High blood pressure affects nearly one in three women and two in five men. It is a major contributor to strokes and heart disease, yet rarely presents any symptoms—and one may not even know there is a problem until it’s too late. With practical advice and sensible solutions, Control Your Blood Pressure will help readers learn how to recognize risk factors, lower their numbers, and increase their health.
Filled with practical advice and common-sense solutions, a helpful guide explains how to reduce one of the major contributors in strokes and heart disease by controlling one's blood pressure, with tips on identifying risk factors, lowering one's numbers, and enhancing one's personal health. Original.
People often learn to live with back pain, suffering through the day with just some aspirin to get by. Chances are they’ve tried every supposed remedy out there—yet still find simple tasks like putting away the groceries or getting out of the car to be an ordeal. With proven techniques and clever tricks, Beat Back Pain helps sufferers understand what triggers their problems—and how to alleviate them to live pain-free.
Hot flashes. Mood swings. Flagging sex drive. Ah, menopause. It’s time to forget all those old clichés. Thrive Through Menopause offers ideas for taking control of menopause and turning it into an experience that leaves women more vital, more inspired, and more positive than ever before.
52 ways to strengthen your heart-for life. Heart disease and stroke are some of the leading causes of death in this country-and they can affect anyone. Dr. Ruth Chambers reveals 52 practical strategies for keeping hearts strong, healthy, and happy.
For the nearly 78 million Americans with hypertension, a safe, effective lifestyle plan—incorporating the DASH diet principles and much more—for lowering blood pressure naturally If you have high blood pressure, you're not alone: nearly a third of adult Americans have been diagnosed with hypertension, and another quarter are well on their way. Yet a whopping 56 percent of diagnosed patients do not have it under control. The good news? Hypertension is easily treatable (and preventable), and you can take action today to bring your blood pressure down in just four weeks—without the potential dangers and side effects of prescription medications. In Blood Pressure Down, Janet Bond Brill distills what she's learned over decades of helping her patients lower their blood pressure into a ten-step lifestyle plan that's manageable for anyone. You'll: • harness the power of blood pressure power foods like bananas, spinach, and yogurt • start a simple regimen of exercise and stress reduction • stay on track with checklists, meal plans, and more than fifty simple recipes Easy, effective, safe—and delicious—Blood Pressure Down is the encouraging resource that empowers you, or your loved ones, to lower your blood pressure and live a longer, heart-healthy life.
