FDA Warning About Blood Pressure Medications

by Christian Goodman | May 4, 2012 | 32 comments

Another new drug controversy is just released from the FDA concerning medicines commonly prescribed for high blood pressure. The problem arises when the patient also has diabetes and is suffering from renal impairment. The FDA recently released findings on dangerous...

New Trigger of High Blood Pressure Discovered

by Christian Goodman | May 2, 2012 | 38 comments

One organ turns up again as the location for a blood pressure trigger, according to new research out of London. A study funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the journal Hypertension revealed that the kidneys are again at the center of high blood...

Vertigo and High Blood Pressure Connection

by Christian Goodman | Apr 24, 2012 | 24 comments

Even if you suffer from both vertigo and high blood pressure, you may not be aware there is a connection between the two. You might write each one off as separate conditions that need to be treated separately. But as with so many other conditions, a high percentage of...

Lower Blood Pressure Using This Common Vitamin

by Christian Goodman | Apr 22, 2012 | 25 comments

Taking 500mg (five times the recommended daily dose) of Vitamin C daily lowers high blood pressure 5 points according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study is pretty...

Diabetes and High Blood Pressure by Surprise

by Jodi Knapp | Apr 21, 2012 | 12 comments

Today’s article is quite personal. You see, on Monday morning, a good friend called me internationally telling me he had collapsed on the floor and couldn’t move for about two hours. After that he staggered to bed and fell asleep. Why this happened has everything to...

Specific Type of Blood Pressure Causes Heart Problems

by Christian Goodman | Apr 18, 2012 | 8 comments

A mega-study following 12,000 middle age adults for over two decades may have cracked the code on how to spot heart problems early, simply by measuring certain blood pressure changes. Researchers found over the course of this two-decade study that participants whose...