High Blood Pressure news
Drinking black tea may cut blood pressure
People who enjoy drinking black tea throughout the day may get the added benefit of a slight reduction…
Middle-aged men with upper-normal blood pressure at risk for AF
Middle-aged men at the upper end of normal blood pressure had an elevated risk for atrial fibrillation later…
Pollution tied to disease risk in L.A. black women
In a study of more than 4,000 black women in Los Angeles, those who lived in areas with…
Birth Defects May be Linked to High Blood Pressure, Not Use of ACE Inhibitors
Women who take angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to treat high blood pressure in the first trimester of their…
Poor sleep quality increases risk of high blood pressure
Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according…
Pilot study suggests new approach to treat preeclampsia
A novel therapy that reduces elevated blood levels of a potentially toxic protein in women with preeclampsia, a…
Living with a smoker may raise blood pressure in boys
Exposure to secondhand smoke, even at extremely low levels, is associated with increased blood pressure in boys, according…
Vitamin D May Help Explain Racial Differences in Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is more common and often more deadly in blacks than in whites, and…
Research shows blood protein levels may predict risk of a cardiovascular event: Study
Increased levels of a protein that helps regulate the body’s blood pressure may also predict a major cardiovascular…
Redefining normal blood pressure
Current US definition of ‘normal’ blood pressure may unnecessarily label 100 million Americans as ‘abnormal’
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New Home Blood Pressure Check Created for Diabetics
Many people get stressed when they visit the doctor, leading to blood pressure readings higher than normal. It’s…
Neighborhood Barbers Can Influence Black Men to Seek Blood-Pressure Treatment
Will Marshall saw a physician about his blood pressure at his barber’s urging.
Yes, his barber.…
Advanced degrees add up to lower blood pressure
Freshmen on the eve of finals and graduate students staring down a thesis committee may not feel this…
Using a generic blood pressure and heart drug could save the UK $324 million in 2011
Using a generic drug to treat hypertension and heart failure, instead of branded medicines from the same class,…
MDC researchers and clinicians identify mediator of blood pressure regulation in the liver
For 60 years, scientists have puzzled over the possibility of a hepatic osmoreceptor that influences blood pressure regulation.…
Storytelling may help control blood pressure in African-Americans
Controlling blood pressure is not only a medical challenge, but a social one as well. Because patients are…
Blood pressure control system found in kidney’s structural units
The kidney is made up of roughly 1 million working units called nephrons. These basic structural units remove…
It takes 2 for improved control of blood pressure
New British-led research shows that starting treatment of blood pressure with two medicines rather than the one produces…
Heart scans show those most likely to need statins
A heart scan that checks for hardening of the arteries is a better way to predict who will…
Treatment zaps high blood pressure at the source
A device that destroys nerves leading to the kidney safely lowered blood pressure in people with treatment-resistant hypertension,…
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