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Home / Archives for Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Understanding Kidney Disease

September 8, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 6 Comments

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 by Dr. Julian Booker 3 Comments

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

Hypertension

June 27, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 13 Comments

Hypertension aka High Blood Pressure

Hypertension, also called high blood pressure, is the condition where one or both of your blood pressure values are elevated. When looking at your blood pressure recording you will notice two numbers. The top and bottom numbers of your blood pressure measurement are called the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure respectively. For years, […]

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Tagged With: Blood pressure, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Heart failure, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

Chest Pain – Part 1 – Angina

June 18, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 29 Comments

Chest pain is one of the most frightening symptoms that a person can experience. The problem is that not all chest pain is dangerous and not all chest pains are created equal. Some chest pain such as that associated with a heart attack, can be very dangerous. What makes things worse is that each person […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease Tagged With: Angina, Angina pectoris, Chest pain, Cholesterol, Chronic Illness, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Coronary circulation, Diabetes, Dyspnea, EKG, Electrocardiography, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Low-density lipoprotein, shortness of breath, stress test

How often should I have an Echocardiogram?

May 24, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 9 Comments

By Julian Booker MD How often should I have an Echocardiogram? The first thing that must be stated about the echocardiography appropriate use guidelines is that they are just that…guidelines. They are designed to provide direction but still be vague enough to allow flexibility in their interpretation if needed. This flexibility is needed so as […]

Filed Under: Tests & Investigations Tagged With: Blood pressure, Chest pain, Dyspnea, Echocardiography, heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Is it safe to take Viagra with my heart medications?

May 13, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 18 Comments

Sexual activity plays a crucial role in the psychological health and quality of life scores in patients with cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, intimacy is frequently an issue in patient with cardiovascular disease. The causes of sexual dysfunction following myocardial infarction are multiple and include anxiety, depression, medication effect and vascular insufficiency. Regardless of the cause, the […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease Tagged With: heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

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