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Alcohol: what is a problem?
Alcohol: The Facts Alcohol is the most widely abused drug in Britain. Deaths in England and Wales caused by alcohol-related disease have doubled in the last 20 years. The year 2001 showed the highest percenta...read more
Blood pressure gone hypertensive
Quick refresher: the basics of our circulatory system Our circulatory system consists of several components that act in harmony to transport nutrients and oxygen to our tissues and remove waste products. Let’s quickly ...read more
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
In Illinois, heart disease is the leading cause of death for people with diabetes. Adults with diabetes are two to four times more likely to have heart disease or a stroke than people without...read more
High blood pressure: what is it and how to control it
What is hypertension (high blood pressure)? Blood pressure is the force of blood against the walls of arteries – the vessels that bring oxygen-carrying blood to the heart. It rises and falls quite natur...read more
How to control hypertension
Why me, why now? There are a number of reasons why people have hypertension. In the majority of cases, hypertension is caused by a combination of inherited and environmental factors. Certainly, a family hist...read more
Laparoscopic anterior resection
The operation is designed to remove part or all of the rectum. This is the bit of the bowel inside you just above your bottom muscles. It is necessary to remove so much bowel because of the w...read more
Nutritional therapy can help you!!
Digestive problems Digestive problems not only cause discomfort and sometimes embarrassment. A good digestion is the very foundation of good health because although we may accept that "we are what we ea...read more
Salt and stroke
Most of us don’t think twice about adding salt to our food, but there is now mounting evidence that too much salt can lead to higher blood pressure and increase the risk of stroke. This factsheet explai...read more
Staying healthy
We all know that more and more of the disease and disabilities from which we suffer can be cured by modern medicine. But for some, especially heart disease and cancer, cures are still sadly inadequate. Are we...read more
The normal heart reviewed
The heart is a pump consisting of four chambers. Its job is to pump blood which has already been around the body, to the lungs to obtain oxygen, and then back around the body to supply the organs. TheWhat hypertension means to you
The trouble with high blood pressure today is it is so common and talked about so often that many people don't seem to treat it with the respect it merits. High blood pressure or hypertension...read more
What is an atrial septal defect?
In this defect there is a hole between the top chambers (receiving chambers or atria). Due to the higher pressure in the left side of the heart, this allows oxygenated blood to flow through the hole from the ...read more
When blood pressure reaches a high
What is high blood pressure? High blood pressure is a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher. Both numbers are important.Nearly 1 in 3 American adults has high blood pressure. Once ...read more
