High Blood Pressure For Dummies®, Pocket Edition

✍ Scribed by Laura L. Smith

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 104
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Practical strategies to get your blood pressure under control

High blood pressure can cause a lot of health problems. This handy pocket guide explains how simple lifestyle changes can help lower your blood pressure, and it brings you up to date on blood pressure medications. Written by a practicing physician with decades of experience, you'll get practical information you can put to use right away. It's just what you need to lower your blood pressure and feel great!

Open the book and find:

• Why high blood pressure is bad for you

• Ways to measure your blood pressure properly

• Guidance on using blood pressure medications

• Tips for cutting back on salt and quitting smoking

• The basics of starting an exercise program