What Doctors Don't Tell YouConsuming lots of fruit and vegetables can reduce your risk of high blood pressure, say British researchers.
People who are successfully treated for high blood pressure with drugs such as beta blockers or diuretics are still more likely to die from heart disease. ...
Fish oil reduces blood pressure in those whose levels are raised, according to an analysis of 31 placebo controlled trials involving 1356 people (Circulation, 1993 August, 88: 523-33). ...
In 1993 I was a fit, healthy 40 year old professional woman busily and happily working full time and also enjoying home life with my husband and son. ...
Another study has found that short acting calcium antagonists used to prevent heart attacks are dangerous if given to patients with high blood pressure. The long acting kind did not have the same ...
GPs are overdiagnosing and overtreating hypertension in normal patients because of defective testing equipment, according to a report in GP magazine (4 January 1993). ...
HEART DISEASE: Who's really at risk?
They say that most men, if they live long enough, will die with prostate cancer if not from it. It's an inevitable process of ageing, it seems.
Now doctors reckon that hypertension could be a similar problem.
HYPERTENSION: Could it be an inflammatory disorder?
Q I have read a lot about hypertension, but not much about hypotension, which my friend suffers from. Having low blood pressure makes her very tired and occasionally makes her faint. What do you advise? - J.S. McMillan, Bristol A Hypotension, or low...
