Learn about what you can do to help manage your high blood pressure (hypertension) by reading the articles below!
KNOW THE FACTS TO manage HYPERTENSION:
• Did you know…getting the facts about high blood pressure can save your life?
• Harlem Word: Interview with Dr. Richard Younge -- Screening for blood pressure
• Harlem Word: Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe tells us what every African American should know about high blood pressure
• Harlem Word: Dr. Silvia Amesty talks about how high blood pressure affects young men
• Harlem Word: Dr. Richard Younge on blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar, Part I
• Harlem Word: Dr. Richard Younge on blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar, Part II
MEDICATION CAN manage HYPERTENSION:
• Did you know… if you ask your pharmacist these ten questions about your blood pressure medications it will help you lower your blood pressure?
• Did you know…diuretics can reduce high blood pressure?
• Did you know…understanding the common side effects of high blood pressure medications can help you talk to your health care provider?
• Did you know…herbs and supplements can change how well your high blood pressure medications work?
• Harlem Word: Dr. Hilda Hutcherson -- Sex, exercise and health
EATING RIGHT AND STAYING FIT CAN manage HYPERTENSION:
• Did you know…the DASH diet can help lower your blood pressure in 14 days?
• Harlem Word: Dr. Mary Bassett – High blood pressure and salt
• Harlem Word: New York Presbyterian Hospital’s Dr. Carlton McGregor talks about a patient who was able to lower her blood pressure without medicine
• Profile of Hope: Debra Jackson talks about the lifestyle changes she made after learning she had kidney disease caused by her high blood pressure
• Profile of Hope: Debra Jackson talks about her “wake up call” to follow a healthy lifestyle
• Profile of Hope: Vickie Powell
PEACE OF MIND CAN manage HYPERTENSION:
• Harlem Word: Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe explains how beliefs as well as depression and anxiety can make it hard to lower high blood pressure
• Did you know...there are many healthy ways to handle your stress?
KEEPING THE WHOLE BODY HEALTHY CAN manage HYPERTENSION:
• Harlem Word: Dr. Thomas Nickolas talks about how your kidneys regulate your blood pressure
• Harlem Word: Harmon Moats talks about why knowing what your blood pressure can lower your risk of having a stroke
• Harlem Word: Dr. Thomas Nickolas talks about who’s most likely to get kidney disease
QUITTING SMOKING CAN manage HYPERTENSION:
• Did you know…that smoking routinely and drinking on a regular basis can have an effect on your medications?
• Did you know... there are important immediate and long-term benefits of quitting smoking?
• Harlem Word: Aleah Gathings introduces the Manhattan Smoke-Free Partnership and describes what they are doing in Harlem
SUPPORT FROM OTHERS CAN manage HYPERTENSION:
• Profile of Hope: Debra Jackson talks about her diagnosis with high blood pressure (hypertension)
• Harlem Word: Laura Evensen explains social support
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