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The Naked Heart is a weekly series of blogs and social media publications from English cardiologist Dr Edward Leatham. His brief is to apply 50 years of ”breathing and practicing” cardiology to make his day to day job more about educating patients than simply just diagnosing and treating them. ”The only way modern medicine can cope with the ever increasing demand is by educating our patients on basic principles and then encourage every patient to become their own physician, guided by their doctors” These podcast publications are AI constructs created to broaden the audience in an attempt to explain quite complicated, yet important facts thus sharing advances in medical knowledge with more people, ideally even before they become our patients. Each podcast is designed to broadcast alongside a weekly blog article with multiple reels and posts on social media, all accessible for free and without any product advertising via https://www.scvc.co.uk/category/naked-heart/
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Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
In today's world, where the pursuit of a healthy as well as a long life is everyone's goal, the importance of managing your own blood pressure has become an increasingly obvious. With an upsurge in patients over 80 experiencing heart failure linked to poorly controlled blood pressure from midlife, it's crucial that individuals, particularly from the age of 40 upwards, pay greater attention to their blood pressure readings to foster a healthy aging process.
When blood pressure hovers at the borderline, many patients hesitate to start medication. This reluctance has spurred interest in non-pharmacological methods to lower blood pressure, aiming to delay the need for pharmaceutical intervention as much as possible for long-term benefits.
One challenge in advocating non-pharmacological approaches is the lack of robust data from randomised controlled trials. Unlike pharmacological studies, these methods don't involve drug patents, which often leads to less scientific scrutiny. However, this shouldn't discourage individuals from exploring lifestyle and dietary changes to see if they can manage their blood pressure more effectively without necessarily requiring more medication.
With the advent of accurate home blood pressure monitors, individuals can now undertake personal experiments to assess the impact of various interventions on their blood pressure. This "No of 1" experiment is gaining popularity, offering a personalised approach to managing blood pressure.
The approach and methodology is discussed in this podcast. Read more details from the blog article below.
https://www.scvc.co.uk/heart-health/measuring-your-blood-pressure-at-home-using-a-home-cuff-monitor/
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