Hypertensive urgency is an excessive increase in the blood pressure with little or no accompanying symptoms that can be visibly mapped. In this condition, an increase occurs without resulting in any instantaneous damage to the central organs. However, it needs to be brought back down to normal within the next 24 hours in order to [...]

Renal artery stenosis is a narrowing or blockage of the artery that supplies blood to the kidney. In general, renal artery stenosis is caused by atheroembolic renal disease, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), fibromuscular dysplasia of the renal artery wall and scar formation in the artery. It is most frequently caused by fibromuscular dysplasia or [...]

The ways in which it is possible to reduce blood pressure readings without the need for medication are vast. Many doctors will automatically prescribe medication immediately in an attempt to reduce high blood pressure, seemingly unaware of the numerous natural methods that are available. For this reason it will most likely be left to the [...]

Every year an estimated 300 new Primary Pulmonary Hypertension cases are diagnosed. Statistics say that out of every 100,000 people, 8 people become vulnerable to this malady. Women between ages 20 and 40 years are the most prone to it–women seem twice as much at risk as men. Essentially, Pulmonary Hypertension is a rare disorder [...]

One in 50 hypertensive patients develops resistant hypertension within 18 months. 12 March 2012 MedWire News: One in 50 patients who are newly diagnosed …www.incirculation.net/…/One-in-50-hypertensive-patients-dev… Google Alerts – hypertension