Wednesday, 7 January, 2009
High blood pressure (hypertension) is the most common cardiac risk factor in the United States. As the lifestyle habits of western culture are increasingly adopted in other countries, the incidence of hypertension is also increasing.
Meditation, exercise, aromatherapy and biofeedback have been found to be useful in treating individuals with hypertension. In addition, a form of Ayurvedic medicine has been shown to play a therapeutic in the treatment of coronary heart disease in older adults.
What has been your experience with using complementary therapies for high blood pressure? what therapies have you used? Where the therapies of value to you or people you know? I’d love to read the comments you write below.
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Wednesday, 24 September, 2008
World Heart Day 2008 – ‘Know Your Risk’ – is a call to action to help people better understand their personal risk for cardiovascular disease, including hypertension (high blood pressure). It will be held on Sunday, 28 September. Heart health screening and other activities for the public are being planned in over one hundred countries worldwide.
Risky Business: The Importance of Prevention & Wellness Coaching
It is a known fact that more women die of heart disease than cancer. So why do we, as women,. risk our lives by not consistently practicing preventive measures?
The Earth Times reported that a “new survey of men and women
age 40 and older in the United States revealed a significant gap between
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Thursday, 1 May, 2008
Tako-tsubo Pot
Chest pain continues to be one of the most common complaints of individuals who visit emergency care centers;with psychological stress being a major factor.
The Broken Heart Syndrome, which may be referred to as Stress Induced Cardiomyopathy, is also labeled Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC).
The shape of the tako-tsubo was the origin of the term Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.
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