Articles in Hypertension
High blood pressure (hypertension) is on the rise in the United States but more Americans than ever before are getting diagnosed and treated for the disease, according to a report published in the latest issue …
In a study employing 20 sets of identical adult twins, each one coping with high blood pressure, European researchers documented two heart-healthy benefits in olive leaf extract – lowered cholesterol levels and lowered blood pressure …
When teenagers don’t get adequate amounts of sleep, their health suffers in much the same way sleep deprivation affects adult health. One health risk sleepy teens face is higher blood pressure (hypertension), a medical …
Almost one-third of all American adults battles hypertension. On a global basis, hypertension, or high blood pressure (BP), is a leading cause of death. The medical condition increases a patient’s risk of developing disabling cardiovascular …
The American Heart Association recommends that children over age 3 receive annual blood pressure measurements, noting that even babies can have high blood pressure. A new analysis of blood pressure studies shows that high blood …
Researchers who studied the dining habits of almost 89,000 women over a period of 24 years have concluded that those who routinely consumed a diet as close as possible to the Dietary Approaches to Stop …
Nobody wants high blood pressure clouding their lives but researchers in Norway seem to have found a silver lining in that cloud. Seems the stiff, hardened arteries often associated with high blood pressure may actually …
If you want to lower your blood pressure, then marriage seems to be the way according to a study by Brigham Young University professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.
A rare genetic disorder, Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is known to interfere with the brain’s ability to signal the body to stop eating when enough food has been consumed. The brain uses the hormone leptin …
A study published in the February issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association, found that testing for increased levels of albumin in the urine can predict hypertension in black adolescents.
