Tag: hypertension
Weight a Primary Factor For High Blood Pressure, Experts Say
In a new study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, researchers established a concrete link between a person’s weight and the incidence of high blood pressure. It appears that exercising is not enough to keep blood pressure down, because according to Susan Lakoski, MD, obese or overweight individuals are still at high risk [...]
Posted: August 4th, 2010 under Exercise, High Blood Pressure, Obesity.
Tags: benefits of exercise, High Blood Pressure, hypertension, natural tips for high blood pressure, Obesity
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Contribute to Metabolic Syndrome
Researchers from the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam state that insufficient amounts of vitamin D in seniors may be one of leading causes of metabolic syndrome. The study involved 1,300 respondents (men and women) over the age of 65. A staggering 50% of all the respondents had vitamin D deficiency. Thirty-five percent of this [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Metabolic Syndrome, Vitamin D.
Tags: Adult-onset diabetes, Cancer, cancer prevention, High Blood Pressure, hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome, rickets, Stroke, type-2 diabetes, Vitamin D, vitamin d deficiency, vitamin D supplementation
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The Sugar-Blood Pressure Connection Revealed
Based on a new study from the National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey, regular intake of table sugar or fruit sugars can increase a person’s risk of doubling his risk of dramatically increasing his systolic blood pressure above the 160 mark. Normal systolic blood pressure should be no more than 120. Growing body of evidence [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under High Blood Pressure.
Tags: benefits of exercise, corn syrup, High Blood Pressure, hypertension, salt, salt intake, Sports Drinks, sugar, sweeteners, Weight Loss
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European Study Confirms Calcium’s Heart-Healthy Benefits
In a very recent study presented in the Annual Congress of European League Against Rheumatism, researchers discovered that low levels of calcium translated not only to weaker, less dense bones for postmenopausal women but it also predisposed the latter to high blood pressure. According to the researchers, women with low calcium levels were forty-three percent [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2010 under Heart Health, Women's Health.
Tags: Breast Cancer, Calcium, calcium supplementation, cancer prevention, colorectal cancer, heart attack, High Blood Pressure, hypertension, osteoporosis, Prostate Cancer
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Study Identifies Link Between Smoking and Urinary Health
In a recently concluded study presented in the annual conference of the American Urological Association, researchers pointed to a vital link between smoking, exercise and urinary health. The study involved two thousand individuals (males and females). The respondents were interviewed about their smoking habits and were also given questions regarding their urinary health. It was [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2010 under Exercise, Smoking, Urinary Health.
Tags: benefits of exercise, Breast Cancer, chronic diseases, Colon cancer, Depression, hypertension, osteoporosis, Smoking, smoking cessation, Stroke, type-2 diabetes
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Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me…
Yet Another Drug Deemed Ineffective, Only Side-Effective Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A drug’s been taken off the market because it’s been found ineffective. I know, I know, you’ve heard it before, but humor me. The latest ineffective drug is called interferon gamma-1b. This drug – with a rather appropriate name given its [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Prescription Drugs.
Tags: heart failure, hypertension, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, interferon gamma-1b, ipf, lung cancer
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Lack of Sleep a Nightmare for Blood Pressure
University of Chicago Study Links Hypertension to Lack of Sleep With the recent release of my book The Blood Pressure Miracle in stores across the country and the amount of work I’ve done recently to promote it, my attention is immediately grabbed whenever I see a headline that links anything to high blood pressure. And [...]
Posted: June 15th, 2009 under Sleep.
Tags: hypertension, hypertension risk factors, lack of sleep
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More Mediterranean Magic
Study: Hypertension Risk Reduced with Mediterranean Diet The last time I wrote about the Mediterranean diet – the diet that evokes thoughts of ocean and sand, yet is built on the brick-and-mortar foundation of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, and sea-faring protein sources – I talked about a huge study that showed how strict adherents [...]
Posted: May 13th, 2009 under High Blood Pressure, Mediterranean Diet.
Tags: fruits, hypertension, Mediterranean Diet, nuts, Olive Oil
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