Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
Peter Rodrick asked: Blood pressure is the measure of the pressure against the walls of the arteries. There are two forces that form blood pressure. One of the forces is created when the heart pumps blood into the arteries through the circulatory system. The other force is due to the ...
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Bob Held asked: As a first step, let's talk about your heart.
Your heart is an organ that is mostly muscle tissue. It is a pump. In very simple terms its job is to receive incoming blood from the body that is low in oxygen and pump it to the lungs.
As ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
Kehinde T asked: Please how can I effectively reduce high blood pressure within the next couple of weeks. My current BP is 140/90 and need to get it within the normal range in the next 5 weeks. I have started exercising vigourously( tae bo in the morning, brisk walking in ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Richard Romando asked: High Blood Pressure and headaches are different though related health issues. Though headache and blood pressure is at times invariably related, it does not necessarily mean that a person is experience headaches because his or her blood pressure is at high levels. Knowledge of certain basic causes ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Joe Barton asked: Did you know that if you are over the age of 20, you could be part of the 65 million Americans who suffer from high blood pressure? That is about one in three adults in the United States. Why should we be concerned? Each year, ...
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
tennis asked: My mom is taking synthroid and provachol and all of a sudden her blood pressure went from low to high. I thought perhaps one of these medications contributed or caused it.Oscar
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Juliet Cohen asked: High blood pressure or hypertension means high pressure (tension) in the arteries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body. High blood pressure directly increases the risk of coronary heart disease (which leads to heart attack) ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
JUST-K asked: Is it safe for a person(couple) having High Blood Pressure to have any type of arousal or sexual intercourse freely? Please advice.Wendy
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Paul J Johnson asked: There are high blood pressure signs you should be aware of, regardless if you are taking birth control pills or not. However, for most high blood pressure sufferers, recognizing signs can be easier said than done. The reason is because high blood pressure generally has no ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
richdan02 asked: Are high blood pressure and anxiety related, and if so what sort of risk is there.Tanya
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