Practical Practitioner

By: Pam Egan, FNP-C CDE

Heart Disease Articles:

• – Minimizing the risk of blood clots and pulmonary embolism
• – Clinics can help you control blood pressure, cholesterol
• – Benefits of cholesterol medication outweigh the risks
• – Stopping cholesterol-lowering medication can be deadly
• – Cold, flu medication can increase blood pressure
• – Heart Attacks: know the signs and act quickly
• – Heart disease linked to low testosterone in men
• – Increase in homocysteine level raises heart disease risk
• – Diuretics are best choice for initial treatment of hypertension
• – Pre-hypertension can double a person’s risk of stroke
• – Hypertension (high blood pressure) can lead to kidney damage