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Resistant hypertension refers to the condition where your blood pressure remains high despite taking at least 3-4 different types of medications and diuretics. Resistant hypertension may occur due to one or more underlying causes hormonal abnormalities, plaque build-up in the arteries, obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity, and others.
Ways to manage resistant hypertension
Since neither medications nor diuretics yield the desired results, the only way to combat resistant hyperten...more
Ways to manage resistant hypertension
Since neither medications nor diuretics yield the desired results, the only way to combat resistant hyperten...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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For most people, putting on weight is easy, but losing excess weight can be quite a struggle. Obesity is one of the most common lifestyle ailments today and can trigger a number of health problems, including diabetes and cardio vascular diseases. It also affects your emotional health and self confidence.
Patience and perseverance are crucial when it comes to weight loss. Ayurveda can be very helpful in losing and regulating weight. Ayurveda is not only an alternative to harmful medicine...more
Patience and perseverance are crucial when it comes to weight loss. Ayurveda can be very helpful in losing and regulating weight. Ayurveda is not only an alternative to harmful medicine...more
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Anorexia is one of the most common eating disorders plaguing a large section of today's youth. Anorexia is one such condition which arises as a psychological ailment and then culminates as serious physical manifestations. One of the most prominent preconditions of anorexia is the severe dissatisfaction with your body.
The desire to lose weight constantly reigns supreme in your mind. So much so, that all that you can permit yourself to eat and all that you can't preoccupy your mind enti...more
The desire to lose weight constantly reigns supreme in your mind. So much so, that all that you can permit yourself to eat and all that you can't preoccupy your mind enti...more
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If you have high blood pressure, you would have to depend a lot on medications, as prescribed by your healthcare provider. Medications can help keep your blood pressure within the normal range. However, in order to be able to maintain a normal blood pressure reading, you should focus on other remedies too.
Here are a few ways through which you can manage ;hypertension
Decrease your daily ;sodium intake for most adults, a sodium intake of 1500mg or less...more
Here are a few ways through which you can manage ;hypertension
Decrease your daily ;sodium intake for most adults, a sodium intake of 1500mg or less...more
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Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Arthritis is a common musculoskeletal condition that affects elderly men and women. Joint pain, stiffness and inflammation are the most common symptoms of this condition. This pain can get so bad as to affect your movement and leave you unable to do simple things like walking up stairs or even simply turning a doorknob.
Arthritis cannot be reversed but with medication and a few lifestyle changes, your quality of life can be improved.
Exercise and weight loss: Though it is diffi...more
Arthritis cannot be reversed but with medication and a few lifestyle changes, your quality of life can be improved.
Exercise and weight loss: Though it is diffi...more
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Diabetes is a lifestyle disease, with the incidence mainly increased by changing lifestyles including food habits and sedentary way of life. How does it happen? The sugar that is consumed is metabolized by a hormone known as insulin. Diabetes can occur due to two reasons:
Reduced amount of insulin production
Increased amount of sugar levels beyond what the produced insulin can metabolize.
Risk factors: Diabetes can be genetic, but in most cases, it is acquired and the following ...more
Reduced amount of insulin production
Increased amount of sugar levels beyond what the produced insulin can metabolize.
Risk factors: Diabetes can be genetic, but in most cases, it is acquired and the following ...more
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Ayurvedic Doctor•Bangalore
Obesity is the state of being overweight. When excess fats accumulate in different parts of the body, it can lead to such a condition. Simply put, when the intake of calories exceeds the amount of calories burned, the extra calories get stored in the body in the form of fat. As per a recent study published in the British medical journal, the Lancet, there were 20 million obese women in India in 2014 as compared to 9.8 million obese men.
Causes of obesity
Accumulated fat leads t...more
Causes of obesity
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Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Obesity is the state of being overweight. When excess fat accumulates in different parts of the body, it can lead to such a condition. Simply put, when the intake of calories exceeds the amount of calories burned, the extra calories get stored in the body in the form of fat. As per a recent study published in the British medical journal, the Lancet, there were 20 million obese women in India in 2014 as compared to 9.8 million obese men.
Causes of obesity: Accumulated fat leads to excess...more
Causes of obesity: Accumulated fat leads to excess...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Obesity is the state of being overweight. When excess fats accumulate in different parts of the body, it can lead to such a condition. Simply put, when the intake of calories exceeds the amount of calories burned, the extra calories get stored in the body in the form of fat. As per a recent study published in the british medical journal, the lancet, there were 20 million obese women in india in 2014 as compared to 9.8 million obese men.
Causes of obesity
Accumulated fat leads t...more
Causes of obesity
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, as it is commonly known as a digestive disorder that is caused primarily due to intestinal distress. GERD is caused in the muscle that lies between the oesophagus and the stomach when the acid produced in the stomach starts to flow backward. For patients suffering from GERD, the acids flow back into the oesophagus instead of the stomach, causing symptoms like severe heartburn, chest pain and nausea, among others.
So what does one do to deal wi...more
So what does one do to deal wi...more
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