Health
Why science says you should have more sex
On a health kick? Forget the juice cleanse—there is scientific evidence that a loving relationship and sex can be good for your wellbeing.
Aug 29, 2016
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News tagged with diastolic blood pressures
Cardiology
Which blood pressure number matters most might depend on your age
Systolic blood pressure is the best way to predict future cardiovascular events and death, irrespective of age, according to new research. But in younger people, diastolic blood pressure could still be important.
Mar 1, 2021
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Cardiology
New advice for treating high blood pressure
New research led by a professor at NUI Galway is set to change how doctors treat some patients with high blood pressure—a condition that affects more than one in four men and one in five women.
Apr 13, 2021
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Cardiology
Orthostatic hypotension is more than feeling dizzy every now and then
Dear Mayo Clinic: What's the difference between feeling dizzy every now and then and orthostatic hypotension? How is it diagnosed, and can it be treated?
Jul 28, 2017
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Cardiology
Custom finger clip offers a new way to measure blood pressure, other vitals
Monitoring a person's blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with early detection of various health problems such as high blood pressure, which has no warning signs or symptoms. However, many ...
Jan 4, 2022
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Health
Many Americans wrongly assume they understand what normal blood pressure is—and that false confidence can be deadly
Stunning as it may sound, nearly half of Americans ages 20 years and up—or more than 122 million people—have high blood pressure, according to a 2023 report from the American Heart Association. And even if your numbers ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Genetics
Study finds strong causal link between diastolic blood pressure and neurotic personality trait
Diastolic blood pressure—the lower of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading—is highly likely to cause neurotic personality trait, finds research published in General Psychiatry.
Nov 21, 2022
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Cardiology
Cool indoor temperatures linked to high blood pressure
Turning up the thermostat may help manage hypertension, finds a new UCL study into the link between indoor temperatures and high blood pressure.
Aug 23, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study finds link between marijuana abuse and blunted dopamine response
(Medical Xpress)—People who use marijuana heavily experience a blunted response to dopamine, according to researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York University Langone Medical Center and the National Institute ...
Cardiology
Blood pressure monitoring may one day be easy as taking a video selfie
Blood pressure monitoring might one day become as easy as taking a video selfie, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart Association journal.
Aug 6, 2019
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