This Unusual Tea Lowers Blood Pressure and Helps You Sleep

by Christian Goodman | Feb 3, 2017

Your doctor tells you that you might benefit from a diuretic for blood pressure, and a sedative for anxiety. You are frustrated that his or her answer is limited to drugs and eliminates the possibility of a natural treatment method. There is a solution, though, that...

Dangerous Herbal Remedies to Avoid

by Julissa Clay | Feb 2, 2017

Most of us are under the impression that herbal remedies are quite safe. We prefer them because they cause little or no side effects, right? If however, you have been forced to take medications for high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood thinning, or other types of...

What Did the Left Arm Tell the Right Arm About Blood Pressure?

by Christian Goodman | Feb 1, 2017

It sounds like the opening of a joke – but high blood pressure is no laughing matter. If you are anything like the norm, your doctor measures your blood pressure from one arm only and considers it done. Research now shows this might be inaccurate and therefore...

Just One Night of This Sleep Pattern Can Cause Permanent High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Jan 30, 2017

The quality of your sleep influences your health as much as the quantity, and there is one sleep pattern that has a terrible effect on your cardiovascular system. Sadly, most people who suffer from this are unaware of it. And most seriously, just one night of this...

This Spikes Your Heart Attack Risk 800 %

by Scott Davis | Jan 27, 2017

By now most people understand that this is harmful. But researchers at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield have just completed another study that spells out the risk in quite scary numbers. And since one in five adults...

Why Your High Blood Pressure May Not Be Too High

by Christian Goodman | Jan 26, 2017

It would seem that the only thing that stays the same in life is knowing that things will always change. And so it is with recent expert opinions about blood pressure numbers, and what is considered healthy. For more than 3 decades, the pharmaceutical giants have...