariably recommend salt reduction but the science is so hard to do that the value of doing so can’t be proven unequivocally. Hypertension specialists insist that salt reduction is essential for controlling high blood pressure, and many people with high blood pressure can demonstrate that this is true. So why can’t the science show it? I’d say because even the lowest salt intakes are higher than recommended. B