Tag: High Blood Pressure
Health Tip – Aug. 10 – Your Waist Size and Your...
The body mass index (BMI) is the ratio of your weight in kilos to the square of your height in meters and can be...
Health Tip – July 25 – Fatigue Facts – Five Things...
Are you tired? Your extreme fatigue could be coming from one of these energy suckers:
1. Dehydration - It turns out that even moderate dehydration...
Health Tip – July 20 – High Blood Pressure: Rewriting Family...
We know that the risk of developing hypertension increases when one of your parents is affected with the disease. Even if your father or...
Health Tip – May 21 – Half of Overweight Teens Have...
Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and...
Health Tip – May 8 – More Good News About Chocolate
If you’ve been looking for solid evidence that chocolate offers health benefits, try this: an analysis of 42 small clinical trials suggest that a...
Health Tip – Apr. 17 – Burst Blood Vessels in the...
If you have a bright red or dark patch on the whites of your eyes, you may have a burst blood vessel. Known as...
Health Tip – Mar. 28 – Swimming Can Lower Seniors Blood...
Swimming is often promoted as good aerobic exercise for seniors because it is easy on the joints. Now a small study suggests that it...
300,000 Michiganders have Diabetes and They Don’t Know it
Are We at Risk for Diabetes?
Are we one of the 292,000 Michigan residents who have diabetes and doesn't know it?
Kay Bammert, Office...
Health Tip – Feb. 20 – Why You Should Check Your...
Monitoring blood pressure at home can help keep it from rising and may help reduce the need for medication. A recently published analysis of...
Health Tip – Jan. 11 – Noise Can Raise Your Blood...
If you live near a noisy highway or anywhere close to traffic sounds, you may be at increased risk of high blood pressure. That's...
