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September 5, 2024

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Do People With High Blood Pressure Have a Higher Risk of Alzheimer's Disease?

Aug. 14, 2024 — People 60 and older with untreated high blood pressure may have an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease compared to both people who have been or are being treated for high blood pressure as well as ...

Eating More Fruits and Vegetables to Reduce Dietary Acid Lowers Blood Pressure and Improves Kidney and Heart Health in Patients With Hypertension

Aug. 6, 2024 — Doctors recommend making fruits and vegetables a foundational part of the treatment of patients with hypertension. Diets high in fruits and vegetables are found to lower blood pressure, reduce ...

High Blood Pressure Associated With Environmental Contamination by Tellurium

Aug. 1, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a link between high blood pressure and tellurium, a contaminant found in various plant-based foods. The study highlights the importance of closely and consistently ...

Uncontrolled Hypertension: The Old 'Silent Killer' Is Alive and Well

Aug. 1, 2024 — High blood pressure affects about 45% of U.S. adults. In the 1970s, only about 50% of patients were aware of their hypertension. Today, 54% are aware of their high blood pressure, 40% are actively treated and 21% are actively controlled. As such, ...

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Are Cardiovascular Risk Factors Linked to Migraine?

July 31, 2024 — Having high blood pressure, specifically high diastolic blood pressure, was linked to a slightly higher odds of ever having migraine in female participants, according to a new study. Diastolic ...

Blood Pressure High for Years? Beware of Stroke Risk

July 23, 2024 — Years of high systolic blood pressure are linked to a greater risk for the two most common types of stroke. The results suggest that early diagnosis and sustained control of high blood pressure over ...

How Does the Brain Respond to Sleep Apnea?

July 23, 2024 — Nearly 40 million adults in the U.S. have sleep apnea, and more than 30 million of them use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while sleeping. However, the machines tend to be ...

30-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease May Help Inform Blood Pressure Treatment Decisions

July 15, 2024 — According to a new study, both 30-year risk for cardiovascular disease in addition to 10-year risk may be considered in making decisions about when ...

Study Finds Innovative Cuffless Blood Pressure Device Streamlines and Enhances Hypertension Management

June 26, 2024 — A study evaluated a cuffless monitor that uses optical sensors to record blood pressure continually and efficiently, without disruption to the ...

Chronic High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Doubled Between 2008 and 2021 in the U.S.

June 17, 2024 — The number of individuals in the U.S. who had chronic hypertension or chronic high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008 and ...

Vigorous Exercise May Preserve Cognition in High-Risk Patients With Hypertension

June 6, 2024 — People with high blood pressure have a higher risk of cognitive impairment, including dementia, but a new study suggests that engaging in vigorous ...

Higher Blood Pressure Is Associated With Poorer Cognition in Adolescence

June 5, 2024 — Adolescents with elevated blood pressure and arterial stiffness may experience poorer cognitive functions, according to a recent study. Young people with higher blood pressure performed worse, ...

Blood Pressure Drugs More Than Double Bone-Fracture Risk in Nursing Home Patients

May 15, 2024 — New research finds a link between common medications and life-threatening ...

Dietary Changes May Treat Pulmonary Hypertension

May 2, 2024 — Blood vessels in the lungs aren't like the others in the body. This difference becomes clear in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs' blood vessels stiffen progressively, leading to ...

These Healthcare Professionals May Be Secret Weapon Against Hypertension, Study Says

July 19, 2024 — When it comes to community hypertension interventions, a new study found that pharmacists and community health workers had the best success in lowering blood pressure. These findings support the idea ...

Researchers Identify Over 2,000 Genetic Signals Linked to Blood Pressure in Study of Over One Million People

Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered over a hundred new regions of the human genome, also known as genomic loci, that appear to influence a person's blood pressure. In total, over 2,000 independent ...

Safety of a Potential New Treatment to Manage Complications from Sickle Cell Disease

Apr. 11, 2024 — A drug approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension may be effective at managing hypertension and end-organ damage in patients with sickle cell disease, according to a new study. An early phase ...

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Death After Giving Birth

Apr. 11, 2024 — Health researchers identify patients at risk for preventable death in the year after ...

Getting Too Little Sleep Linked to High Blood Pressure

Mar. 27, 2024 — Sleeping fewer than seven hours is associated with a higher risk of developing high blood pressure over time, according to a new ...

Study Suggests an 'Odor Sensor' May Explain Male and Female Differences in Blood Pressure

Mar. 20, 2024 — Using data from both mice and humans, a research team has found that a cell surface protein that senses odors and chemicals may be responsible for -- and help explain -- male/female differences in ...

Raised Blood Pressure Is the Leading Risk Factor for Death in Australia

Feb. 21, 2024 — Raised blood pressure has been the leading risk factor for death in Australia for the past three decades, according to a new study. It is also the main contributor to deaths from cardiovascular ...

Salt Substitutes Help to Maintain Healthy Blood Pressure in Older Adults

Feb. 12, 2024 — The replacement of regular salt with a salt substitute can reduce incidences of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in older adults without increasing their risk of low blood pressure episodes, ...

New Weight Loss Medication May Help Lower Blood Pressure in Adults With Obesity

Feb. 5, 2024 — Weight loss medication reduced both day and nighttime blood pressure levels, finds new ...

Weight Loss Surgery Most Effective for Long-Term Blood Pressure Control

Feb. 5, 2024 — Bariatric surgery is more effective in controlling hypertension rates, or high blood pressure, in people with obesity and uncontrolled high blood pressure compared to blood pressure medication alone, ...

Genetics May Influence the Body's Response to Low Oxygen

Jan. 10, 2024 — Researchers uncovered a fundamental mechanism that controls the body's response to limited oxygen and regulates blood vessel disease of the ...

Exposure to High Humidity and Temperature in Pregnancy Could Influence Blood Pressure Changes in Childhood

Jan. 10, 2024 — Outdoor humidity and temperature levels during pregnancy could affect the future blood pressure of the unborn child, according to new ...

Hypertension's Hidden Hand: Pressure-Driven Foam Cell Formation Revealed as Key Driver of Arterial Disease

Jan. 5, 2024 — A new study unlocks the secrets of how high blood pressure (hypertension) fuels the progression of arterial ...

Unique Cell-Based Approach for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Shown to Be Safe

Dec. 13, 2023 — Infusions of potentially therapeutic cells derived from the heart are safe for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a form of high blood pressure that occurs in the blood vessels of the lungs ...

The Silent Killer Gets Louder as High Blood Pressure Risks Trend Upward

Dec. 12, 2023 — Researchers have found an increased need for urgent dialysis and a rising mortality rate in people hospitalized for dangerously high blood pressure. Younger people needed more dialysis and leaner ...

Many Couples Around the World May Share High Blood Pressure

Dec. 6, 2023 — Spouses or partners in heterosexual relationships may have high blood pressure that mirrors one another, finds new, multinational ...

Decades After Blood Pressure-Related Pregnancy Complications, Women Can Have Changes in Heart Structure and Function

Dec. 4, 2023 — Hispanic/Latina women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) -- conditions marked by high blood pressure during pregnancy -- are more likely to have abnormalities in their heart ...

Salty Immune Cells Surrounding the Brain Linked to Hypertension-Induced Dementia

Dec. 4, 2023 — A study suggests that the response of immune system cells inside the protective covering surrounding the brain may contribute to the cognitive decline that can occur in a person with chronic high ...

Reducing Systolic Blood Pressure to Less Than 120 Mm Hg Reduced Cardiovascular Event Risk

Nov. 13, 2023 — An intensive three-year intervention to lower the top blood pressure number to less than 120 mm Hg was more effective at preventing death, heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events in ...

Cut Salt, Cut Blood Pressure

Nov. 13, 2023 — Nearly everyone can lower their blood pressure, even people currently on blood pressure-reducing drugs, by lowering their sodium intake, reports a new study. It found 70-75% of all people, ...