Calcium-Channel Blockers For High Blood Pressure: Types, Side Effects, Drug Interactions
Conclusion
In a nutshell, calcium-channel blockers are a valuable tool in the medical arsenal for treating a range of cardiovascular conditions.
By inhibiting calcium’s entry into the heart and blood vessel cells, these drugs induce blood vessel dilation and relaxation, reducing blood pressure.
Their unique properties and effectiveness make them especially suitable for groups like older adults and people of African descent, and those with conditions like angina, certain arrhythmias, and Raynaud’s disease.
Even with the possibility of side effects and drug interactions, calcium-channel blockers are g...
Source: The EMT Spot - July 24, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Do Blood Pressure Supplements Interact With Any Foods Or Drinks?
Conclusion
To sum things up, blood pressure supplements are a safe and effective option for managing hypertension, and they typically do not interact with most foods and drinks.
However, some fruits and beverages may reduce the effectiveness of natural supplements. To ensure that you receive the maximum benefit from your blood pressure supplements, avoiding certain foods and drinks is essential.
Licorice, grapefruit, and alcohol are among the top culprits that can interfere with the efficacy of supplements and cause negative side effects.
High-fat meals and salt substitutes containing potassium can also hinder ...
Source: The EMT Spot - May 3, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Supplements Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 19th 2022
Conclusion
Use of the Khavinson peptides and melatonin in combination in this way, at this dose, negatively impacts the thymus, producing a reduction in active tissue and increase in atrophy to fatty tissue. The degree to which this atrophy occurred is greater than one would expect to take place over nine months of aging at this stage of life.
Why did this outcome occur, given the animal studies showing thymic regrowth, and the studies showing reduced later life mortality following use of thymogen? We can only speculate. Firstly, the dose makes the poison, and the dosing here may have been too high, too frequ...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 18, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
In the Matter of Human Longevity There Will Be Opportunists and Alchemists
I suspect that a sizable, earnest community of opportunists and alchemists focused on anti-aging and longevity will continue to exist even as we transition from an era in which the only approaches to aging (beyond exercise and calorie restriction) were snake oil, the only service providers frauds, to an era in which therapies to slow aging and produce rejuvenation actually exist and are robustly proven to do what they say on the label. Will reliable, low-cost ways to measure biological age drive out the true believers who try whatever intervention is hyped, fail to gain scientific understanding, and fail to use adequate me...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 16, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Simple Ways to Make Your Home into Your Sanctuary
Suddenly, because of the pandemic, our homes have become one-stop shops. It’s where we work, teach our kids, and attend religious services. It’s where we sleep, eat, and relax (in theory).
Besides taking walks and running urgent errands, most of us are staying in. So, it’s helpful to make our homes into a place we actually want to be.
Currently, our homes need to “replace a lot of the ‘feel-good’ emotions we had in going out,” said Victoria Vajgrt, a professional home organizer in San Francisco. For example, she said, the yoga studio helped us to relax, while romantic restaurants helped us to reconnect to our...
Source: World of Psychology - April 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: General Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Stress coronavirus COVID-19 work from home Source Type: blogs
Exploring the human brain and how it responds to stress (1/3)
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Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
— Erma Bombeck
The brain is the control center for all of our thoughts, actions, attitudes, and emotions. It’s the pilothouse on the riverboat of our lives. It’s Mission Control for all of our flights into space or time. It’s the air traffic controller that helps us navigate and reroute our paths based on incoming and outgoing information and how we’re feeling about it at the time. It’s the John Williams of our personal symphony. It’s the Mother Ship to our Starfleet; it’s … (Uh, sorry, I got carried away there, but I...
Source: SharpBrains - April 6, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Jerome Schultz Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness human-brain neurological neuropsychologist Stress Stress Response Source Type: blogs
How do cosmetics impact the environment? episode 206
Beauty Science News stories
On today’s program we are going to talk about a couple of beauty industry news stories and answer your questions about…
Aluminum hydroxide in topical productsWhether lip scrubs are worthwhileThe environmental impact of cosmeticsAnd what the differences are between bentonite and charcoal in a facial mask
Beauty Science News
Talc is not linked to cancer – I wonder if that will affect the court cases
Regenerative beauty: Aussie skin care brand sees luxury potential in horse placenta
There is a challenge with using ingredients that are derived from animal protein, fat, ta...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Health & safety of cosmetics Podcast Source Type: blogs
My Testimony Today Regarding the Massachusetts Emergency Ban on the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes
Testimony of Michael Siegel, MD, MPHProfessor, Boston University School of Public HealthNovember 22, 2019The Department of Public Health justified its emergency order by arguing that removing vaping products from the market would protect the public – and especially youth – from the vaping-associated respiratory disease outbreak that has now affected more than 2,000 people and caused 47 deaths.However, unbeknownst to many, this emergency order wasnot successfulin removing all vaping products from the market. In fact, the Department ’s emergency order exempted – and therefore failed to remove from the market - a larg...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - November 22, 2019 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Policy Makers are Deceiving Themselves if They Believe Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes is Going to End Youth Vaping of Flavored Products
Major Exemption in Proposed Flavor Ban Leaves Most Kid-Friendly Flavors on the MarketThe most basic premise of the proposal to ban flavored e-cigarettes is that it will protect youth by preventing them from vaping flavored e-liquids. The flavors are the problem, so if we ban the flavors, we ' ll take care of the problem.Or so the thinking goes.The Rest of the StoryThe problem is that politicians are deceiving themselves if they think that a ban on flavored e-cigarettes is going to prevent youth from accessing flavored e-liquids. The truth is that all of the following flavors are exempt from the ban and will remain on the m...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - November 7, 2019 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Cannabidiol (CBD) — what we know and what we don’t
Cannabidiol (CBD) has been recently covered in the media, and you may have even seen it as an add-in booster to your post-workout smoothie or morning coffee. What exactly is CBD? Why is it suddenly so popular?
How is cannabidiol different from marijuana?
CBD stands for cannabidiol. It is the second most prevalent of the active ingredients of cannabis (marijuana). While CBD is an essential component of medical marijuana, it also is derived directly from the hemp plant, which is a cousin of the marijuana plant. While CDB is a component of marijuana (one of hundreds), CBD by itself, does not cause a “high.” According to a...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon, MD Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Marijuana Source Type: blogs
How to talk to your doctor about medication
Pharmacology has changed the practice of medicine. Scientists are continually working on new and better drugs to manage medical conditions, from high blood pressure to autoimmune diseases to cancer. The mechanism of a drug — how it actually works on the condition it is mean to treat — is one important factor, but drug delivery, meaning how the medication arrives at the target it is meant to affect, is also key.
As a patient, it’s your right to understand everything about a medication prescribed for you. That doesn’t mean you have to become a scientist or pass an exam about pharmacology. But you can and should ask y...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carolyn A. Bernstein, MD, FAHS Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Health care Source Type: blogs
What Diet Works Best, Part 1: Put Down The Grapefruit
Why is chosing a diet so hard?
The information we receive about diets, food, and nutrition is confusing. Millions of dollars are spent on weight loss schemes that never last. So, how do you choose a diet that will work? This post is the first in a series of articles exploring questions to ask when choosing a diet. Here goes…
Does the grapefruit diet work?
It’s not the grapefruit’s fault. This morning, however, I had three emails touting a celebrity with a “new” grapefruit diet to get in shape for the holidays. This sort of thing drives me crazy. First, celebrities aren’t e...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - December 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health grapefruit healthy diet nutrition Source Type: blogs
What Diet Works Best, Part 1: Put Down The Grapefruit
Why is choosing a diet so hard?
The information we receive about diets, food, and nutrition is confusing. Millions of dollars are spent on weight loss schemes that never last. So, how do you choose a diet that will work? This post is the first in a series of articles exploring questions to ask when choosing a diet. Here goes…
Does the grapefruit diet work?
It’s not the grapefruit’s fault. This morning, however, I had three emails touting a celebrity with a “new” grapefruit diet to get in shape for the holidays. This sort of thing drives me crazy. First, celebrities aren’t e...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - December 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Diet and Nutrition Tips Heart Health Women's Wellness grapefruit healthy diet Source Type: blogs
How Does Cholesterol Medication Work? Reducing Your Risk of Heart Disease
Discussions with Physicians) online on behalf of Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., within the United States from July 7- August 4, 2017, among 5,014 U.S. adults aged 45 or older, who have been diagnosed with high cholesterol, and have ever used a statin to treat high cholesterol. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables, please contact Erin Bittner at W2O Group, 212-301-7226.
Sources:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/statin-medications-heart-diseas...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - October 24, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Source Type: blogs
