by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 30, 2021 | Heart Health
A very important study of 27,599 adults, average age 47-50, showed that almost 15 percent of North American adults and almost 19 percent of those with high blood pressure take medications that can raise blood pressure (JAMA Intern Med, November 22, 2021). The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 6, 2021 | Heart Health
Extensive research shows that high blood pressure is associated with having specific harmful bacteria in your colon (Circulation Research, Apr 2021;128(7):934–950), and that reducing harmful colon bacteria and increasing healthful ones can help to control high blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 4, 2021 | Heart Health
High blood pressure affects 108 million adults, increasing risk for heart attacks, the leading cause of death in the United States. A Harvard study of 412 adults found that a low-salt version of the DASH diet dramatically lowered both high blood pressure and markers...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 22, 2021 | Heart Health
A study of 7063 people, average age 58.9 years, found that those who had high blood pressure had significantly lower memory and recognition test scores than the people with normal blood pressure (Hypertension, Dec 14, 2020;77(2):672-681). In four years of follow-up,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 22, 2020 | Heart Health
You have two blood pressures: the systolic that measures blood pressure when your heart contracts, and the much lower diastolic reading that measures the pressure when your heart relaxes. When your heart contracts, it pushes a huge amount of blood forward to your...
