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Surely you already know that diseases associated with coronary heart disease and stroke are the number one cause of death in the world. However, hypertension can also be said as the number two killer disease below the two earlier diseases. People should know the risk and causes of hypertension.

High blood pressure can have negative effects for the health of your body. If it is left untreated, high blood pressure can even cause damage to vital human organs such as heart, kidney, and blood vessels. It was even mentioned that high blood pressure can cause stroke and blindness. Adverse effects of high blood pressure in men is that these conditions can cause erectile dysfunction. (more…)

There are many causes and risks of hypertension. But, all People who suffer from hypertensive disorders often need to take medication regularly to control their blood pressure. However, some changes in lifestyle are also proven able to reduce blood pressure. In fact, in some people, it can eliminate drug addiction.

“Anyone with hypertension should be encouraged to do some things to lower blood pressure without the aid of pharmacological agents,” said Matthew Burg, PhD, professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. (more…)

Primary (aka essential) hypertension has no known cause, however there are a number of lifestyle factors which do seem to effect the chances of developing hypertension.

Risk factors may be related to the environment, genetics and family history, smoking, diet, hormones, how much sodium (salt) you have in your diet or even the level of stress in your life. (more…)

Anxiety and tension usually attacks patients who will perform a surgery. The anxiety triggers increased blood pressure. But with singing an elderly patient is able to control nervousness and manage to lower blood pressure.

Doctors report that singing can lower blood pressure of a woman with 76 years of age who experience severe hypertension prior to total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis (OA). (more…)

High blood pressure or hypertension is a major risk behind stroke, heart failure, aneurysm, and even can cause death in a serious medical condition. But strangely, we do not really know what the cause of hypertension is.

There are a lot of information suggesting that the trigger of high blood pressure is poor diet or genetic predisposition. The two things turned out are just proved to be  correlated to hypertension and are not the cause of the condition. Even 95 percent of all cases of hypertension – especially the category of essential hypertension – are not medically known. (more…)