Hypertension is the proper name for high blood pressure. Pulmonary means it is related to the lungs. Therefore, pulmonary hypertension is when your high blood pressure specifically affects the blood vessels responsible for the lungs’ blood supply. It’s a rare condition but a serious one. When the pulmonary arteries thicken and become stiff, it means […]
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You may have some general ideas about what constitutes organic food. It’s food that’s more “natural”, made without artificial interference from manmade chemicals and processes. But what exactly does that mean? There are pretty strict rules about the standards food has to meet to be called organic. It might help to divide it into two
We all need to eat. Cutting out all food completely is a surefire way to create all kinds of serious and potentially fatal health problems. For most people, the best way to eat is to balance all the possible nutrients that the human body requires so you get a little of everything without ever having
We all know that exercise is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, but what happens if you’re injured and can’t perform the kind of movement that forms part of a fitness routine? What if the actual act of exercising is what causes you an injury in the first place? Generally, the benefits of sport
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You might only think of cholesterol as the fatty substance that blocks your blood vessels and causes lots of unpleasant health problems. Some of you might know that it’s also vital to several bodily processes. Hormones, vitamin D and bile acid all depend on cholesterol. It’s also essential to your cell membranes, particularly their fluidity
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You might think of energy as a physical thing, driven by what we eat and how much exercise we do. That’s true, but it’s not the whole story. Your mental health can have a big impact on your energy levels, so if you want to be raring to go, you need to take care of
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Participating in sports can be pretty stressful. That’s true even if the only person you’re facing is yourself, but the anxiety skyrockets if you’re competing against others. There are so many different kinds of pressure, it’s no wonder that sports are associated with anxiety. There’s the pressure to win. There’s the desperation not to let
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Depression is a complicated condition. It seems it can spring up anywhere, at any time, and not always with an obvious cause. As with many mental illnesses, there appears to be a mix of biological and environmental factors that can influence its development. One of these factors is physical mobility. There seems to be a
One of the frustrating things about diabetes is that there’s no cure. There’s no moment when you can say, “That’s it, I’m done”. The business of managing symptoms and risk has to continue every single day. Every day, there are a series of checks that a person with diabetes has to carry out to ensure
We don’t always know when there’s something wrong with us. That’s an unfortunate truth. We may look and feel fine while deep inside our body, something isn’t working properly. That’s unfortunate when you consider that most conditions can be treated more effectively when they’re caught early. Take high blood pressure. It is entirely possible to
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