Intestinal drug shown to boost memory and cognition
The development of drugs to treat cognitive problems in patients with mental illness may be a step closer after a team of researchers discovered that an existing drug…
Blood pressure rising at night linked to doubling risk of death in adults with diabetes
Adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes whose blood pressure increased at night had more than double the risk of dying compared to those whose blood pressure…
There’s no place like home… to track blood pressure
Adults who needed to track their blood pressure regularly to confirm or refute a hypertension diagnosis preferred monitoring blood pressure at home versus at a clinic, kiosk or…
Older women, younger men more likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure
Women ages 70 and older and men ages 20-49 were more likely to have uncontrolled hypertension despite taking blood pressure-lowering medications, according to new research presented today at…
Healthy changes in diet, activity improved treatment-resistant high blood pressure
People with treatment-resistant hypertension successfully reduced their blood pressure by adopting the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan, losing weight and improving their aerobic fitness by…