Dr. Rakotz currently serves as Vice President of Improving Health Outcomes at the American Medical Association (AMA), where he oversees efforts to develop and implement national quality improvement initiatives aimed at improving blood pressure control and preventing type 2 Diabetes. He is the AMA’s clinical lead of Target: BP® – a nationwide, multi-year collaboration with […]

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults. High pressure, which for decades has been a top reading of at least 140 or a bottom one of 90, drops to 130 over […]

Girls need it. Boys need it. Whites, Blacks and Mexicans need it. Even thugs and Republicans need it. No matter who you are, we all need a good night’s sleep. But most of us don’t get it. Whether its hard to go to sleep, or you wake up a million times, or you get up […]

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Meet James & Tracy Spraggins.  James, or PJ,  is a professional musician and Tracy is a special education teacher.  They’ve been married for 10 years.  Tracy…

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February is American Heart Month, and Dr. Karla Robinson and Dr. Robert C. Robinson III, from Urban Housecall joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to share…

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In this edition of Ask Professor Wiley, a concerned wife writes to Marcus D. Wiley for his advice about her husband, who suffers from both high blood pressure…

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African-American men raised in single-parents households often have higher blood pressure than those raised by both parents, according to an American Heart Association study. SEE…

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It’s OFFICIAL…. it’s 2014. For millions of Americans the new year is also starting with new year resolutions around health. Whether your goal is to lose weight, build muscle, better manage your blood pressure or just eat healthier it’s difficult for most people to sustain those good intentions throughout the year. In January resolutions are […]