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Bedtime May Be the Best Time for Taking Antihypertensive Medication

March 15, 2021 262 1
Martin Juneau, MD

Man using a blood pressure cuff.

In this article from November 18, 2019, Dr. Martin Juneau of the Montreal Heart Institute looks at a study into the effect of timing on antihypertensive medication. OVERVIEW19,084 hypertensive patients were randomly assigned to take their antihypertensive medication in a single dose daily, either at bedtime or upon waking up.For six years, researchers measured the…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Health, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Risk & Prevention Tagged With: antihypertensive, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Benefits of Coffee : Getting To The Heart Of The Matter

March 15, 2015 21287 4
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

coffee and your heart

Decades ago in the 70’s and 80’s there was a flurry of articles published in major medical journals that implicated coffee drinking as a risk factor for heart attacks. It was reported that the risk was related to the amount of coffee consumed: the more coffee, the higher the risk. But as research techniques improved,…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

Amlodipine Side Effects – What To Expect

June 20, 2014 163548 22
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Amlodipine Side Effects

The most likely reason to be started on amlodipine is for blood pressure control. It causes relaxation and dilation of the blood vessels leading to lowering of blood pressure. The other reason people are started on amlodipine is for control of chest pain in people with coronary artery disease, amlodipine is thought to achieve this…

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Vascular Disease Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

What is Heart Failure? – Everything You Need To Know

March 16, 2014 29946 7
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

Heart Failure

Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a very common heart condition. As doctors, we understand exactly what we mean when this diagnosis is given, but for the patient it is often a different story. The words “heart failure” lead people to assume that their heart has “given up” and is actually…

Filed Under: Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Tagged With: Congestive Heart Failure, edema, heart disease, Heart failure, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Atrial Fibrillation – Part 1 – What is it?

October 1, 2013 9096 0
Dr. Julian Booker

Atrial fibrillation, sometimes called a-fib, is the commonest cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm). In contrast to the metronome-like heart rhythm that we are used to, atrial fibrillation is characterized by an irregularly irregular heartbeat. If you were to check your pulse, there would be no pattern. The timing of your heartbeat would almost seem random.…

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias, Heart Disease Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, COPD, EKG, Electrocardiography, Heart failure, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Mitral valve

The 35-45 Year Old Health Check – (Part 2)- The History

September 12, 2013 3964 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

By Murtaza Ahmed MD Many people have come to think that the bulk of a health check consists of blood tests.  While blood tests are very important and have their role, they are by no means the be all and end all when it comes to deciding if you are healthy.  There are some Physicians…

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

The 35-45 Year-Old Health Check – (Part 1) – Why is it so important?

September 10, 2013 5647 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

  By Murtaza Ahmed MD As I mentioned in my previous post, the obesity epidemic, one of the most common presentations of the 35-45 year old  patient is for a ‘general health check’.  There is something about this age that makes people conscious that there may be aspects of their health that require attention.  The…

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

Stroke – Part 1 – Types of Stroke

September 9, 2013 6580 0
Dr. Julian Booker

By Julian Booker MD Stroke falls under the category of cerebrovascular disease meaning disease involving the blood vessels of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord and visual system). We all know someone that has had a stroke but many of us do not know what a stroke is. I have heard people refer to…

Filed Under: Vascular Disease Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Blood pressure, Chronic Illness, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

Understanding Kidney Disease

September 8, 2013 8919 0
Dr. Julian Booker

Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease is a condition where your kidneys have been damaged and do not perform their primary functions at peak capacity. In addition to the aforementioned duties, the kidney’s most well-known function is to help filter the blood of various toxins and excess byproducts of metabolism.

Filed Under: General Health Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Illness, Diabetes, edema, Heart failure, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), shortness of breath

The Fish Oil Diaries – Part 2 – Supplements and a Western diet

August 11, 2013 6689 0
Dr. Julian Booker

By Julian Booker MD What is the Western diet pattern or Western diet? The western diet is a common dietary pattern found in a number of developed countries and is growing in popularity in developing countries. There are two common characteristics found in the Western diet: The food tastes awesome The food is generally really…

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Fish oil, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Lovaza, Nutrition & Supplements, Vascepa

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