American Heart Association A privately funded, non-profit health organization providing basic information, news, personal stories, and health tips on various medical diseases and conditions including high blood pressure. American Heart Association — National Center 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 800-AHA-USA-l www. americanheart.org American Society of Hypertension The largest American organization dedicated exclusively to research, [...]
THE QUESTION Does the amount of sleep a person gets affect the likelihood of developing heart disease? PAST STUDIES have shown that short-term sleep deprivation may interfere with blood pressure, heart rate, glucose metabolism and cortisol (“stress hormone”) levels. THIS STUDY examined the effects of long-term sleep patterns on 71,617 female nurses aged 45 to [...]
1. Why was there thought to be a “benign essential hypertension” in the past, and how do we now know that there’s no such thing? It was compared to malignant hypertension, a rapidly fatal condition. The old term “benign essential hypertension” implies two things: firstly, that the high blood pressure is harmless, and secondly that [...]
