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Many people experience what has been termed, “white-coat” syndrome or hypertension (high blood pressure).  It has been dubbed “white-coat” syndrome due to the anxiety that is experienced by patients when visiting their healthcare providers (who often wear white lab coats).  This phenomenon is correctly termed “isolated clinic hypertension, “ where their blood pressure in the…

In recent years, scientists have found that some of the complications of obesity, which include diabetes, hypertension, insulin resistance, and heart disease, were more clearly related to the central distribution of fat (excessive fat tissue in the abdominal region), than to overall level of obesity.  This central location of fat and the release of fatty…