Hypertension

John is a 40-year-old man who has struggled for many years to maintain a healthy blood pressure.

The combination of medication and improvements in diet is synergistic.

Geraldine, a 32-year-old woman, comes to your office with her 66-year-old grandmother. She tells you that Grandma “isn’t much for doctors.”

Ronald is a 37-year-old overweight man with prediabetes and hypertension. At his last visit, he was advised to begin replacing his go-to between-meal snacks of candy and chips with the healthier...

Larry is a 39-year-old man with borderline hypertension. During a regular physical, you ask Larry how his efforts to cut down on sodium have been going. He tells you that although he has been making an...

John, a 62-year-old man, has been treated with lisinopril and amlodipine to control blood pressure (BP), but has only been able to get his BP down to 160/100 with the combination of the 2 agents.

Discontinuing warfarin in an attempt to reduce bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing dental surgery could increase the risk stroke.

John is a 32-year-old overweight man with elevated cholesterol levels. He regularly eats salty, crunchy snacks and worries about the difficulty in giving them up. At his most recent check-up, he asks if...

Roger is a 46-year-old man who has recently begun an effort to lower his blood pressure. He reports that although he has recently switched to low-sodium options for all of his favorite foods, the...

Max is a 45-year-old man with mild hypertension. He says he has been struggling to cut down on the salty foods that he loves. He asks if you have any advice to help wean him off of salty, savory snacks. ...