101 Questions and Answers about Hypertension: Lower your Blood Pressure, save your life

by William Manger, with Edward J. Roccella and Dr Ray W. Gifford Jr.

Category Health & Fitness
Format PB
Imprint
Price 195

ISBN: 978-81-291-2068-7
Pages: 236 pages
Date: December 2012

ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this book, Dr William Manger and Dr Norman Kaplan answer the most frequently
asked questions about hypertension and related illnesses. What causes hypertension?
How is it bad for you? How do you get it? Can it be prevented? And, most importantly,
what can you do to treat it?
Along with a team of eminent experts, Dr Manger clears up several myths about
hypertension and its treatment, with detailed discussions on topics such as exercise,
diet and hormonal imbalances as well as discussing the various common treatments
available today.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

William M. Manger, MD, PhD, has served as a professor of clinical medicine at
New York University Medical Center since 1983. In 1977 he founded the National
Hypertension Association (NHA), an organization that has conducted groundbreaking
research on hypertension and its effects.
Norman M. Kaplan, MD, MACP, is a clinical professor of internal medicine at
the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Edward J. Roccella, PhD, MPH, has worked as the coordinator of the National
High Blood Pressure Education Program and has published extensively in scientific
journals dealing with hypertension.
Ray W. Gifford, Jr., MD, was president of the National Hypertension Association
and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Hypertension from the
Council of High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association.