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Hypertension
Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. It can lead to severe complications and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death. Blood pressure is the force exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels. The pressure depends on the work being done by the heart and the resistance of the blood vessels. Medical guidelines define hypertension as a blood pressure higher than 130 over 80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), according to guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) in November 2017. Around 85 million people in the United States have high blood pressure. Hypertension and heart disease are global health concerns. The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that the growth of the processed food industry has impacted the amount of salt in diets worldwide, and that this plays a role in hypertension.
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JUL 19, 2017
Cardiology
Artificial sweeteners, praised for making your favorite beverage sweeter without adding a single calorie, are actually l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2017
Cardiology
A decade after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 13, 2017
Cardiology
How can you calculate your risk of dying or being hospitalized for cardiovascular complications in the year follo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 10, 2017
Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Cardiology
Pre-eclampsia during pregnancy is rare but dangerous, and for the women and children that survive, a lifelong risk of he
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
For the first time, the history of asthma in childhood has been associated with an increased risk of left ventricle thic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
Your daily visit to the bathroom scale could soon flood you with information about your health beyond how much yo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2017
Cardiology
We may need to walk seven miles a day and spend seven hours on our feet to avoid heart disease, a study with postal work
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 08, 2017
Health & Medicine
The power of potassium goes beyond bananas and leg cramps; multiple potassium-rich foods including sweet potatoes, avoca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 04, 2017
Cardiology
Monitoring blood pressure around the clock during daily activity revealed masked, or undetected, high blood pressure in
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 22, 2017
Cardiology
A human heart recuperating from inflammation, a condition called myocarditis, can take one of two paths: a healthy retur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 19, 2017
Immunology
There is an new connection between obesity and hypertension, between the cardiovascular system and the immune response:
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 07, 2017
Cardiology
The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now, a new 3D organ-on-a-chip can mimic t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 12, 2017
Immunology
After early a decade of research, scientists have finally discovered the function of the “Armadillo repeat contain
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2017
Cardiology
You are never too young to reap the health benefits from frequent exercise, and a new study proves this by directly link
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 03, 2017
Microbiology
New research out of the Baylor College of Medicine establishes a link between gut microbes and hypertension. That’
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 26, 2017
Cardiology
Past studies have linked certain genetic variations to cancer, but a new study suggests that similar mutations al
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 23, 2017
Cancer
Results from an international Phase 3 clinical trial offer renewed hope for thousands of people with liver cancer. Publi
...
JAN 17, 2017
Cardiology
In response to a call from the World Health Organization, scientists from the American Thoracic Society conducted a stud
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 12, 2017
Cardiology
An ultrasound done around 18-20 weeks of pregnancy can usually tell an expecting mother a key question she will having d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2017
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2016
Cancer
Calcium channel blockers are effective at reducing blood pressure, but new research suggest these drugs may also block c
...
DEC 09, 2016
Cardiology
A daily dose of yoga could help prevent high blood pressure, a new study finds. Based on their research, scientists are
...
Written By:
Kara Marker