Blood Pressure

Children and the Risk of High Blood Pressure

25 January 2011

Were you aware that even very young children can be at risk of having high blood pressure? It’s a scary thought, but it can happen. This will often happen to babies that have been born prematurely, or those that have a heart or kidney problem, and if it happens to older children it will often be because there is some family history of high blood pressure…

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Can Garlic Overpower hypertension?

21 November 2010

We all know that garlic is a great way of keeping away vampires, as well as our partners, but it seems it may also help to keep away hypertension.

In this article we’re going to have a look at some recent research into the effects of taking garlic supplements to help patients whose high blood pressure showed little to no change with conventional medicines…

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Understanding High Blood Pressure

8 October 2010

The closes most people will come to understanding high blood pressure is all down to how many medical dramas they watch. Unfortunately not all of the information on these types of programmes is strictly accurate, and it may be giving people a false impression about blood pressure and what it can mean to you.

In this article we are going to start by having a look at what blood pressure is. Next we’ll see what’s classed as a high or low blood pressure reading. Finally we’ll look at the consequences of having either high blood pressure, or low blood pressure, and some of the things you can do about it…

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