by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center A new Cedars-Sinai study suggests that genes are more likely to cause high blood pressure in women than in men. Credit: Cedars-Sinai. Researchers from the Smidt Heart Institute suggest that, contrary to common belief, the risk of developing high blood pressure has more to do with genetics in women than in men....
by University of Sydney Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High blood pressure is the world’s leading killer but poor rates of blood pressure control remain common. A new strategy where patients are started on a pill containing four medicines, each at a quarter of their usual doses, has been shown to be much more effective in getting...
by Elizabeth Chapin, University of Kentucky Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study suggests that time-restricted eating may be able to help people with Type 2 diabetes reduce nocturnal hypertension, which is characterized by elevated blood pressure at night. The study published in PNAS on June 22 found that time-restricted...
by Leigh MacMillan, Vanderbilt University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Patients with autonomic failure—a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a disabling drop in blood pressure on standing (orthostatic hypotension, OH)—commonly have increased blood pressure when lying down. This supine hypertension, which is difficult to manage overnight, is associated with end-organ damage and can worsen daytime OH. Luis Okamoto,...
by Julie Parry, Yale University Credit: CC0 Public Domain The liver serves many critical functions within the human body, including the production of critical proteins, and the removal of waste and toxins. But when damage occurs to the largest organ in the body, many people do not experience symptoms until serious damage has occurred. When the...
CACTUS COMMUNICATIONS IMAGE: STUDY SHOWS THAT GENERIC HYPERTENSION DRUGS COULD BE AS GOOD AS THEIR BRAND-NAME COUNTERPARTS IN LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE OVER THE LONG TERM. CREDIT: CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL Hypertension is a common medical condition and a primary cause of cardiovascular diseases and stroke worldwide. Unfortunately, as Professor Wei-Li Zhang of the Chinese National Center...
by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today January 20, 2021 The migraine prevention drug erenumab (Aimovig) was associated with elevated blood pressure (BP), an FDA analysis of postmarketing case reports suggested. Of 61 erenumab-linked hypertension cases submitted to the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), 41 were associated with a serious outcome according to regulatory criteria,...
by Denise Mann As worldwide obesity rates continue to soar, new research shows that growing numbers of people are developing a potentially blinding type of weight-linked headache that was once considered rare. Though the study was conducted in Wales, one U.S. expert said the same surge in these headaches is likely happening in this country and elsewhere,...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain High blood pressure appears to accelerate a decline in cognitive performance in middle-aged and older adults, according to new research published today in Hypertension. Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure or hypertension. Having high blood pressure is a risk factor for cognitive decline, which includes such things as...
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