Is there any advantage to controlling hypertension with diet and
exercise versus with medication?
I'm 33, and it's getting harder to control my high blood pressure with
diet and exercise alone.  So I'm considering mediation.

My father is 82 years old. He is not obese, but has hypertension,
atherosclerosis, leg edema and renal carcinoma. His meds currently are
Lipitor, Lasix and Potassium. His cardiologist did a chemical stress
test and suspected one of his arteries was significantly blocked. Today

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/509050_print
Obviously too small for generalizing, but it mirrors my personal experience.
Diet dramatically alters my lipids and weight control, exercise didn't

Happening to me lately when I run upstairs.  Could it mean anything
serious?  What should I do?
Tks.,
FP

Here is my question to those of you who know more than me about this.
Are the studies on dark chocolate and the benefits as good as people
are saying?  I like chocolate but to here all the news lately on how
good it can be is almost unbelievable.

This is a problem that has gotten worse in the last couple years and it
has been gradual. I am 48 yrs old and cycle about 50 miles a week. I
have noted that my heart rate goes to 100% of max and over (170 to 190
bpm) in as little as 5 minutes of low exertion cycling. I have dropped

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Statins Not Associated with Reduced Dementia Risk
CHICAGO - The use of statins and other lipid-lowering agents by older
adults was not associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease or
other types of dementia, according to a study in the July issue of

Our children should be allowed to carry sidearms from the age of 10.  Our
schoolyards are crawling with sex deviants and white slavers whose only desire
is to steal young children and take them away.  Giving children guns would
ensure their safety and stop the bullying that is so ...

Howdy folks,
I just installed a new email filter and want to test it out.  Could someone
please send me a test email to:
dutch@sc.rr.com

I am a 58 year old male who has always enjoyed good health.  I have had
a leaky mitral valve for about 4 years.  I noticed severe shortness of
breath on March 14, 2005.  On April 1 my primary care physician
diagnosed an irregular heart beat.  He referred me to a cardiologist

In following excerpt, the term 'mean arterial pressure' is the
diastolic pressure, not systolic.
"Initial reduction in mean arterial pressure should not exceed 20% to
25% below the pretreatment BP. As an alternative, mean arterial

Andrew,
In two weeks, I'm going to discuss with my Doctor (GP) these blood test
results. I'm only going to include the readings that are above or below
normal. Please let me know your opinions about these readings--any red

My son, age 35,in excellent health, recently fainted and hit his head
badly. He went to the ER and also was found to be in Afib, 1st time. The
afib self converted the next day. A month of monitoring has yielded no
anomalies. A few weeks later he had a Tilt Table test and was ...

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Public release date: 22-Jul-2005
Contact: Angela Bitting
a.bitting@comcast.net