100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Disease and Hypertension
100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Disease and Hypertension

Author: Raymond R. Townsend

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2008-10-14

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1449630898

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Every year, high blood pressure causes more than 25,000 new cases of kidney failure in the United States. 100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Disease and Hypertension offers authoritative, up-to-date, practical answers about kidney disease, end-stage kidney failure, transplants, and dialysis. The book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this condition.

Mayo Clinic 5 Steps to Controlling High Blood Pressure
Mayo Clinic 5 Steps to Controlling High Blood Pressure

Author: Sheldon G. Sheps

Publisher: Rosetta Books

Published: 2015-12-04

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 0795347782

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How to play a vital role in your own health and longevity: A handbook from“one of the most reliable, respected health resources that Americans have” (Publishers Weekly). This easy-to-use guide will help you understand the many issues related to high blood pressure and assist you in preventing it, managing it, and making essential treatment decisions. · Learn which single factor you can do the most about when it comes to influencing your blood pressure. This one step may be all it takes to lower your blood pressure and keep it under control. · How losing as little as 10 pounds may reduce your blood pressure to a healthier level—includes practical help for maintaining a healthier weight. · Discover a great alternative that may lower your blood pressure just about as much as medications—without the expense of prescriptions. · Why your blood pressure goes down if you make your heart stronger—and dozens of tips to realize this goal. · How to manage your sodium intake. · Information about medications for when changes in lifestyle aren't enough and more

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring

Author: George S. Stergiou

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 3030230651

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Hypertension remains a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. Self-monitoring of blood pressure by patients at home is currently recommended as a valuable tool for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Unfortunately, in clinical practice, home blood pressure monitoring is often inadequately implemented, mostly due to the use of inaccurate devices and inappropriate methodologies. Thus, the potential of the method to improve the management of hypertension and cardiovascular disease prevention has not yet been exhausted. This volume presents the available evidence on home blood pressure monitoring, discusses its strengths and limitations, and presents strategies for its optimal implementation in clinical practice. Written by distinguished international experts, it offers a complete source of information and guide for practitioners and researchers dealing with the management of hypertension.

100 Questions & Answers about Menopause
100 Questions & Answers about Menopause

Author: Ivy M. Alexander

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0763727296

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This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of menopause. The only volume available to provide the doctor's and patient's view.

100 Questions & Answers About Managing Your Cholesterol
100 Questions & Answers About Managing Your Cholesterol

Author: National Lipid Association (NLA),

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1449669131

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EMPOWER YOURSELF! More than 100 million adults in the U.S. have high cholesterol. Whether you are a newly diagnosed patient or a loved one of someone with this condition, 100 Questions & Answers About Managing Your Cholesterol offers essential information. This easy-to-read guide provides authoritative, practical answers to the most common questions asked by patients. Topics include cholesterol and atherosclerosis, risk factors for high cholesterol and heart disease, diagnosis and testing, and ways to improve cholesterol through diet, exercise, and medications.

100 Questions & Answers About Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
100 Questions & Answers About Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

Author: Andra James

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2008-05-02

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0763741051

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Empower Yourself! Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient with deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, or are a loved one of someone suffering from these conditions, this book offers help. Written by prominent expert physicians from the world famous Duke University Medical Center, with 'insider' advice from actual patients, 100 Questions & Answers About Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism is an invaluable resource for copingwith the physical and emotional turmoil of DVT and/or PE.