http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Teenagers with high blood pressure appear to have better psychological adjustment and enjoy higher quality of life than those with normal blood pressure, suggests a study in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teens-high-blood-pressure-distress.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 13:03:20 EST news286804896 Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy have an increased risk of high blood pressure even 40 years after maternity, which leads in turn to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cardiovascular-disease-pregnant-women-high.html Cardiology Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:35:41 EST news285244532 High blood pressure in the kidneys of people with apple-shaped bodies may be responsible for their increased risk of developing kidney disease later in life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that these individuals may benefit from treatments that reduce kidney blood pressure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-people-apple-shaped-bodies-kidney-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:00:02 EST news284914570 Cutting down on salt and, at the same time, increasing levels of potassium in our diet will have major health and cost benefits across the world, according to studies published in BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-salt-potassium-major-global-health.html Health Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news284317431 The clot-busting drug tenecteplase prevents death or circulatory collapse in a subgroup of patients with a blood clot in the lungs and appears to be especially useful in patients younger than 75, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-clot-busting-drug-benefits-intermediate-risk-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:59:46 EST news282304777 A new study led by a Canadian research team has identified the reason why prazosin, a drug commonly used to reduce high blood pressure, may cause lightheadedness and possible fainting upon standing in patients with normal blood pressure who take the drug for other reasons, such as the treatment of PTSD and anxiety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-fainting-result-blood-pressure-drug.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:13:07 EST news282204766 The upheaval caused by Hurricane Katrina seems to have disrupted the usual timing of heart attacks, shifting peak frequency from weekday mornings to weekend nights, in a change in pattern that persisted a full five years after the storm, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-heart-years-hurricane.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:40:05 EST news281883256 even once or twice during routine medical care—can signal substantially higher risks of heart and kidney disease and diabetes, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-high-blood-pressure-pregnancy-heart.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:05 EST news279805500 Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) may play a wide-ranging role in staving off aging, according to a paper published online ahead of print in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology. In this review article, a team from China explores the compound's plethora of potential anti-aging pathways. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hydrogen-sulfide-anti-aging-agent.html Medical research Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:03:46 EST news278683401 Home blood pressure monitoring may help patients with hypertension and stroke but did not improve blood pressure control for patients who had normal blood pressure at the start or those with disabilities, according to a randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-home-blood-pressure-benefit-patients.html Health Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:00:10 EST news271335080 Uncontrolled high blood pressure damages the brain's structure and function as early as young middle-age, and even the brains of middle-aged people who clinically would not be considered to have hypertension have evidence of silent structural brain damage, a study led by researchers at UC Davis has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-high-blood-pressure-brain-early.html Neuroscience Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:20:01 EST news270932782 Gaining new insight to managing sodium balance and blood pressure, investigators at the University of Houston (UH) College of Pharmacy believe their work may identify future therapeutic targets to control hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-aging-kidneys-key-high-blood.html Medical research Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:28:01 EST news265476470 Compounds in cocoa may help to reduce blood pressure, according to a new systematic review in The Cochrane Library. The researchers reviewed evidence from short-term trials in which participants were given dark chocolate or cocoa powder daily and found that their blood pressure dropped slightly compared to a control group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cocoa-compounds-blood-pressure.html Health Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:00:04 EST news264166490 (AP) -- Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cdc-overweight-teens-heart.html Pediatrics Mon, 21 May 2012 03:46:57 EST news256790803 In a study that included a nationally representative sample of nearly 45,000 adults, participants who met more of seven recommended cardiovascular health behaviors or factors (such as not smoking, having normal cholesterol levels, eating a healthy diet), had a lower risk of death compared to participants who met fewer factors, although only a low percentage of adults met all seven factors, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at a specialty meeting of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-greater-cardiovascular-health-factors-linked.html Cardiology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:11:26 EST news251183480 Middle-aged men at the upper end of normal blood pressure had an elevated risk for atrial fibrillation later in life, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-middle-aged-men-upper-normal-blood-pressure.html Cardiology Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:25:57 EST news246039950 US President Barack Obama is "fit at fifty" after improving his cholesterol readings and kicking his smoking habit, according to results of his latest medical exam released Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-obama-fifty-medical.html Health Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:42:16 EST news239305330 People with prehypertension have a 55 percent higher risk of experiencing a future stroke than people without prehypertension, report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of scientific literature published in the September 28 online issue of the journal Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-blood-pressure-slightly.html Neuroscience Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:38:57 EST news236446729 Raised blood pressure is linked to a higher risk of developing cancer or dying from the disease according to the findings of the largest study to date to investigate the association between the two conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-high-blood-pressure-linked-dying.html Cancer Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:57:15 EST news236282228 Although so-called clot-busting drugs are commonly used in the treatment of some patients with blood clots in the lungs, a new study conducted by researchers in Spain and the U.S. indicates the agents do not appear to be any more effective than traditional blood thinners for the majority of these patients. Clot-busters, or thrombolytic agents, also appear to increase the risk of death in patients with normal blood pressure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-clot-busters-effective-traditional-therapy-lung.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 May 2011 10:35:07 EST news224760895