Patients taking diuretics are often at risk for low potassium levels, which can put patients at an increased risk of death from cardiac arrhythmias or other causes. However, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that taking prescription potassium supplements can reduce these patients’ risk by nearly 10 percent...
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Montmorency tart cherry juice helped lower blood pressure and LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol
Research provides new reasons to eat (and drink) red for American Heart Month WEBER SHANDWICK CHICAGO LANSING, Mich. February 11, 2019 – Montmorency tart cherry juice helped lower systolic blood pressure and LDL or “bad” cholesterol in older adults by reducing certain biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in older adults, according to a new...
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Rethinking blood pressure readings
(HealthDay)—”140/90″ had long been the line in the sand for getting high blood pressure under control. But in 2017, leading medical organizations lowered the definitions of normal, elevated and high blood pressure with the idea that starting treatment at lower “high” levels can better reduce heart attacks and strokes. This dramatically added to the number of people diagnosed with high blood pressure and redefined...
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Seven things that can affect the heart—and what to do about them
Debby Schrecengast’s blood pressure was “through the roof.” She had gained a lot weight. A history of heart disease ran deep in her immediate family. When she looks back at herself in 2014, the year she suffered a stroke, she sees a “stubborn old donkey” in denial about her health. “I had let my blood...
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Another blood pressure drug, irbesartan, recalled over cancer-causing impurity
A drug company on Friday announced the recall of eight more lots of irbesartan blood pressure medication after testing revealed the drugs contained trace amounts of a carcinogen. Prinston Pharmaceuticals recalled one lot of irbesartan tablets and seven lots of irbesartan HCTZ tablets. The medication contained unacceptable levels of the probable carcinogen nitrosodiethylamine, or NDEA,...
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Zinc deficiency may play a role in high blood pressure
Zinc deficiency is common in people with chronic illnesses such as type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. People with low zinc levels are also at a higher risk for hypertension. The way in which the kidneys either excrete sodium into the urine or reabsorb it into the body–specifically through a pathway called the sodium...
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Thousands of blood pressure pills are recalled amid fears they could cause cancer because ‘they contain a chemical used in ROCKET FUEL’
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency issued the alert It revealed four batches of pills containing irbesartan have been recalled All the products pulled as a ‘precautionary measure’ are made by Actavis Do you take any of the pills? Contact [email protected] Regulators have recalled thousands of blood pressure pills from pharmacies amid fears they could cause cancer. Four types...
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Blood pressure may explain higher dementia risk in blacks
Older black adults with high blood pressure, and especially black men, show more severe cognitive declines than white adults who have high blood pressure, according to new research. The University of Michigan-led study published Wednesday in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension, suggests blood pressure may help explain why black adults—who are more likely to...
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For chest pain not caused by a heart attack, doctors have a remedy
If you feel chest pain, get to a doctor fast. Nothing you’re about to read below should dissuade you from that common-sense advice. That said, this worrisome symptom often does not mean a heart attack. Chest pain can be the result of other problems in the heart or lungs, a muscular ailment, or even indigestion....
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Certain antibiotics may cause aortic aneurysm, FDA warns
(CNN)The US Food and Drug Administration warned on Thursday that the benefits of fluoroquinolone antibiotics do not outweigh the risks — which include aortic aneurysm — for certain patients, according to the latest research. The research is based on reports of patient problems and on studies published between 2015 and 2018. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics are often...