Tag: "hypertension"

Volunteers Needed For Study to Treat Severe High Blood Pressure

bjh_blog | May 10, 2012 | Comments (0)

Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are seeking volunteers for a clinical trial testing an investigational device in patients with severe high blood pressure that can’t be controlled with aggressive medical treatments. Led by interventional cardiologist Jasvindar Singh, MD, associate professor of medicine, and hypertension specialist Angela L. Brown, MD, assistant [...]

New Study Says Blood Pressure Should Be Taken In Each Arm

bjh_blog | January 31, 2012 | Comments (0)

Getting blood pressure taken is a doctor visit staple. Here’s the list: You step on a scale, you walk back to the little room, sit on the table, get your temperature taken and get a cuff squeezed around your arm. Arm … or should it be arms? “We’ve been taught since medical school to take blood [...]

Make time for free time

bjh_blog | August 24, 2011 | Comments (0)

I often hear from friends and family that they’re so busy they barely have time to think. That just doesn’t sound like a good way to live. I sometimes feel it myself, but when it happens I try to stop and evaluate the situation – is there something I’m doing wrong to feel so overloaded? [...]

31 Days of Healing – Tip #22

bjh_blog | December 22, 2010 | Comments (0)

Ever have someone tell you to “cut it out”? It probably referred to something you were doing to bother them. Did you know that adding salt and sugar could actually be bothering your body? Salt can cause weight gain in that it makes you retain water. There are people who are “salt sensitive”, in which [...]

31 Days of Healing – Tip #20

bjh_blog | December 20, 2010 | Comments (0)

We took our own advice and took the weekend off to help cut down on the stress, which is why you didn’t see any tips on Saturday or Sunday. Since today’s tip is pretty darn important, consider it inclusive of the past weekend! One very simple thing that can instantly eliminate stress, for you and [...]

31 Days of Healing – Tip #6

bjh_blog | December 6, 2010 | Comments (0)

Holidays are a time for celebrating time together with family, keeping traditions alive, and feasting with friends and family. But let’s face it – holidays can also be very stressful. And stress can lead to a myriad of health problems, such as hypertension, stroke, heart attack…and in serious cases even death. The holidays don’t need [...]