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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.

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Heart Attack Treatment

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Heart Failure Symptoms

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Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

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Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

Target Heart Rate

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

What Causes A Heart Attack?

COPD and Sleep Apnea

What is a Heart Attack?

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Hypertension Diagnosis

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Heart Rate Reserve

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

Surviving Heart Attack

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

Heart Failure Causes

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Cardiovascular Disease Research

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

High Blood Pressure in Children

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

Heart Failure Prognosis

Heart Failure Classification

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

Cardiology Procedures

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

How the Heart Pumps Blood

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

Heart Failure

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

What is Cardiology?

What is Obesity?

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

What is Cholesterol?

What is Heart Rate?

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

Obesity in Adults

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

Hypertension Risk Factors

What is high cholesterol?

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

Heart Failure Terminology

Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

Cholesterol Physiology

Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

Heart Attack Diagnosis

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

Cardiovascular Drugs

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

Structure and Function of the Heart

Heart Rate Abnormalities

Dieting for Obese Children

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

Heart Failure Management

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Hypertension Treatment

Heart Failure Diagnosis

Heart Attack Questions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

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Study identifies brain mechanism behind pregnancy-related food cravings

Why do food cravings become so strong during pregnancy? Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in collaboration with colleagues, have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain how pregnancy changes the motivation to seek certain highly palatable foods.

18 Sep 2026

Wildfire smoke may be more harmful than other air pollution, two Mount Sinai studies find

As climate change drives more frequent and intense wildfires, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published two large-scale studies showing that wildfire smoke may pose greater health risks than other sources of air pollution, with higher risks of hospitalization for cardiovascular and respiratory disease and poorer survival among patients with lung cancer.

18 Sep 2026

Chronic stress and inflammation cause silent structural heart damage

Chronic stress from people's everyday lives may be causing lasting structural changes to the heart, harming health and reducing life expectancy.

18 Sep 2026

New clues link Long COVID and POTS

Dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and a racing heart. They’re commonly associated with Long COVID, but new Adelaide University research suggests that for some people, these symptoms may also be indications of Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a debilitating and difficult-to-diagnose condition.

18 Sep 2026

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation offers lasting heart health benefits

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions by a third and heart attack risk by more than a quarter, as well as remaining beneficial in the long term, a new Cochrane review finds.

17 Sep 2026

CGM reveals glucose patterns linked to cardiometabolic risk in adults without diabetes

Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) are the clinical gold standards for screening for blood sugar levels yet they provide only static snapshots that fail to reflect the highly dynamic and heterogeneous nature of metabolic impairment.

17 Sep 2026

Being active may not tell the whole story when it comes to weight gain

A five-year study of 2,606 young and early-midlife Finnish municipal employees examined how leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior were associated with gaining at least 10% of baseline body weight. About 24% of women and 12% of men experienced major weight gain, with the analysis pointing to the importance of considering activity and sedentary time together.

17 Sep 2026

ACC Latin America 2026 studies highlight sex and regional disparities in heart attack care

disparities in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) management and outcomes across Latin America, focusing on women as a higher risk, yet underrepresented, patient group.

17 Sep 2026

Wildfire smoke poses greater health risks than other pollution

17 Sep 2026

GLP-1 drugs and SGLT-2 inhibitors linked to slower kidney decline

The diabetes drugs glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs may also help to slow decline in kidney function in people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria (high protein levels in the urine), finds a large US study published by The BMJ today.

17 Sep 2026

POTS identified in nearly two-thirds of Long COVID patients

Dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and a racing heart. They're commonly associated with Long COVID, but new Adelaide University research suggests that for some people, these symptoms may also be indications of Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a debilitating and difficult-to-diagnose condition.

16 Sep 2026

Study finds gender differences in active medical treatment

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that women are less like than men with the same medical condition to be offered active management such as surgery, a stent or a strong painkiller.

16 Sep 2026

Magnetic robotic fetoscope improves precision of twin transfusion surgery

In Switzerland, around 2,400 children are born as twins every year. When the fetuses share a placenta, they are connected to one another via blood vessels.

16 Sep 2026

AI-driven health app helps patients achieve better blood pressure control

Incorporating a free smartphone app featuring AI-driven health coaching, blood pressure monitoring, and behavioral incentives into a hospital's existing clinical workflows helps patients make meaningful reductions in blood pressure, findings that suggest that digital apps may offer an effective means of extending care beyond the clinic when incorporated into treatment plans.

16 Sep 2026

Fermented dairy was linked to lower mortality, but the pattern shifted at higher intakes

Analysis of 37,366 US adults found that fermented dairy consumption was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, with consumers showing adjusted hazards 18% and 20% lower, respectively, than non-consumers. Dose-response analyses indicated that the inverse association was concentrated at intakes below about 150 grams per day, while the observational study could not establish causality.

16 Sep 2026

Scientists tested how much whole grain makes a difference. The answer was not simply “more”

A meta-analysis of 87 randomized trials found that increasing whole-grain intake was associated with improvements in several cardiometabolic risk factors, although many individual changes were small or clinically unimportant. Dose-response analyses suggested that the magnitude of the effects varied by outcome and intake level, with limited evidence at very high intakes.

16 Sep 2026

Eating four to six wholegrain servings daily protects heart health

Eating four to six servings of wholegrain each day reduces several major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published in the European Heart Journal today (Wednesday).

16 Sep 2026

Could a daily glass of orange juice support heart health? Study finds citrus compounds influence genes linked to blood vessel function

Naturally occurring compounds in orange juice regulated genes involved in the control of cardiovascular and blood vessel function, according to a new clinical trial.

16 Sep 2026

Researchers build prognostic model to guide end-of-life care in metastatic breast cancer

Oncologists know that intensive treatment rarely helps patients in their final days but recognizing when someone is entering that stage is difficult, especially in metastatic breast cancer, where an increasing number of effective treatments has helped prolong life and given patients and oncologists more treatment options.

16 Sep 2026

Male contraception has barely changed in a century. What comes next?

A review traces more than 5,000 years of male contraception, from early penile sheaths and the development of modern condoms and vasectomy to today's search for reversible alternatives. Researchers are now testing hormonal gels, non-hormonal compounds and vas-occlusive technologies, although these approaches remain at different stages of preclinical and clinical development.

15 Sep 2026