High Blood Pressure

Salty Drinking Water Linked to Higher Blood Pressure, Especially in Coastal Communities

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 27 observational studies, encompassing over 74,000 participants from 7 countries, indicates that consuming water…

1 month ago

Intensive BP Control Is Effective and Safe Across Low and High DBP Levels

Intensive blood pressure (BP) control targeting <130/80 mm Hg reduced cardiovascular events and mortality consistently across all baseline diastolic blood…

3 months ago

Updated US Guidelines for High Blood Pressure

The updated US guidelines for high blood pressure (HBP) emphasize that HBP is the most common and modifiable risk factor…

7 months ago

Increasing Sit-to-Stand Transitions Lower BP

A recent US clinical trial explored two strategies for reducing sedentary behavior and their effects on health in overweight or…

7 months ago

Bedtime Dosing Bettered Morning Dosing in High BP

A Chinese prospective, randomized, parallel-group, superiority clinical trial revealed that bedtime dosing provides superior nocturnal blood pressure (BP) control and…

8 months ago

Early Intensive BP-Lowering Beneficial in Intracerebral Hemorrhage

An individual patient-data pooled analysis of the four Intensive Blood Pressure (BP) Reduction in Acute Cerebral Haemorrhage Trials (INTERACT) supports…

8 months ago

Salt in Water Linked to High BP and Albuminuria

A Kenya panel study suggested that drinking water sodium-chloride may elevate blood pressure (BP) and kidney disease risk, even in…

8 months ago

Low Sodium DASH Diet Reduced BP

A US randomized, 4-period crossover feeding study revealed that sodium reduction, especially when combined with a Dietary Approaches to Stop…

9 months ago

Bedtime Antihypertensive Comparable to Morning Use

A Canadian study of adults with high blood pressure (BP) found no difference in health outcomes between taking BP medications…

10 months ago

Supine High BP Increases CVD Risk and Mortality

A US prospective cohort analysis suggested that supine high blood pressure (BP) regardless of seated high BP was associated with…

1 year ago

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