Heart-Healthy Benefits in Olive Leaf Extract

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 rates - and the results were measurable after just eight weeks.  One specific extract (registered under the name EFLA943), when taken in doses of 1,000 milligrams (mg) per day, delivered substantial results in the group randomly assigned to receive the full dose (1,000 mg/day) for eight weeks. Read more

Poor Sleep Habits Elevate Teen 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 condition that can lead to serious health consequences during adulthood. Hypertension is becoming more common in both adults and adolescents. Read more

Hypertension: Home Monitoring, Internet Produce Promising Results

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 or kidney diseases that can lead to death. Read more

Annual Blood Pressure Screening for Children Recommended by AHA

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 pressure in childhood is a predictor of high blood pressure in adults. Read more

DASH Diet Feeds a Healthier Heart

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 Hypertension (DASH) diet were at significantly less risk for coronary heart disease and stroke than the women in the study who deviated the most from the DASH dietary guidelines. Read more

High Blood Pressure Means Fewer Migraines

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 protect against the agonizing pain of migraine headaches.  Their research indicates that people with low blood pressure are more prone to these crippling headaches. Read more

Happily Married Have Lower Blood Pressure

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. Read more

Rare Disorder Sheds New Light on Obesity, Appetite, Blood Pressure

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 to signal satiety. Leptin is also associated with high blood pressure. Read more

Protein Found In Urine May Be Early Indicator of Hypertension in Adolescents

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. Read more

Americans at Highest Risk for Stroke

Men in the U.S. are 61 percent more likely to suffer a stroke than European men. U.S. women have almost twice the likelihood of suffering a stroke than European women. These statistics were recently provided through a study at the American Stroke Association’s International Conference. Read more

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