I recently bought an Omron HEM 705CP blood pressure monitor. I have
never checked my own BP, but get it checked by my dentist once a year.
At the dentist, I always get readings of 120/80 or very close to that.
My new Omron was consistently giving readings of around 100 over around

Dear Dr Chung, You gave this answer about automated monitors. "The
diastolic reading for automated equipment is actually a calculation."
What do you mean? is the diastolic reading not true? How is it calculated?
is it based on your heart beat?

Roughly 6 years ago, I began having a "pounding heart" and "skipped
beats".  I was unsure of their origin, but they concerned me a great
deal.
I sought out medical advice only to be told that they were "nothing".

My girlfriend was diagnosed around the same time for both hypertension
and hypothyroidism.  She has been taking Atenolol (25 mg) for
hypertension and Synthroid (25 mcg, I think) for Hypertension for about
a year.  I was wondering, are both conditions related; is medication

Our brother had a severe stroke yesterday; he's 52 yrs old (BTW, and
has a 5-year-old son).  He admitted himself yesterday to his small-town
hospital (50 miles north of Manhattan).  He was experiencing slight
blurry vision in one eye and pain in his jaw.  While at the hospital,

On Feb 21 had a Medtronic EnPulse E2DR01 pacemaker implanted . Over
the last few days I've been having
a relapse . My hands keep going to sleep , feet and ankles feel cold
and swollen . I feel very tired and have been

I have a question about cardiac vector calculation.
What position of the cardiac vector during R wave gives identical
signals in Lead 1 and Lead 2?
Is there anybody to help me? PLease..

Is anyone following this story? Any idea if the hospital in Miami
worked this man up for statin-induced amnesia. Any idea if the
doctors doing the diagnosis have even heard of the problem, let
alone read Dr. Graveline's excellent book, "Lipitor, Thief of

lives of the handicapped who were not capable of caring for themselves.
Something ot think about.

Hi, I'm writing to you for my friend (no it isn't me... it's my
roommate) who is not familiar with USENET, but feels that his concerns
over his blood pressure are not being taken seriously by his doctor.
Here is some history.  My buddy is in his late 40's, smokes, eats a

Howdy folks,
It's been suggested to me recently that hypnotherapy is contra-indicated for
patients with certain coronary problems related specifically to low blood
pressure because their BP might lower dangerously in hypnosis.  I've heard

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I would like to thank you all for the good response and advise
Most of it, I already do.
I am not overweight ( 168 lbs - 5.9ft ) do not smoke
Walk everyday about 4 to 5 km and in the summer I like to bike, sometimes 10

I'm a slender, athletic 49 year old woman with an HDl of 65, and LDL of 137
and (hold onto your hats, folks) an Lp(a) of 157. My doctor put me on
Niaspan, which burned an ulcer into my stomach at a one gram dose and
didn't lower anything. With the exception of some macular retinal ...

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