High Blood Pressure at Your Fingertips

High Blood Pressure at Your Fingertips

by David Woodroffe (Illustrator), David Woodroffe (Illustrator), Wendy Savage (Author), Ian Baird (Foreword), Julian Tudor Hart (Author), Sue Bosanko (Editor), Tom Fahey (Author)

Synopsis

Lots of people have High Blood Pressure, but very few understand what is going on and why it is important - for your health - to lower you blood pressure to a normal level and maintain it there. The more you understand about your blood pressure, the better you can control it. In this practical guide, the expert medical authors use their experience to answer all your questions, giving you the information you need to bring your blood pressure down - and keep it down. - Contains medically accurate answers to 222 questions actually asked by people with high blood pressure - Gives positive and practical advice on every aspect of your blood pressure - Explains the medical jargon in plain English - Answers all the questions you want to ask your doctor - Provides details of or

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: 2
Publisher: Class Publishing Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 1999

ISBN 10: 1872362818
ISBN 13: 9781872362816

Media Reviews
'Exactly the right style for dealing with the sort of problems that patients regularly have.' - Professor John Swales, Professor of Medicine, University of Leicester. '...readable and comprehensive information for anyone with high blood pressure...' - Dr Sylvia McLauchlan MB, ChB, MSc, FFPHM Director General, The Stroke Association. 'The language is pitched at just the right level so that the reader feels he has been taken into partnership with the doctor in understanding his condition.' - Dr A G Donald, Edinburgh.
Author Bio
Dr Julian Tudor Hart MB, BChir, DCH, FRCP, FRCGP has over thirty years' experience as a General Practitioner and expert on high blood pressure. He is Honorary Research Fellow at the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd. Dr Tom Fahey MSc, MD, MFPHM, MRCGP, is a General Practitioner at Bradgate Surgery in Bristol. He is Senior Lecturer in General Practice at the University of Bristol. Professor Wendy Savage FRCOG is Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at the London Hospital Medical College and Royal Hospitals Trust, and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University.