Heart Disease

What Causes High Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure is the term used to describe the pressure exerted on the arterial walls as blood flows through them. This pressure is at its highest when the heart contracts and pumps blood through the arteries and is called the systolic pressure.

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Skipping water during exercise may limit your body's response to whey protein

Skipping water during exercise may limit your body's response to whey protein

REUP technique expands access to pediatric heart transplants

REUP technique expands access to pediatric heart transplants

County analysis reveals deep geographic and racial heart disease disparities

County analysis reveals deep geographic and racial heart disease disparities

Study links pregnancy complications to future heart and kidney disease

Study links pregnancy complications to future heart and kidney disease

New AI model detects heart transplant rejection without biopsies

New AI model detects heart transplant rejection without biopsies

SGLT2 inhibitors reduce inflammatory cells linked to heart disease

SGLT2 inhibitors reduce inflammatory cells linked to heart disease

EU launches network to harness health data and AI for cardiovascular care

EU launches network to harness health data and AI for cardiovascular care

Well-designed electronic alerts improve care for cardiac patients

Well-designed electronic alerts improve care for cardiac patients

Fontan circulation linked to accelerated biological aging in youth

Fontan circulation linked to accelerated biological aging in youth

Targeting the brain's Default Mode Network may help better manage chronic low back pain

Targeting the brain's Default Mode Network may help better manage chronic low back pain

Overweight dementia patients likely to live longer than normal weight peers

Overweight dementia patients likely to live longer than normal weight peers

Australians trust dietary advice. But few know how much fat is recommended

Australians trust dietary advice. But few know how much fat is recommended

Aston University partners with Globe Biomedical to test smart myopia-monitoring eyewear

Aston University partners with Globe Biomedical to test smart myopia-monitoring eyewear

Enlicitide offers oral treatment option for patients avoiding cholesterol injections

Enlicitide offers oral treatment option for patients avoiding cholesterol injections

Older donor hearts showed signs of rejuvenation in younger recipients

Older donor hearts showed signs of rejuvenation in younger recipients

Tirzepatide cuts fat mass by 35% while preserving skeletal muscle

Tirzepatide cuts fat mass by 35% while preserving skeletal muscle

Faith leaders could help expand hypertension screening and education in Nigeria

Faith leaders could help expand hypertension screening and education in Nigeria

Autophagy changes with age, sex and cell type, study finds

Autophagy changes with age, sex and cell type, study finds

Sex chromosomes influence immunity, cancer, aging and disease risk

Sex chromosomes influence immunity, cancer, aging and disease risk

Scientists discover new cell type that may help regulate blood vessel growth in the heart

Scientists discover new cell type that may help regulate blood vessel growth in the heart

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