by Scott Rosenfield 06:40 o'clock EDT on 6 July 2013
To stifle high BP in the bud.Take care up to the basics and your ticker it will thank you. Managing blood pressure and cholesterol can slash the risk of heart disease in half, says a study at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Researchers found that only high blood pressure or high cholesterol and reduces your risk for heart disease by 20 percent and 35 percent, treated patients with high blood pressure. But people who controlled her heart risk by more than 50 percent reduced both conditions.
"It's a double whammy," said Eric Topol, MD, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. High blood pressure damages the lining of the arteries, allowing cholesterol to seep in. But if you treat both, you limit the amount of cholesterol that can enter and the places where it can get, says Dr Topol.
While many doctors over-treat high cholesterol, it is important to regularly checks your blood pressure - and not just in the doc Office. According to a recent study in the annals of internal medicine it can take up to six tries, get an accurate BP reading, Dr. Topol get tested so in places such as waste paper, advises. You ask for a reading on both arms, Aaron Michelfelder, MD, the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine says: differences in blood pressure between the arms can be a sign of peripheral arterial disease, which increases your risk of heart attack and stroke.
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