High blood pressure – also called hypertension – can lead to serious complications, including stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, and eye problems. Most people with high blood pressure don't have any symptoms until it's severe. Instead of relying on symptoms to alert you, have your blood...
Very Low Blood Pressure, also known as Severe Hypotension, refers to a condition where the blood pressure levels drop significantly below the normal range, which can impair the adequate blood flow to the body’s vital organs. While this is a cardiac emergency, a common threshold mentioned is a...
“While we need to explore this association in larger studies on teens, it is safe to say that sleep health matters for heart health, and we should not wait until adulthood to address it,” said senior researcherJulio Fernandez-Mendoza, director of behavioral sleep medicine at Pennsylvania State...
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older people with high blood pressurestroke preventionPreventing stroke in senior citizens with high blood pressure will reduce disability and mortality rates. The study examined the behaviors and factors influencing stroke prevention behavior in older people.#This cross-sectional study consisted of a ...
Researchers identified 245 unique strains of bacteria in the plaque samples. Nearly one-third of the women who did not have hypertension or were not being treated for hypertension at the beginning of the study were diagnosed with high blood pressure during the follow-up period, which was an ave...
“The findings are important because high blood pressure and cognitive decline are two of the most common conditions associated with aging, and more people are living longer, worldwide,” said L.H. Lumey, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School and senior author. According to the ...
University of Cambridge senior investigator scientist Robert Scott led the study, which used "Mendelian randomization" to find if the risk factors (BMI, insulin resistance, blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes) for Alzheimer's had a causal impact. Mendelian randomization uses subjects' ...
Having easier access to primary care physicians may increase high blood pressure awareness and control regardless of where a person lives, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Young adults, particularly men, lag behind middle-aged and older adults in awareness and treatment of high blood pressure, putting this population at an increased risk for heart attack and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Associati