Bibliograph

Mayo Clinic on high blood pressure, [medical editor, Gary L. Schwartz, M.D.]

Type

Label

Mayo Clinic on high blood pressure, [medical editor, Gary L. Schwartz, M.D.]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mayo Clinic on high blood pressure

Responsibility statement

[medical editor, Gary L. Schwartz, M.D.]

Summary

"Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure offers information and tools to help you keep blood pressure from building to dangerous levels. By taking specific steps, you can live well with high blood pressure - and even keep it from ever forming. In this book, Gary Schwartz, M.D., tells you how. You'll learn how high blood pressure develops, what puts you at risk, how it's diagnosed and treated, and how to reduce your risk of conditions associated with it." -- Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Blood pressure 101. How high blood pressure develops -- Who's at risk? -- How high blood pressure is diagnosed -- Treating and preventing high blood pressure. What the numbers mean -- How diet and weight loss help -- Movement is medicine -- Avoid tobacco, limit alcohol -- Taking the right medication -- Special concerns and conditions -- Living well with high blood pressure

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

High blood pressure

Classification