2016

April

• Older adults need better blood pressure and cholesterol control to prevent cardiovascular disease -
  
  
  

January

• Finding the right antithrombotic (anti-clotting) drug for you -
  
  
  

2015

December

• Vanderbilt study finds hypertension-related visits to emergency rooms on rise in US -
  
  
  

May

• How healthcare is organized may affect how well blood pressure is controlled -
  
  
  

• Enzyme responsible for obesity-related high blood pressure identified -
  
  
  

April

• Potassium improved blood pressure in teen girls, salt had no adverse effect -
  
  
  

• Eating out = high blood pressure? -
  
  
  

March

• Prolonged shortened sleep increases blood pressure at night -
  
  
  

2014

September

• Visceral Fat and Hypertension: A Link? -
  
  
  

March

• ATS releases guidelines on the management of pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease -
  
  
  

• Slightly elevated blood pressure also tied to strokes -
  
  
  

February

• New study presents evidence that blood pressure should be measured in both arms -
  
  
  

• Scientists discover 11 new genes affecting blood pressure -
  
  
  

• Home blood pressure monitoring may find hidden risk -
  
  
  

January

• Here comes the sun to lower your blood pressure -
  
  
  

2013

December

• High rates of high blood pressure persist in US Southeast -
  
  
  

• New guidelines for management of high blood pressure released -
  
  
  

November

• Team-based approaches needed to fight high blood pressure -
  
  
  

• Flaxseed may reduce blood pressure, early findings show -
  
  
  

October

• Vigorous workouts, but not work, tied to blood pressure -
  
  
  

• Meditation alone doesn’t lower blood pressure: study -
  
  
  

• Meditation alone doesn’t lower blood pressure: study -
  
  
  

September

• Automated telephone calls improve blood pressure control -
  
  
  

• Hypertension Unrecognized Half the Time -
  
  
  

August

• Self-monitoring tied to lower blood pressure: review -
  
  
  

July

• Elevated blood pressure increasing among children -
  
  
  

June

• 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension -
  
  
  

• Patients with type 2 diabetes or hypertension must be evaluated for sleep apnea -
  
  
  

May

• Study uncovers mechanism for how grapes reduce heart failure associated with hypertension -

April

• Huge disparities in hypertension seen across US counties -

March

• Prenatal exposure to pesticide DDT linked to adult high blood pressure -

February

• Blood Vessels ‘Sniff’ Gut Microbes To Regulate Blood Pressure -

January

• Hypertension during pregnancy increases risk of end-stage renal disease -

2012

November

• Home blood pressure monitors show mixed results -

• St Jude device lowers blood pressure in small study -

• High Blood Pressure Can Damage at Early Age -

October

• Why astronauts experience low blood pressure after returning to Earth from space -

September

• Hypertension not so simple -

• Yogurt consumption, blood pressure, and incident hypertension -

• African Americans less likely to adhere to DASH diet for lowering blood pressure -

• High salt intake in kids linked to high blood pressure -

June

• Long-Term Salty Diets Tied Again to High Blood Pressure -

• WSU study finds overwhelming evidence of hidden heart disease in hypertensive African-Americans -

May

• New approach tested for high blood pressure -

• One Size Doesn’t Fit All When Treating Blood Pressure in People with Diabetes -

• Simple procedure lowers blood pressure in kidney disease patients -

• WHO warns of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity -

April

• Causes of hypertension start early, doctor warns -

• Additional blood pressure screening may reduce incidence of CVD events and death by up to 3 percent -

• Changes in Gene Expression May Help Explain High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy -

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