• Blood Pressure – The Basics
      Blood Pressure – The Basics Your heart pumps blood around your body through a network of tubing called arteries and capillaries and then back to your heart via your veins.  Blood pressure...

  • Blood Pressure Readings
    Blood Pressure Readings Blood pressure, as the name suggests, is the pressure that causes the blood to flow through the body from areas of high pressure (the arteries), through the body organs and...

  • Blood Pressure
    Blood Pressure There are no hard and fast figures which represent a normal blood pressure. And very often doctors and other experts cannot even decide between them what an ideal blood pressure range...

  • Checking Your Blood Pressure
    Checking Your Blood Pressure Getting a regular blood pressure check is important as it could well save your life!  High blood pressure can be a silent killer in that it can cause other problems...

  • High and Low Blood Pressure
    High and Low Blood Pressure Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries.  Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the arteries.  Your blood...

  • High Blood Pressure - Risk Factors
    High Blood Pressure - Risk Factors Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries.  Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the arteries.  Your...

  • High Blood Pressure (The Silent Killer)
    High Blood Pressure (The Silent Killer) High blood pressure is often thought of as a silent killer because it can pave the way for heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure without any warning signs....

  • High Blood Pressure in Overweight People
    High Blood Pressure in Overweight People High blood pressure can increase the risk of cardiovascular related disease, in Overweight people, according to a report in the Journal of American Heart...

  • Measuring Blood Pressure
    Measuring Blood Pressure Measuring blood pressure is a very common medical test that is carried out by doctors, nurses or any other competent person. Hypertension is another name for high blood...

  • Reducing High Blood Pressure without Drugs
    Reducing High Blood Pressure without Drugs Non-pharmacological blood pressure reduction is the treatment of blood pressure without the use of drugs. It involves making simple lifestyle changes more...

  • Types of High Blood Pressure
    Types of High Blood Pressure High blood pressure (hypertension) affects up to 1 in 4 adults in the USA and this fact alone makes it a major public health problem. There are two types of high blood...

  • Women with High Blood Pressure
    Women with High Blood Pressure Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the arteries.