Controlling Your Blood Pressure
- Harvard Health Online Course
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In this Harvard Health Publishing course you will gain the tools to control your blood pressure and cut your risk of heart attack and stroke in half.
- Online; Self-Paced
$29.95
Certificate
Two Weeks, 2-6 Hours/Week
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Overview
Current blood pressure guidelines have made the importance of lower numbers abundantly clear. Today, nearly half of American adults are considered to have high blood pressure, with double the risk of heart attacks and strokes as well as increased risk of kidney failure, loss of eyesight, and even Alzheimer’s. Learn in this interactive online course how you can effectively and successfully lower your blood pressure. You’ll discover the strategies, simple lifestyle changes, and/or medications that can make a truly significant and measurable difference in your blood pressure.
Learning Objectives
- Guides you to incorporating basic lifestyle changes into your daily routine, including eating smart, easing stress, improving sleep and introducing moderate exercise
- Offers an impartial, frank assessment of today’s expanded array of medications to help you make the safest and smartest choices to meet your goals
- Explains “white coat” and masked hypertension phenomena
