Search Results

• How to Better Control Blood Pressure

  Doctors often refer to high blood pressure as being a silent killer, because for most of us there are few symptoms. It’s not until a routine doctor’s visit or a related illness occurs that many of us find out we have it. High blood pressure affects 75 million Americans, or one in three adults. It is important to understand how to better manage this potentially life-threatening condition.

• What About Blood Pressure That’s Too Low?

  The link between high blood pressure, or hypertension, and the health problems it causes has been well understood for decades. This is why physicians constantly tell us how important it is to lower our blood pressure. In fact, people hear it so often, they might be tempted to think “the lower, the better,” right?

• What You Need to Know about the New Blood Pressure Guidelines

  The American Heart Association (AHA) recently updated blood pressure guidelines, a change that means more Americans will now be classified as having high blood pressure.

• The Worst Types of Wounds

  As a wound care physician at South Seminole Hospital, I treat all kinds of patients who need different types of care. Wounds, which occur due to pressure injury, infection, a cut or direct impact, come in all shapes, sizes and levels of severity. We’ve treated surgical wounds and traumatic wounds caused by a fall or contusion which lead to a large hematoma (when blood collects outside the blood vessels and leaks into the tissues. Other group of severe wounds are those caused by an inflammatory process in patients with autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. However, the most severe wounds we treat often involve infected ischemic diabetic foot ulcers and stage 4 pressure ulcers, which are also called bedsores. They are the hardest to treat and the ones that also bring the biggest consequences and complications to patients. 

• Should I See a Cardiologist if I Have High Blood Pressure?

  Throughout the day, your blood pressure can rise and fall based on your activities. But when it stays abnormally high for too long — a condition called hypertension — it can cause health problems, including heart damage.

• Eating Your Way Toward Lower Blood Pressure

  Adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors can help you manage the risk of developing or worsening uncontrolled high blood pressure. This is important because when we have hypertension (also known as high blood pressure), we increase our risk of developing additional health-related complications. 

• Blood Pressure Patterns May Predict Stroke Risk

  About 1 in 3 American adults have high blood pressure, a condition that elevates their risk for stroke.

• Bariatric Surgery Will Help Your Blood Pressure Plummet

  If you are obese and taking medications for hypertension, there might be a more successful way to keep your blood pressure down: bariatric surgery. That’s according to a new study published by the American College of Cardiology.

• 7 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally

  High blood pressure is often called the silent killer, and with good reason. It has no symptoms and affects 75 million people in the U.S. — or 1 in 3 adults. Of those who have high blood pressure (also called hypertension), only half have their blood pressure under control.

• High Blood Pressure’s Hidden Risk: Memory Loss

  As you get older, it’s inevitable that you’ll experience a bit of memory loss. The brain, just like every other part of your body, will lose some of its ability to function at peak levels. Your full range of cognitive functions – the inner workings of the brain – can begin to slip a little as the years roll by.