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blood pressure def :: Article Creator 18 Effective Ways To Lower Your Blood Pressure Medications can help lower blood pressure, but many other remedies can help. Options include doing more exercise, improving your sleep, eating garlic, and limiting your sugar and alcohol intake. High blood pressure (hypertension) often has no symptoms but is a major risk of heart disease and stroke. Most people's target blood pressure will be below 120/80 mm Hg. If a person's blood pressure is 130/80 mm Hg or more, it is high. A reading of 120–129 over less than 80 is elevated blood pressure. This means you're at risk of developing high blood pressure. Your doctor may recommend some lifestyle tips for managing your blood pressure so that it doesn't become too high. Here are 18 effective ways to lower your blood pressure levels. Research suggests that both aerobic and resistance exercise can help delay or manage blood pressure,...

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aortic valve stenosis :: Article Creator A CT Man Was Chosen To Give A Memorial Day Speech. First He Got His Heart Fixed. Bill Rood has a heart for Memorial Day, honoring those who have given their lives to their country, as well as veterans of the armed services. This year, he will speak at Willimantic's annual Memorial Day ceremony on his favorite topic: freedom. He'll be there because of a procedure he underwent this month at UConn John Dempsey Hospital that gave him a new aortic valve. Rood, 83, was having a hard time last fall with a severe cough that resulted in his first hospitalization. "I was sick in November. … I had a bad cough. I just couldn't shake it," he said. Navy veteran Bill Rood at his shop, Windham Industries Inc., in North Windham on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Bill had a transcatheter aortic valve replacement at UConn Health on May 11, and he will be giving the Memorial Day speech in Willimantic. (Aar...

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drugs for hypertension patient :: Article Creator Herbs And Supplements For Hypertension One in five deaths in the United States each year are caused by cardiovascular disease, making it the leading cause of death. Hypertension, which affects roughly half of U.S. Adults, plays an important role in cardiovascular disease by increasing the risk of life-threatening events like heart attacks and strokes. While doctors write more and more prescriptions to treat the rising number of patients with high blood pressure, some people are also seeking alternative medicine to help manage this condition. There's nothing wrong with this approach, as long as people don't try to use herbs and supplements to replace prescription medications, says Paul Kalnins, ND, assistant professor at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. That's because there aren't any herbs or supplements that can directly treat hypertension, Kalnins...