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Blood Pressure: How Low Is Just Right?

If up is bad, down must be good. If higher is worse, lower must be better. These statements appear to be logical, but logic does not always rule, at least as far as blood pressure is concerned. High blood pressure is dangerous, to put it mildly. So lowering it should be good. But how low …

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Want to Protect Your Heart? Control High Blood Pressure!

If every third American adult came down with malaria, we would be outraged. The public would demand immediate action to start proper treatment, and monitor the results. Then we would also demand steps to prevent any such a calamity from happening again. Then why is it that high blood pressure (high BP, or hypertension), which …

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5 Special Ways Exercise Helps Women

Message to Venus: start exercising. They say women are from Venus, and I understand it is too hot to exercise there. But now they are on earth, and it is time to get moving. Women live longer than men do, and can extend their lives further. In addition, they can make those extra years more …

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