Controlling your Blood Pressure
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Time Commitment
2 weeks
Pace
Self-paced
Subject
Course Language
English
- Introductory
Platform
Other
Associated Schools
What you'll learn
Guides you to incorporating basic lifestyle changes into your daily routine, including eating smart, easing stress, improving sleep and introducing moderate exercise
Explains “white coat” and masked hypertension phenomena
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
Course description
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.
Course Outline
Introduction
Welcome and course instructions
Hypertension 101
- Time to take charge
- Blood pressure basics
- Types of high blood pressure
- Risk factors for hypertension
- How hypertension harms health
- Diagnosing hypertension
Bonus Interview
With hypertension expert Dr. Randall M. Zusman
Lifestyle changes
- The first step in lowering blood pressure
- Step 1. Change your diet
- Step 2. Get active
- Step 3. Attain a healthy weight
- Step 4. Reduce stress
- Step 5. Stop smoking
- Step 6. Reduce your salt
- Test your hypertension knowledge
Medications for hypertension
Working closely with your doctor
Closing
Positive steps to make real change
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