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How to Use a Blood Pressure Monitor at Home

How to Use a Blood Pressure Monitor at Home

Home blood pressure monitoring is a practical way to better understand cardiovascular health between medical visits. Because blood pressure can...
Empowering Older Adults

Empowering Older Adults

Using Technology to Stay in Control of Metabolic Health   Personal health technology has made it easier for older adults...
Hydration: Impact on Blood Glucose, Ketones, and Weight Readings

Hydration: Impact on Blood Glucose, Ketones, and Weight Readings

Hydration plays an important role in maintaining metabolic and cardiovascular health. Water is essential for circulation, temperature regulation, kidney function,...

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31 10 ,2023
What Is the DASH Diet?

What Is the DASH Diet?

The DASH diet stands for “Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension” – an eating plan endorsed by the American Heart Association that aims to reduce hypertension (ie, high blood pressure).1 The diet is characterized by a high intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free or low-fat dairy products, poultry, fish, nuts, beans, and seeds.2 On the other hand,...
25 09 ,2023
Preeclampsia

Preeclampsia

What Is Preeclampsia? Preeclampsia is a type of hypertensive (ie, high blood pressure) disorder that affects 2-8% of pregnancies.1 Preeclampsia usually occurs later in the pregnancy and is diagnosed when a pregnant woman >20 weeks of gestation has a new-onset hypertension defined as a systolic blood pressure of >140 mm Hg and/or a diastolic blood pressure of...
08 09 ,2023
How Does Inflammation Affect Metabolic Health?

How Does Inflammation Affect Metabolic Health?

Inflammation, as we typically define it, is the body’s immune response to harmful stimuli such as toxins, pathogens, radiation, and damaged cells. When the body recognizes a foreign substance, it releases inflammatory mediators to remove harmful stimuli through various actions such as recruiting white blood cells. An acute inflammation can also become a chronic inflammation when uncontrolled or...
05 09 ,2023
What Is Hypertension?

What Is Hypertension?

Hypertension is a medical term that refers to high blood pressure. It is defined as having a systolic blood pressure of >130 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure of >80 mm Hg or requiring antihypertensive (ie, blood pressure-lowering) medication(s). Hypertension is categorized into stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension.
29 08 ,2023
Aging and Metabolic Health

Aging and Metabolic Health

Aging is associated with various physiological changes, including alterations in metabolic health, and is known to be a key nonmodifiable (ie, factors that cannot be controlled or changed) factor for various chronic and metabolic diseases, including cardiovascular (ie, heart and blood-vessel related) diseases (CVDs), cancers, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases (eg, Alzheimer’s disease), and metabolic syndromes