Tag: blood pressure

Eating these foods may reduce your blood pressure naturally.

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Eating these foods may reduce your blood pressure naturally. About 45% of the US population has high blood pressure which increases the risk of heart attacks kidney failure and stroke according to the CDC. Flavonols, which are found in many of the plant-based foods we eat include berries, wine, nuts, and cocoa. According to a new study by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research in the U.K. and Mars, the maker of M&M’s and other candy brands, the higher the blood pressure is, the more Flavonols may help lower it. In other words, by adding these Read More »

High blood pressure in millennials; why this is a growing problem according to Men’s health.

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High blood pressure in millennials; why this is a growing problem according to Men’s health. Recently, our practice has had quite a few millennial new patients.   As always, we check blood pressure during the initial visit to screen for potential problems.   My office manager had noticed that most of them had high blood pressure, something we usually see in our older clientele. It is common for people to have what is termed “white coat hypertension” , a common phenomenon.  It is also common for someone to have higher blood pressure when they are in pain. After a number of our Read More »

Are the new blood pressure guidelines making your pressure high?

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Are the new blood pressure guidelines making your pressure high? Is your blood pressure high?  According to the new guidelines, it may be high now. For most of us, visiting the doctor includes their documentation of what we weigh and what our blood pressure is.   If you pressure is too high it can increase the risk of a stroke or other vascular event.  If it is too low, it may mean we are having a different type of problem that may require medical attention. Recently, as reported in the Washington Post, The American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology Read More »

Here is a healthy way to lower blood pressure without using medication

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Here is a healthy way to lower blood pressure without using medication Do you have high blood pressure? Do you wish there was a healthy way to lower that number without having to take prescription medications? A new study shows that there is a natural food that can significantly lower your blood pressure and it can be purchased in your local grocer. Beets are a wonderful food, that comes out of the ground. Beets are very sweet and a component in beet root has been shown to lower blood pressure. Maybe it is time to purchase a vegetable juicer. Check Read More »

We can hack computers; why can’t we hack into the nervous system to help those with nerve damage?

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We can hack computers; why can’t we hack into the nervous system to help those with nerve damage? My friend Allen was in a horrible accident a decade ago that left him with serious nervous system impairments that affected his life immeasurably. He has learned to live with this disability after his neck was broken in a car accident that flipped his SUV over multiple times while coming back from family vacation in Florida. Christopher Reeve set up a foundation to help fund research to help people who had serious injury to their spines that affected their quality of life. Read More »