The free online course from ALISON "Nursing Studies - Clinical Skills: Caring for Cardiovascular Patients" introduces you to the knowledge and skills necessary to provide effective clinical care and assistance to cardiovascular surgical patients that you may find in your care. The course also covers the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system, and looks at a range … [Read more...]
Learn How to Keep Your Heart Healthy with this Free Online Course
Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day, pumping blood around your body to deliver oxygen and nutrients, while taking away waste products. When your heart is unhealthy, it can’t perform this vital task so effectively. An estimated 17 million people die of cardiovascular disease each year worldwide. Learn more about how your heart works, the causes of heart disease and … [Read more...]
Natural Blood Pressure Reducers
Constant maintenance of proper blood pressure is definitely not an easy task to do. These days, a lot of people suffer and even die due to the abnormally high pressure of blood in the blood stream. High blood pressure nowadays actually affects many adults and most of them are not even aware of it. A person is considered hypertensive (individual with high blood pressure) when … [Read more...]
Home Blood Pressure Monitor
It is often found that blood pressure readings taken in a health care setting do not give an accurate picture of one’s blood pressure. As a result of this, it is advisable to have a blood pressure monitor in your own home in order to check your readings outside of your doctor’s office. This will provide you with a greater idea of your normal blood pressure readings. A wide … [Read more...]
Hypertension Stage 1 Treatment
When you are looking for established guidelines when it comes to Hypertension stage 1 treatment then there are a few places where you could look. The professional association of the National High Blood Pressure Education program is probably the best place where you could look. It consists of professional, public and voluntary agencies and they have well written guidelines about … [Read more...]