WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A step as simple as sticking to the same bedtime each night could improve a person’s blood pressure, new research suggests. In just two weeks, people whose more haphazard bedtimes shifted to a regular bedtime saw improvements in blood pressure that were equalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Black adults living in food deserts can beat high blood pressure, with a little help. Folks living in an area with few grocery stores had a greater reduction in blood pressure if they participated in a program that home-delivered healthy eats, researchers recentlyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The rate of kids and teens with high blood pressure worldwide nearly doubled over the past two decades, according to a startling new report. In 2020, more than 6% of children and adolescents under 19 had high blood pressure, up from around 3%Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Bribing folks with tickets to a cash lottery got them to take their blood pressure medicines more reliably, but did nothing to improve their health, a new study says. Study participants were twice as likely to take their blood pressure medication when theyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A spinal cord injury might be only the beginning of a person’s health woes, according to a new study. People who’ve suffered spinal cord injuries are more likely to develop an array of chronic health problems, researchers reported Nov. 4 in JAMA NetworkContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled over half a million bottles of a widely prescribed blood pressure medication, prazosin hydrochloride, because of concerns about a potentially cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals and drug distributor Amerisource Health Services initiated theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Any boozing can cause your blood pressure to go up, a new study shows. Even slight increases in alcohol consumption are associated with higher blood pressure, researchers reported Oct. 22 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Stopping drinking, or evenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heart-related health problems might affect as many as 1 in 7 pregnancies, even among women without any prior heart disease, a new study says. Researchers found a steady increase in heart-related health problems among more than 56,000 pregnancies between 2001 and 2019 inContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A recently approved injectable drug can significantly stall deteriorating health among people newly diagnosed with the most severe form of high blood pressure, a new study says. Sotatercept reduced patient’s risk of deterioration by 76% due to pulmonary hypertension, or high blood pressureContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Universal free meal programs appear to improve kids’ heart health, a new study says. The proportion of students with high blood pressure fell by nearly 11% over five years among schools that signed up for free meal programs, researchers recently reported in JAMAContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Immigrants come to the United States hale and healthy, but that doesn’t last long, a new study says. Immigrants’ heart disease risk increases the longer they live in the U.S., according to research scheduled for presentation today at an American College of CardiologyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nearly everyone who suffers a heart attack, stroke or heart failure had at least one warning sign that cropped up years before, a new study says. More than 99% of patients had one or more risk factors prior to their heart emergency, includingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with spinal cord injuries sometimes suffer from blood pressure problems, as their brain loses the ability to manage the body’s blood pressure. This leaves them vulnerable to blood pressure drops that cause fainting or spikes that put them at risk of aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with fatty liver disease are more likely to die early if they have one of three additional health problems, a new study says. High blood pressure, diabetes and low levels of “good” HDL cholesterol all increase the risk of death for peopleContinue Reading