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Scientists explore role of salt and immune system in raising blood pressure of females

Many of us have noted how our hands and feet swell after eating too much salt. Now scientists are exploring how high salt intake can also make cells throughout the body of females swell, rupture, dump their contents and die, triggering an immune reaction that contributes to chronic high blood pressure.

22 Feb 2017

High dietary potassium and low sodium can help improve risk factors for heart, kidney disease

Reducing sodium in the diet has been recommended to lower blood pressure and the risk of heart disease.

21 Feb 2017

Scientists unlock heart-protective benefits of soy

A product of digesting a micronutrient found in soy may hold the key to why some people seem to derive a heart-protective benefit from eating soy foods, while others do not, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health-led study discovered.

21 Feb 2017

Medication adherence interventions can help avoid hospitalizations for heart disease patients

Poor adherence to medication regimens is a common problem among patients with cardiovascular diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease, and heart failure. Poor adherence is one reason mortality rates among those patients remain high.

21 Feb 2017

Long-term heavy alcohol drinking habits may prematurely age arteries, study finds

Heavy alcohol drinking habits over the years may prematurely age arteries, especially in men, putting them at an increased risk for heart disease, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

21 Feb 2017

‘Fasting-mimicking’ diet reduces risk factors for major diseases

What if you could lose weight and reduce your risk of life-threatening disease without any changes in what you eat -- other than a five-day special diet once every few months?

16 Feb 2017

Researchers explore effects of preeclampsia on risk of developing ROP in premature infants

Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, and colleagues at the John A. Moran Center and Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, were looking for a way to tease apart the effects of preeclampsia on the risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye disease found in premature infants. Their results, and the model they developed, were published February 14, 2017, in Scientific Reports.

15 Feb 2017

Two-drug combination shows promise against diabetic retinopathy in animal models

A two-drug cocktail provided better protection against diabetes-related vision loss than a single drug during testing in rat models, a team of University of Florida Health and Dutch researchers has found.

15 Feb 2017

RTI study: Cardiovascular disease costs expected to reach $1.1 trillion in next two decades

A new study projects that by 2035, cardiovascular disease, the most costly and prevalent killer, if left unchecked, will place a crushing economic and health burden on the nation's financial and health care systems. The study was conducted by RTI International for the American Heart Association.

15 Feb 2017

Intensive blood pressure control regimen could save more than 100,000 lives each year

Researchers have projected that aggressively lowering blood pressure could help prevent more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.

14 Feb 2017

UCLA cardiology expert provides ten heart healthy tips for Valentine's Day

While boxes of decadent chocolates treats, celebratory champagne and romantic high-calorie dinners may dance in your mind as a way to celebrate Valentine's Day, your heart may be pining for something else. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it is a great time to look at the state of your heart.

9 Feb 2017

Unhealthy gut microbes play role in development of high blood pressure in rats

Researchers have found that the microorganisms residing in the intestines (microbiota) play a role in the development of high blood pressure in rats. The study is published in Physiological Genomics. It was chosen as an APSselect article for February.

3 Feb 2017

Study links low socioeconomic status to ill health and early death

Low socioeconomic status is linked to significant reductions in life expectancy and should be considered a major risk factor for ill health and early death in national and global health policies, according to a study of 1.7 million people published by The Lancet.

2 Feb 2017

Children exposed to complications before or during birth more likely to develop ASD, study finds

Children who were exposed to complications shortly before or during birth, including birth asphyxia and preeclampsia, were more likely to develop autism spectrum disorder, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the American Journal of Perinatology.

31 Jan 2017

Children’s BMI development and weight curve can be predicted at age one and five, research shows

Children suffer increasingly from obesity both in Sweden and globally. A European research team - including a researcher from Halmstad University - has mapped younger children's health in eight countries.

31 Jan 2017

Living at high altitudes linked to lower risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome

Could something as simple as the geographic area in which you live contribute to your risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, or suffering a stroke? A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology, has revealed that the incidence of Metabolic Syndrome could be linked to the altitude of where a person lives.

30 Jan 2017

PillTime: New free prescription service makes life easy for patients and carers

In the UK alone, there are 14.6 million patients who are on repeat medication. Of those, some 11.6 million are over 65 years old and will be prescribed more than five ‘regular’ items on their prescription.

27 Jan 2017

Women with high blood pressure benefit greatly from Football Fitness, study shows

The Danish concept Football Fitness has proved to be just as effective as tablets for countering high blood pressure. Furthermore, women participating in the project have also benefited from improved physical fitness, decreased body fat percentage and stronger bones.

25 Jan 2017

New study shows outcomes after obesity surgery in teenagers

Obesity surgery has proven to be just as effective for teenagers as for adults. Five years on, those who underwent the procedure as teenagers weighed, on average, 28 percent less than prior to the surgery.

23 Jan 2017

Study identifies early signs of heart changes for women with preeclampsia

In a study to be presented Friday, Jan. 27, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, researchers with the Maternal and Child Health Research Center and the Department of Cardiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, will present findings of a study titled Cardiac Dysfunction in Preeclampsia is Present at Diagnosis and Persists Postpartum.

23 Jan 2017

High Blood Pressure News and Research

Latest High Blood Pressure News and Research

Scientists explore role of salt and immune system in raising blood pressure of females

High dietary potassium and low sodium can help improve risk factors for heart, kidney disease

Scientists unlock heart-protective benefits of soy

Medication adherence interventions can help avoid hospitalizations for heart disease patients

Long-term heavy alcohol drinking habits may prematurely age arteries, study finds

‘Fasting-mimicking’ diet reduces risk factors for major diseases

Researchers explore effects of preeclampsia on risk of developing ROP in premature infants

Two-drug combination shows promise against diabetic retinopathy in animal models

RTI study: Cardiovascular disease costs expected to reach $1.1 trillion in next two decades

Intensive blood pressure control regimen could save more than 100,000 lives each year

UCLA cardiology expert provides ten heart healthy tips for Valentine's Day

Unhealthy gut microbes play role in development of high blood pressure in rats

Study links low socioeconomic status to ill health and early death

Children exposed to complications before or during birth more likely to develop ASD, study finds

Children’s BMI development and weight curve can be predicted at age one and five, research shows

Living at high altitudes linked to lower risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome

PillTime: New free prescription service makes life easy for patients and carers

Women with high blood pressure benefit greatly from Football Fitness, study shows

New study shows outcomes after obesity surgery in teenagers

Study identifies early signs of heart changes for women with preeclampsia

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High Blood Pressure News and Research

Latest High Blood Pressure News and Research

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