High blood pressure for dummies
2024,
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, xii, 256 pages :
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4500354
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| Publication information: |
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024] |
| Copyright: |
©2024 |
| ISBN: |
139422494X |
| ISBN: |
9781394224944 |
| Language: |
English |
| Record ID: |
4500354 |
| Full edition title: |
Third edition. |
| Format: |
Regular Print Book |
| Physical description: |
xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Date acquired: |
April 18, 2024
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| More creator details: |
by Richard W. Snyder, DO, with Alan L Rubin, MD. |
| Series statement: |
For dummies. |
| Series title: |
--For dummies. |
| General note: |
Includes index. |
| General note: |
Previous edition: 2007. |
| Contents note: |
Introduction -- Part 1: Understanding high blood pressure. Introducing high blood pressure ; Detecting high blood pressure ; Determining whether you're at risk ; Reviewing the causes of resistant high blood pressure -- Part 2: Considering the medical consequences of high blood pressure. Protecting your heart from heart disease ; Caring for your kidneys ; Keeping your brain intact ; Eyeing your blood pressure -- Part 3: Preventing and treating high blood pressure. Choosing foods that lower high blood pressure ; Keeping salt and sugar out of your diet ; Avoiding tobacco, alcohol, and caffeine ; Lowering blood pressure with exercise ; Taking medication to lower your high blood pressure ; Considering important clinical studies of high blood pressure -- Part 4: Taking care of special populations. Handling high blood pressure in older adults ; Handling high blood pressure in children ; Handling high blood pressure in women -- Part 5: The power of tens. Ten simple ways to prevent or reduce high blood pressure ; Ten (or so) myths about high blood pressure -- Appendix: Resources. |
| Contributor: |
Rubin, Alan L., author.
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