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This Is Your Blood Pressure On Drugs
Drugs for higher blood pressure? That's surely a strange-sounding choice of words... When we think of blood pressure and drugs together most of us will think of medications used to treat and reduce high blood pressure. But what about drugs â including both prescription and over-the-counter medications â that cause or contribute to hypertension? Itâs a topic thatâs not much discussed, but should be. Many people will be surprised to learn that some of the most common an
September 1, 2009
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The Problem With "Remedies" To Lower Blood Pressure
Many people are searching for natural alternatives to prescription drugs for lower blood pressure. And rightly so; blood pressure medications are among the most frequently prescribed drugs and yet they are also responsible for some of the most numerous and unpleasant side effects. What's more, they are not as effective as previously believed and some types have even been shown to be dangerous, actually increasing the risk of stroke and diabetes.nnOf course, blood pressure dru
April 25, 2008
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You, Your Unborn Baby And Stress
Being pregnant can be one of the most wonderful times in a woman's life as well as one of the most terrifying. There you are, carrying a real live, tiny person inside you. The awesome responsibility of it can naturally cause a lot of stress. Pregnancy and the prospect of becoming a mother can become overwhelming for many women when having to cope with the many other daily pressures of life.nnEven though it's only natural for you to feel stressed out when you are pregnant it p
April 25, 2008
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Ponder This: Meditation Can Lower Blood Pressure
According to a recent report in the American Journal of Hypertension, meditation really can lower your blood pressure. Of course, its practitioners have known this for years but now their claims have some high-level reinforcement.nnMany earlier studies also lent support to meditation for blood pressure reduction but an influential report published in 2007 refuted this. It concluded that research on meditation is low quality and found that there was little evidence that stress
April 25, 2008
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Ponder This: Meditation Can Lower High Blood Pressure
According to a recent report in the American Journal of Hypertension, meditation really can lower your blood pressure. Of course, its practitioners have known this for years but now their claims have some high-level reinforcement.nnMany earlier studies also lent support to meditation for blood pressure reduction but an influential report published in 2007 refuted this. It concluded that research on meditation is low quality and found that there was little evidence that stress
April 14, 2008