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Forum - RESPeRATE Features and Suggestions
Topic - Achieved Desired Results, Then What? Are results permanent?
Once you've achieved the desired results of lower blood pressure using the RESPeRATE, then what? Are the results lasting? Do you need to continually use RESPeRATE to maintain lower blood pressure?
Your questions about high blood pressure are answered by our board certified doctor. Browse through hundreds of helpful answers or ask your own question in our Ask Dr. Rowena page. Here’s a recent question:.
Connection between hbp and menopause
Topic - Pregnancy & Menopause
Q: Is there a connection between high blood pressure and menopause?
A: Many factors contribute to the development of high blood pressure and heart disease. Women tend to develop heart disease in their 50's which is about ten years later in life than men. Menopause is associated with an increased risk for high blood pressure because the average age of menopause is also about the time women are diagnosed with heart disease. In addition, the weight gain many experience going through menopause contributes to high blood pressure. Heart disease kills more women than breast cancer so it is important...
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Breathing, blood pressure and blogging
Topic - Breathing, blood pressure and blogging
Who would think that breathing slowly would reduce blood pressure? On the surface it seems unconnected with the phenomena in question. However, if one was to dig deeper and research the subject, one finds lots of reasons to think that it might.
Of course, the ultimate test for a scientist is to actually try it. More than just try it. In the scientific study we have to control for random factors, control for biases, control for Hawthorne effect, placebo effect, and other experimental risks. But the beginning of science is not in the controlled,...
