High Blood Pressure

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…

1 week 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…

1 month 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…

4 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…

6 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…

10 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…

10 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

12 months ago

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