Enzyme inhibitors, as the name suggests, prevent certain enzymes in your body from producing their normal effects. The most commonly known enzyme inhibitor works to reduce your blood pressure. Angiotensin-converting enzyme or ACE inhibitors...
Vitamins play an role in the health of many tissues and functions in your body, including vision. If you do not get enough of vitamin A, you may develop vision problems that can ultimately lead to blindness. Vitamin A blindness is uncommon in...
Many women avoid strength training because they believe it will make them bulky. Effective weight training does not mean you will look like a bodybuilder. In general women have too much estrogen and too little testosterone to build large amounts...
According to the American Migraine Foundation, more than 36 million people in the United States suffer from migraines, which are excruciating and often debilitating headaches. Symptoms of migraines include severe head and neck pain, retinal...
One in three people in the U.S. is living with high blood pressure. The National Institutes of Health cites some of the causes of hypertension as age, diet, lifestyle, smoking and family history. Aside from eating healthy, exercising and reducing...
According to the site Spinalheadache.org, spinal headaches occur when the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal nerves leaks out, causing the pressure within the skull to decrease. Spinal headaches are characterized by an extreme...
An abdominal aneurysm is a bulge in the abdominal segment of the aorta, the major blood vessel leaving the heart. The bulge indicates a weak spot in the abdominal aorta that threatens to rupture, leading to catastrophic internal bleeding....
You probably know that's it important to breathe when you are lifting weights, but for some reason, the breathing pattern doesn't always occur naturally. The bench press consists of two separate phases: the pressing movement, known as the...
Itching following exercise can be embarrassing and uncomfortable, especially if the symptoms linger long after your workout ends. Itching is often easy to prevent, but may also arise from serious medical conditions. Your best bet is to figure out...
Powered by a synchronized electrical system, the heart normally beats about 60 to 100 times a minute. In atrial fibrillation, however, this electrical system becomes chaotic, causing the heart to beat up to 500 times a minute, increasing the...
Eating is a pleasurable time for most, especially when your favorite dishes are on the menu. If you have postprandial hypotension, though, meal time can cause a drop in your blood pressure, causing you to feel dizzy or light-headed. Although no...
Inversion is when you hang upside down or are placed in an upside down position. You can use an inversion table or device to relieve back pain and decompress the spine. When upside down, your body has less gravitational pressure against the nerves...
Lisinopril is a medication used in the treatment of congestive heart failure, high blood pressure and to prevent heart attacks. While it is accompanied by common side effects, a variety of side effects are categorized according to the condition...
Iodine is a natural occurring element that the body uses to make thyroid hormones. It is used as a disinfectant and as part of contrast dyes for medical imaging. Potassium Iodide, a related chemical is approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
A poor diet can have too much food or not enough food or too many bad foods or not enough good foods. The U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as health-related organizations like the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society...
