High Blood Pressure – Did We Get It All Wrong?

by Christian Goodman | Feb 15, 2013 | 9 comments

More evidence is emerging that highlights a common but critical mistake people make when tracking their blood pressure. The mistake even causes patients and their doctors to miss a key indicator for stroke risk. Because it’s not the high blood pressure that is the...

Yummy Treat Lowers Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Feb 13, 2013 | 6 comments

A study that followed more than 2,000 people for over a decade illustrates how eating a specific kind of treat can actually lower your blood pressure. And, this particular food is recommended to be included in many diets- even some of the most restrictive. More data...

3 Mistakes When Measuring Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Feb 11, 2013 | 16 comments

Practice doesn’t necessarily make perfect, and this is especially true when taking blood pressure. Many people don’t realize that WHEN and WHERE you take your blood pressure is as important as HOW. This can lead to misdiagnosis where people who don’t actually have...

Heart Attack Risk Drastically Cut Using This After Meal Approach

by Scott Davis | Feb 9, 2013 | 5 comments

Having a high-fat meal once in a while…even fairly frequently…isn’t as bad as you might think, as long as you follow the meal up with this one simple approach. Researchers in Japan found that people who are sedentary after having a high-fat meal will have triglyceride...

Does High Blood Pressure Age Your Brain?

by Christian Goodman | Feb 4, 2013 | 9 comments

Researchers are finding more than just a loss-of-memory risk factor when looking at the brains of people with high blood pressure. What they are finding looks to be definitive proof that high blood pressure can actually cause the kind of damage in the brain that...

The Key To Long Life, Even Immortality

by Christian Goodman | Feb 3, 2013 | 11 comments

There are dozens of movies, books and stories that explore the possibilities of amazing cures for all kinds of diseases hidden within the depths of the Amazon Rain Forest, atop high peaks in the Andes Mountains, or on mysterious volcanoes where it’s too hot to even...