Lifestyle Changes to Treat High Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against your artery walls as it goes through your body. Like air in a tire or water in a hose, blood fills your arteries to a point. Just as too much air pressure can damage a tire, or too much water pushing through a garden hose can damage the hose, high blood pressure can hurt your arteries and lead to life-threatening conditions like heart disease and stroke. How Is Blood Pressure Measured? A reading appears as two numbers. The first, [...]
