Hypertension News

People whose blood pressure spikes from time to time are more likely to develop long-term high blood pressure, a study finds.

Scientists have found that a drug, commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure, could slow the progression of eye damage in people with type 1 diabetes, a common complication caused by this disease.

A series of ultrasound experiments also found that this dilatory reflex was absent in people with high blood pressure.

She said the UK-based NRI, Stanley Pelis, died in a private hospital in Kottayam of viral pneumonia.

University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Michael Mauer, M.D., has found a treatment that significantly slows the progression of eye injury in people with type 1 diabetes, a common complication caused by this disease.

Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound , also found that this dilatory reflex was absent in people with high blood pressure.

A daily consumption of dairy products like milk, cheese, and yogurt can provide a unique package of nine essential nutrients at a low cost per serving, according to a recent review.

Canadians are a salty people. They are dying for their salt. One in every eight heart attacks and strokes is caused by salt.

Researchers say that "statins cut the risk of heart attacks by 30% even in healthy people" and lower the chance of dying from any cause by 12%, the Daily Mail reported.

You would have never known it by looking at him, but experts say pitchman Billy Mays' heart was sick -- they believe it stopped working because of cholesterol build up and high blood pressure.

Women with high blood pressure, elevated glucose and other components of metabolic syndrome might be at increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, a new study suggests.

June 29, 2009 -- New research suggests that approximately one in six adults exhibit "white-coat" hypertension, meaning that their blood pressure is high when their doctor checks it, but normal the rest of the time.

Occasional hikes in blood pressure that can happen in a doctor's office, or elsewhere in everyday life, can raise the risk for more sustained high blood pressure, a new study finds.

PUTRAJAYA: Millions of Malaysians will be encouraged to report regularly to government clinics for health counselling from next year.

Thursday, June 25, 2009 A stroke is a sudden partial loss of brain function usually caused by a clot that stops the flow of blood to an area of the brain.

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HIV patients receiving highly active anti-retroviral therapy are more likely to have a level of arterial stiffness similar to that in healthy patients with high blood pressure, a new study finds.

Combating high blood pressure is a global challenge. But while developed countries have enjoyed reductions in cardiovascular disease over recent decades, Latin America has been less fortunate.

Recent research has come out with some new natural blood pressure treatments. Nutritional ways to treat your hypertension.

Acclaimed soprano Measha Brueggergosman is recovering from emergency open-heart surgery.