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Mummies Study Finds Heart Disease Plagued the Ancients, Too
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 – Folks typically think of heart disease as a byproduct of modern fast-food living, but a new study shows the condition has plagued humanity for centuries. More than a third...
HTN, Albuminuria Risks No Worse for Kidney Donors Versus Nondonors
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 – Living kidney donors and nondonors have similar risks for hypertension and albuminuria, according to a study published online May 23 in the Journal of the American Medical...
Antihypertensives Linked to Eczematous Dermatitis in Seniors
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – Antihypertensive drugs are associated with an increased risk for eczematous dermatitis in older adults, and the effect sizes are largest for diuretics and calcium channel...
Stroke Rates Are Rising, Especially Among the Young
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 – The rate at which Americans under the age of 65 suffered a stroke rose by about 15% between 2011 and 2022, new government data shows. That was true even among the young: The...
Infertility Treatment Linked to Heart Disease Hospitalization
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Infertility treatment is associated with an increased risk for hospitalization due to heart disease, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of...
Social Determinants of Health Explain Disparities in Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Part of the association between race and incident apparent treatment‐resistant hypertension (aTRH) risk is mediated by social determinants of health, according to a study p...
Blood Pressure Meds Raise Fracture Risks for Those in Nursing Homes
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 – Blood pressure medications appear to more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures among nursing home residents, a new study warns. The increased risk stems...
Prehospital Reduction in BP Does Not Improve Stroke Outcomes
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 – For patients with acute stroke, prehospital reduction in blood pressure does not affect functional outcomes, according to a study published online May 16 in the New England...
Andexanet Yields Better Control of Hematoma Expansion Than Usual Care
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 – For patients who had taken factor Xa inhibitors within 15 hours before having an acute intracerebral hemorrhage, andexanet alfa, which reverses the effects of factor Xa...
New Blood Test Could Help Spot Preeclampsia in First Trimester
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – Preeclampsia can be a life-threatening complication of pregnancy, but a new blood test can help predict a woman's risk for the condition while she is in her first...
Blood Pressure Down With Self-Monitoring of BP, Self-Titration of Medications
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – Blood pressure (BP) self-monitoring, together with self-titration of antihypertensive medications, is associated with a reduction in BP, according to a study published online...
About 90% of U.S. Adults Are On the Way to Heart Disease
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – Nine of 10 American adults are in the early, middle or late stages of a syndrome that leads to heart disease, a new report finds, and almost 10% have the disease already....
Long-Term Risk for MACE Increased for Children With Hypertension
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 – The long-term risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) is increased for children diagnosed with hypertension, according to a study published online May 6 in JAMA...
Novel Genetic Loci ID'd for Hypertension in European Ancestry
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 – A total of 113 novel genetic loci have been identified in the largest single-stage common variant genome-wide association study of blood pressure (BP) reported to date,...
New Test Might Alert Pregnant Women to Preeclampsia Danger
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – A potentially dangerous spike in blood pressure known as preeclampsia can occur in 1 in every 25 pregnancies, but an accurate test to spot those women at highest risk has...
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