Currently, various types of drugs have been produced to treat hypertension. Because the treatment generally requires a long treatment time, often the treatment is very risky to complications. Natural treatment for high blood pressure or hypertension is not intended to replace current treatment you have, but if it has lead towards positive ...

High blood pressure or hypertension is closely linked to increased heart attacks and strokes. The main cause of high blood pressure is the hardening and clogging arteries. Since the blood vessels become narrower, the heart requires more pressure to pump blood to the blood vessels. Some natural treatments that can reduce or ...

Benefits of green tea is not only due to have antioxidant properties, but also for illnesses associated with cholesterol problems. Some of them are herbal products of 'slimming tea' which can give trim effect within the specified time period of consumption. Previously, the researchers from China found that green tea help ...

Simvastatin that marketed as Zocor from Merck pharmaceutical company is statin drug to control elevating cholesterol levels. Million of people has prescribed with this drug without 'respecting' to the side effects, both in due to the doses and combination with other drugs. As growing evidence has linked to this drug with the ...

Control your cholesterol levels earlier can significantly had positive effect to your health. A previous study has suggested that controlling of cholesterol levels should be start at young age, because many further damages resulted from accumulated uncontrolled cholesterol levels at this age, such as blocked or damage the coronary arteries from ...

Perhaps, lot of people tired listening the benefits of vegetables and fruits to human health. However, with a little explanation of their specific components against any diseases could raise people's concern to cares and maintains their dietary consumption. Due to this, the researchers from United Kingdom investigated the effect of flavonoid compounds ...

People with disease history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), or without CVD but need to reduce cholesterol levels in order to prevent recurrence of CVD or its risk factors (such as diabetes and high blood pressure), Statins is common recommended drug. This drug can reduce cholesterol levels by inhibit the production of ...

In patients with moderate and severe heart failure, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) is one of popular option for therapeutic. The device in CRT, implanted cardiac resynchronization device (ICR), can resynchronizes the contractions of the heart's ventricles by sending tinny electrical impulses to the heart muscle, which can help the heart pump ...

Another benefits of whole grain foods showed that with three daily serving may reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. According to the current researchers the effect of whole grain foods consumption might reduce systolic blood pressure (BP), reduce pulse pressure, and decrease concentration of cholesterol. This findings based on their randomized controlled ...

In the reproductive and sexual function, sex hormone Estradiol has played critical role. However, from recent study,high level of estradiol also may reduce the effects of diet rich fiber to reduce total lipoprotein cholesterol levels. As premenopausal women often taking estrogen hormone through oral contraceptive pill to improve their estradiol, the ...

The blood clot that forms within a vein or Venous thromboembolism (VTE) been estimated around 1 to 2 events every 1000 people in the general population and categorized an emerging health problem. As several risk factors for thromboembolism may included individual and lifestyle factors such as old age, obesity, smoking, pregnant, ...

The connection between blood pressure level in type 2 diabetes patients to the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) events are remain unclear. However, in the study that investigate the relationship between systolic blood pressure (BP) and/or diastolic BP to CVD events suggested that in type 2 diabetes patients with diastolic BP ...

Terlipressin is a vasoactive drug in the management of abnormal low blood pressure (hypotension). According to Pere Gines, MD, from the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, terlipressin had an effect of reduction in serum sodium concentration, therefore, in some patients with severe portal-hypertensive bleeding, this therapy may cause hyponatremia and can ...

High blood pressure or hypertension is closely linked to increase risk of heart attacks and strokes. Causes of hypertension are known due to the hardening and clogging arteries. The affected blood vessels became narrowed, so that the heart require more pressure to pump blood to the blood vessels. Some natural home remedies that ...

By using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), as September issue of the American Journal of Medicine, the researchers found that at relatively young age of African Americans (age range; 35 to 44 years old) had nearly twice the prevalence of cardiovascular disease than their white ...

Many promoting out there said that low-carbohydrate diets claimed promotes weight loss, improve blood cholesterol levels, and blood pressure. However, from recent study that have a goal to determine the association of low-carbohydrate diets with mortality during follow-up said that there were higher in all-cause mortality from low-carbohydrate diet based ...

Although considerably low, however people who had migraine with aura (a perceptual disturbance experienced before a migraine headache) should be careful cause recent findings said that it increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease and hemorrhagic stroke. Published in August 25, 2010 in the BMJ, according to the authors of the ...

The men who had insomnia should be carefully caused it could increased the risk of death by 4-fold compared those had normal sleep (at least 6 hours per night). Moreover, when the insomnia patients with underlying diabetes or with high blood pressure. Based on current 14-year study results that published in September ...

The U.S. Dietary Guidelines and the American Heart Association in 2005 recommended the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) which emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, poultry, nuts, and fish, while reducing intake of fats, sweets, red meat, and sugar-containing beverages. Now, reported in August 31, 2010 in ...

People who have early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be carefully caused this disease may associated with increased risk of Atrial Fibrillation (AF). Those warning at least reported in recent study result that published as June issue of the American Heart Journal. The lead of study authors, Elsayed Z. Soliman, MD, ...

According to the researcher, heavy binge drinkers was defined as having 6 or more alcoholic drinks on 1 occasion. From their recent study among heavy binge drinkers who have high blood pressure, the researcher found the risk of death by 12-fold. The study using the Cox proportional hazard model among 6100 ...

Due to insufficient data for its benefit from Midodrine hydrochloride as low blood pressure treatment from Shire Development Inc., as well as by generic drug companies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommend to withdrawn this drug from the market. This withdrawal, according to agency caused the necessary postmarketing studies ...

From analyzed data of 84,000 women aged 30-55 years with over 26 years follow-up that published in August 16, 2010, in Circulation, the researchers suggest that shifting dietary protein sources from red meat to more poultry, nuts, and fish can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. In that study, the ...

Although dark chocolate had benefit in long term to lower blood pressure, but some researchers thought it was too soon to suggest chocolate as treatment for high blood pressure. According to the lead researcher of the study, Dr. Karin Ried from the University of Adelaide, Australia, write in the report that ...

Younger people should be aware that high in cholesterol may give worst impact in further life related to presence of coronary calcium. This warning at least reported in August 3, 2010 in the Annal of Internal Medicine that stated coronary calcium increased as LDL increased. The study author, Dr Mark Pletcher from ...

Nimodipine (marketed as 'Nimotop' from Bayer Pharmaceuticals) that has been used to prevent major neurologic complication from the bleeding into the subarachnoid space (area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding the brain) or subarachnoid hemorrhage, recently get alert from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to ...

In the largest and longest study of an insulin pump with a continuous glucose sensor, patients who used the device achieved better control of their blood sugar than patients taking insulin injections. Study researcher, an executive director of the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet and president for medicine and science ...

Latest data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) said that almost half of all adults (45%) with higher in 19 years of age in the US have one chronic condition associated with an increased ...

Lots of people likes chocolate. Delicious and yummy. Despite the risk of obesity for chocolate consumption, several study has been issued related to the benefits of chocolate such as lowering blood ...

Accumulated latest estimation study around the world relate to both pre-hypertension and hypertension as following; - affect to 1 billion people both men and women, - 50% adult had high blood pressure with the aged above 60 years old. - lifetime prevalence about 90%. In addition, high blood pressure also may linked to increasing ...