by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2023 | Heart Health
A study of 59,124 patients in 223 medical care centers had one group of patients check their blood pressures several times throughout the day and night, while the other group had blood pressure checked in their doctors’ offices only. After 10 years, 12.1 percent...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 2, 2022 | Heart Health
Your blood pressure can vary so much throughout the day that a single measurement in a doctor’s office can give you a diagnosis of high blood pressure when you don’t have it, or miss high blood pressure when you do have it. I think that everyone should have a blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 19, 2021 | Heart Health
Very aggressive control of high blood pressure helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes and premature death far more effectively than less stringent control (N Engl J Med, 2021 May 20;384(20):1921-1930). You cannot cure high blood pressure with drugs, you can only...
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...
