Hypertension | Health Savvy | Savvy Cafe
Aug 27 2008
In case your blood pressure has become elevated beyond recommended levels. It has been caused by a medical disorder, you will most certainly be diagnosed as suffering from hypertension. This is reason to be concerned because such a condition can often be an early indication of an impending stroke attack, heart attack or even total [...]
Jun 25 2008
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition that affects many people in this country. However, many who have high blood pressure are not even aware of the condition, since hypertension often presents with few if any symptoms. Undiagnosed high blood pressure can heighten the risk of many other health conditions, such as heart disease [...]
(ARA) – Getting the flu can have serious consequences, especially for children. Every year, children in the United States get extremely ill and some die from influenza (“the flu”) and its complications. Richard Kanowitz knows this all too well — he and his wife Alissa lost their 4-year-old daughter, Amanda, to the flu four years [...]
Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]