by Karen Schmidt, American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The last time your blood pressure was measured, did you rush to the appointment while sipping coffee? Were you perched on an exam table with your legs dangling or your arm hanging? Were you chatting with a medical staff member or scrolling social media on...
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Blood pressure meds: Timing your dose determines how well they work
By Paul McClureMay 20, 2024 The effectiveness of blood pressure medication depends on when you take them Depositphotos Early birds and night owls should take blood pressure medication at different times of the day to minimize their risk of a heart attack, according to a new study that looked at whether our internal clock affected...
Blood pressure drugs double the risk of bone fractures in older adults
By Bronwyn ThompsonMay 15, 2024 Are blood pressure drugs causing us to break bones? Depositphotos Healthcare workers have urged for a greater duty of care with older adults who start taking common blood pressure medicines, with a new study highlighting that they’re more than twice as likely to experience fall-related fractures after commencing treatment. We’ve...
Genes affect your blood pressure from early childhood
Yes, you can have a greater risk of high blood pressure because of your genes. But you can do something about it.Peer-Reviewed Publication NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Certain genes associated with hypertension affect blood pressure from early in life, and they increase the risk of cardiovascular disease as you get older. However, you...
Isometric exercise: Using body weight to lower blood pressure
by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen you think about exercise, sweating through a cycling class, adding up miles from a brisk walk or pumping iron in the weight room may come to mind. But there’s a different form of exercise that uses something besides movement to give you a workout. It’s isometric exercise,...
Placenta cells may lower blood pressure
by Sue Smethurst, La Trobe University Angiotensin II induced-hypertension and aortic stiffening is reduced by administration of amnion epithelial cells. (A) Immunostaining for HLA-G in angiotensin II and angiotensin II + amnion epithelial cell (AEC) treated mice. (B) Effect of amnion epithelial cells (AECs) on angiotensin II-induced hypertension (n = 8–11). (C) Effect of angiotensin II infusion and co-treatment with...
Study shows a single session of aerobic exercise improves blood pressure in rheumatoid arthritis patients
by FAPESP 1: Summary of the experimental sessions. The exercise (upper panel) and control sessions (lower panel) were performed in different days and the order of the experiments was randomized. Both sessions were composed by pre- and post-interventions of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) at rest and in response to the Stroop Color and...
Single Injection Reduces Blood Pressure for 6 Months: KARDIA-1
Sue Hughes November 20, 2023 A single injection of the investigational antihypertensive agent zilebesiran (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals) effectively lowered blood pressure in adults with mild to moderate hypertension for up to 6 months, with what appeared to be an encouraging side-effect profile, in the phase 2 dose-ranging KARDIA-1 study. “Our study demonstrates that either quarterly or...
Optimal blood pressure levels for reducing CVD mortality risk identified in large Asian diabetes cohort
by Federico Graciano, Duke-NUS Medical School Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainKeeping blood pressure in check could save lives among Asian adults with type 2 diabetes, suggests a sizable new study of more than 80,000 patients in Singapore. But how low should it go? A new study led by Duke-NUS Medical School, published in the Journal of...
Where and how you sit matters when getting blood pressure taken at the doctor’s office
by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association Credit: American Heart Association Millions of people with normal blood pressure may be misclassified as having blood pressure that is too high because of improper positioning when measurements are taken, new research suggests. Guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology call for a patient to be...