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Get the answers to your heart-health questions.Blood Pressure

Anxiety and high blood pressure readings

Best time for a blood pressure reading

Blood sodium levels and high blood pressure

Can a cough be a high blood pressure drug side effect?

Different arms, different blood pressure readings

High blood pressure in the morning

How hawthorn lowers blood pressure

How much salt can you eat if you have high blood pressure?

Isolated systolic hypertension

Medication tolerance for high blood pressure drugs

Menopause and high blood pressure

Postural hypotension

Proper position for blood pressure reading

Pulse pressure

Tapering off high blood pressure medications

Timing doses of high blood pressure medications

What nutrients are needed when taking high blood pressure medications?

What treatment options exist for stubborn high blood pressure?

Which nutrients can help lower blood pressure?

 

Cardiovascular Concerns

Addressing an unidentified arrhythmia

Angioplasty: Do I need it?

Atrial fibrillation

  • What is atrial fibrillation?
  • What causes atrial fibrillation?
  • Is there value in undergoing ablation therapy a second time?
  • Why are blood thinners necessary?
  • Pacemakers for atrial fibrillation
  • What non-drug options for atrial fibrillation are there?

Bypass surgery: Do I need it?

Coconut oil and heart health

Congestive heart failure and the link to high blood pressure

Diastolic dysfunction

Earthing

  • What health conditions does earthing improve?
  • How long does it take to see results with earthing?
  • Is earthing benefical for radiation exposure?

Healthy potassium levels

Heart scans and calcium scores

Krill oil versus fish oil for heart health

Living with mitral valve regurgitation

Natural substances that thin the blood

PVCs

Stroke recovery

Top heart-health nutrients

Valve replacement surgery: Do I really need it?

 

Cholesterol

How should age and health status influence efforts to lower cholesterol?

Is there a link between statins and memory loss?

Should you supplement with CoQ10 when taking cholesterol medication?

What's the best way to lower triglyceride levels?

Which cholesterol tests are best?

Which supplements reduce cholesterol levels?

 

Commonly Prescribed Medications

Coumadin

Grapefruit juice and drug interactions

  • How does grapefruit juice cause drug interactions?
  • What if I'm already eating grapefruit with my medications?
  • Will other citrus fruits cause similar interactions?

Prescription niacin: Is the new drug worth it?

Statins

 

Heart Disease Testing

Who needs an angiogram?

What tests are needed to diagnose an arrhythmia?

Which cholesterol tests do you need when screening for heart disease?

What can you do to test for and reverse artery plaque buildup?

Do you need an exercise stress test?

Which blood tests are needed when assessing heart disease risk?

 

Other Health Concerns

Artificial sweetener safety

Blending vitamins into smoothies

Diet sodas and stroke risk factors

Do you really need an annual flu shot?

Do you really need a multivitamin?

Is it better to take individual nutrients or a multinutrient formula?

Microwave safety

Pill Swallowing Strategies

Should you adopt a vegetarian diet?

Should you adopt a low-fat or no-fat diet?

What should an optimal multinutrient contain?

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