How High Blood Pressure Medication Works
According to the American Heart Association, approximately half of US adults have high blood pressure. High blood pressure has many adverse health effects, like damaging the heart, damaging and narrowing the arteries, and increasing the sufferer’s risk of kidney failure, stroke, and heart failure. To manage their high blood pressure, many Americans take prescription medication. […]
Recognizing Risk Factors for Heart Attack in the Elderly
If you are charged with the care of an elderly loved one, you obviously want to know about any medical conditions that are more common with age. Heart attacks are some of the most abundant among them, and the short- and long-term implications can put a lot of stress on family and caregivers. Free home […]
How to Manage Hypertension in Seniors
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a common ailment among senior citizens in the United States. Hypertension is the result of many factors, but all of these all factors result in extra pressure against the walls of your arteries, thus making your heart work harder and more strenuously than it needs to. Over […]