Increased vascular stiffness has been identified as an important part of hypertension in aging adults. Previous studies of aortic stiffness have focused on changes in structural proteins that alter the properties of vascular ...
May 11, 2015
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New findings show how the progression of atherosclerosis is affected by a combination of hypertension and changes to the stiffness of the artery.
Apr 29, 2022
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Bananas and avocados—foods that are rich in potassium—may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known as hardening of the arteries.
Oct 5, 2017
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Drugs used to treat initial signs of rheumatoid arthritis also improve the early stages of heart disease, according to new research.
Sep 2, 2020
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the No. 1 killer of people in the U.S. An early sign of CVD is increased aortic stiffness, a change that becomes more prevalent as we age. Now, researchers at Sargent College of Boston University ...
Nov 3, 2014
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Arterial stiffness and blood pressure in young, otherwise healthy adults may take as long as six months to improve following a COVID-19 infection, according to research conducted at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. ...
Jun 8, 2022
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A new paper in European Heart Journal—Digital Health, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that social-distancing measures like total lockdown have a measurable impact on vascular health. The study compared the ...
Sep 6, 2022
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An analysis of the relationship between several vascular function measures and blood pressure levels finds that certain measures including higher aortic stiffness were associated with a higher risk of new hypertension; however, ...
Sep 4, 2012
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Resveratrol, a natural compound found in red wine, peanuts, berries and the skin of red grapes, may reduce artery stiffness in some people with Type 2 diabetes, according to an abstract presented at the American Heart Association's ...
May 4, 2017
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Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven have succeeded in non-invasively measuring the elasticity and estimating the stresses in the human abdominal aorta using 3-D ultrasound. ...
Jan 9, 2019
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