High Blood Pressure

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Fruit Juice in Youth Linked to Higher Risk of High BP Later in Life

Children and adolescents who regularly consume sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and fruit juice may face a significantly higher risk of developing…

2 months ago

Frailty Modifies the Relationship Between High BP and Dementia Risk in Older Adults

The impact of late-life high blood pressure (BP) on dementia risk appears to depend on an older adult’s level of…

2 months ago

Preservative Food Additives Linked to Higher CVD Risks

A French prospective cohort study found that higher exposure to preservative food additives commonly used in industrial foods was associated…

3 months ago

Triple Low-Dose BP-Lowering Pill Reduces Recurrent Stroke After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

In patients with prior intracerebral hemorrhage, adding a single pill combining three low-dose antihypertensive agents to standard care significantly reduced…

4 months ago

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…

7 months 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…

8 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year ago

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