Category: Pharmaceuticals
Individuals who suffer from high blood pressure are at higher risk of mental decline versus individuals who do not suffer from high blood pressure. The medical community has always felt that treating individuals suffering from high blood pressure with drugs…
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The BMJ (British Medical Journal) published a review of 147 studies on the use of high blood pressure medication in high risk individuals. The review showed that on average, the medications resulted in a decrease in the risk of heart…
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When an individual is called upon to make a major decision due to a serious medical problem, the individual must be in possession of accurate information. He also needs to be careful that he does not overestimate the benefits of…
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A research group from Monash Medical Center (Victoria, Australia) published a review of 12 clinical trials investigating the use of coenzyme Q-10 for high blood pressure in the Israeli Journal of Hypertension in 2011. 362 patients were involved.
Reduction of…
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Herbal rheumatoid arthritis treatments are popular and evidently quite successful methods of dealing with this painful and debilitating disease. Being herbal, they have the advantage of avoiding the side-effects found with the myriad of prescription drugs used to treat RA.…
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The large majority of individuals over the age of 70 take medications to reduce their high blood pressure. A study of 5,000 Medicare beneficiaries was published in JAMA Internal Medicine in December 2014 reviewing the relationship between individuals taking high …
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High cholesterol is becoming a more common problem among people, particularly those in developed countries with easy and free access to cheap, fast, fatty foods. High cholesterol is a very serious problem and has serious repercussions for an individual’s health,…
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Dr. Diane McKay of the Jean Mayer USDA Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University Boston, MA, reported to the American Heart Association in 2008 the results of her study on the use of hibiscus tea to lower high blood…
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As I stated in my previous post, high blood pressure is a very common problem and will affect the majority of individuals over the age of 65.
These individuals will have to face the decision as to whether or not…
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Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s, IBS, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease are all being calmed and rendered mostly asymptomatic by the herb kratom — the leaf of a jungle tree, used in Southeast Asia folk medicine for centuries to treat diarrhea. Imagine that!…
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