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Common Eye Condition Linked to Elevated Eye Pressure by HealthFinder Posted Wed 10 Nov 2010 9:00am adjusting for a number of factors, the researchers found that eyes with corneal arcus tended to have higher intraocular (inside the eye) pressure, thicker corneas and altered corneal curvatures. "There is no known explanation for the association of corneal arcus with higher intraocular pressure," wrote Dr. Renyi Wu, of the Singapore Eye Research Institute Read on »

Common Eye Condition Linked to Elevated Eye Pressure by Medline Plus Posted Wed 10 Nov 2010 11:00am of them. After adjusting for a number of factors, the researchers found that eyes with corneal arcus tended to have higher intraocular (inside the eye) pressure, thicker corneas and altered corneal curvatures. "There is no known explanation for the association of corneal arcus with higher intraocular pressure," wrote Dr. Renyi Wu, of the Singapore Eye Read on »

Relieving Eye Pressure May Slow Glaucoma by Medline Plus Posted Mon 09 Aug 2010 2:00pm research suggests. In the study, 216 patients with open-angle glaucoma were given standard treatment for controlling intraocular pressure (a targeted reduction of 30 percent... reduction in intraocular pressure. Being older and having abnormal levels of anticardiolipin antibody (which is an antibody directed against a certain protein in the body) were Read on »

Blood Pressure Monitors: Importance of monitoring blood pressure by Peter C. Complimentary & Alternative Medicine

Posted Thu 23 Oct 2008 6:33pm

1 Comment Blood Pressure Facts and Figures Your heart needs to pump blood via the arteries, arterioles, capillaries, and veins to the rest of the body to supply oxygen, nutrients and other essentials for health and maintain life. Obviously, it would take fluid (liquid) pressure to be able to do that through these narrow vessels, and the blood pressure needed Read on »

Michael Natkin's Chocolate Bread Pudding -Pressure cookerizedMore tips on converting a recipe to the pressure cooker by Laura of hip pressure cooking Posted Tue 08 May 2012 4:20am Julia Child is not an easy act to follow. So it took me a while to find another recipe worthy of being pressure cookerized. Michael Natkin , the man behind the culinary adventurous veggie blog Herbivoracious , is publishing his first book by the same name today! In celebration, he has kindly agreed to let me convert a recipe from his new boo ... Read on »

Tiny pressure sensor implant in the femoral artery measures blood pressure 30 times a second by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Jan 2009 5:14pm The pressure sensor is placed directly into the femoral artery in the groin and the device is diameter of about one millimeter. It moves at a rapid pace too, 30 times a second! Gee I’m happy and content with once a day, but I guess this will iron it down and give us all the blood pressure data we could ever hope for. But wait, there’s more Read on »

Peer Pressure or Personal Pressure? by Vanessa Van Petten Patient Expert

Posted Sat 19 Dec 2009 9:00am

1 Comment today are focused on being different and unique, trying really hard to not blend in with the crowd. Teens aren’t pressured by other teens—they pressure themselves. Every day... standard or push it higher. All teens want to do is make people proud and impressed. Peer pressure is occurring more and more in younger teens and personal pressure is happening Read on »

Blood Pressure Problems Are Associated With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – Monitoring Your Blood Pressure Can Be Very Imp by Catherine Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:01pm Why Monitoring Your Blood Pressure Is So Important If You Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – by Catherine Morgan Not all people with Neuro-Cardiogenic Syncope (also... Syncope. Just like people with Diabetes use a monitor to check their blood sugar levels, it can be helpful for people with CFS to monitor their blood pressure. I recommend Read on »

Blood Pressure Problems Are Associated With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Monitoring Your Blood Pressure Can Be Very Important by Catherine Patient Expert

Posted Sat 11 Apr 2009 1:01am Why Monitoring Your Blood Pressure Is So Important If You Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - by Catherine Morgan Not all people with Neuro-Cardiogenic Syncope (also... Syncope. Just like people with Diabetes use a monitor to check their blood sugar levels, it can be helpful for people with CFS to monitor their blood pressure. I recommend Read on »

Barometric Pressure’s Effect on our Physiology by Kerry K. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 07 Jan 2009 4:41pm of our symptoms when barometric pressure changes and wonder “Why”? Through the years I have searched the web and asked questions of doctors as to why my symptoms and level... addresses and contemplates the effect of barometric pressure changes on physiology. Here is an excerpt: Are we living barometers? Many animals and plants can sense changes Read on »