High blood pressure may cause poor communication between brain regions
Sep 21, 2020
High blood pressure may alter connections in the brain that involve cognition, a small study shows. 8.5.0
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Be aware of how drugs can affect heart rhythms, report says
Sep 15, 2020
A statement from the American Heart Association reminds health care providers to stay alert to the potential for common medications to cause irregular heartbeats.
Black adults aren't getting right medications for trickiest cases of high blood pressure
Sep 14, 2020
Black adults with so-called resistant hypertension often don't get the right medications or receive counseling about the use of healthy behaviors to lower their blood pressure, according to new research.
Health apps pose privacy risks, but experts offer this advice
Sep 10, 2020
People who use health apps are largely unprotected from having their data passed along to third parties, according to experts.
Looming wave of evictions, housing instability poses threat to health
Sep 10, 2020
In the wake of the pandemic's financial turmoil, millions of people face eviction in the coming months, and studies show it can cause a host of health troubles, from depression to high blood pressure.
More than 1 drink a day could raise blood pressure in adults with diabetes
Sep 9, 2020
The odds of high blood pressure were 62% or higher in people with diabetes who had eight or more alcoholic drinks a week, according to a new study.
High blood pressure telemonitoring might help cut heart attack, stroke rate in half
Aug 31, 2020
People who received pharmacist-led telemonitoring for uncontrolled high blood pressure had more positive results than those monitored at routine doctor visits, according to new research.
She had a 20% chance to live – first from a stroke, then from COVID-19
Aug 27, 2020
Alvis Whitlow overcame a brain aneurysm in 2003. Then, this year, COVID-19. Both times, her daughter sensed "something's not right" and sought quick care.
Some common blood pressure meds might lower depression risk
Aug 24, 2020
New research on 41 of the most commonly prescribed medications for high blood pressure show none of them increase the risk of depression, and nine might actually lower that risk.
Preeclampsia may double a woman's chances for later heart failure
Aug 24, 2020
Women who develop preeclampsia in one or more pregnancies may have a substantially higher risk for heart failure later, according to a new study of Norwegian women.