Blood pressure that goes down when you stand up is associated with frailty and falls in older people, according to a new study that advocates more testing.
Mar 30, 2020
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Results from a new study provide insights on evaluating high blood pressure in children. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN.
Mar 13, 2020
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Exposure to sunshine is linked to lower blood pressure, says a new study that included hundreds of thousands of patients at dialysis clinics across the United States. But don't use this news as an excuse to book a beach vacation ...
Feb 28, 2020
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A new study from the University of Missouri concluded that a physician's decision not to intensify hypertension treatment is often a contextually appropriate choice. In two-thirds of cases where physicians did not change ...
Feb 18, 2020
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Wide swings in blood pressure readings among young adults are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease by middle age, a new analysis led by Duke Health researchers shows.
Jan 22, 2020
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Office workers who spend long hours on the job are more likely to have high blood pressure, including a type that can go undetected during a routine medical appointment, according to a new study published today in the American ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Adults who received more intensive treatment to lower their blood pressure were less likely to experience drastic blood pressure drops, which can cause dizziness and increase risk of falling, according to preliminary research ...
Sep 08, 2019
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Both numbers in a blood pressure reading—the "upper" systolic and the "lower" diastolic—independently predicted the risk of heart attack or stroke in a very large Kaiser Permanente study that included more than 36 million ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood was associated with an increased risk of elevated blood pressure in later childhood and adolescence, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Jul 01, 2019
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White coat hypertension, a condition in which a patient's blood pressure readings are higher when taken at the doctor's office compared to other settings, was originally attributed to the anxiety patients might experience ...
Jun 10, 2019
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