FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The health benefits of aggressive blood pressure control outweigh the potential risks for seniors, according to the latest results from a major clinical trial. About 85% of seniors treated to a target blood pressure of 120 systolic (the top number in a bloodContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women who develop a complication like diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at higher risk of stroke or heart disease in the years after delivery. Unfortunately, their doctors aren’t taking this health risk seriously enough, a new study suggests. Fewer thanContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that certain complications of pregnancy can raise a woman’s risk for heart trouble years later. But new research shows that even the sisters of these women can be at higher heart risk — suggesting risks may be genetically sharedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugs like blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure meds can protect the health and extend the lives of people with heart disease. But only if patients take the drugs — and many around the world aren’t, a new study says. Overall, fewerContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health. When these children and teens lose weight, they are less likely to have type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol as young adults, researchers reported inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Don’t worry if someone’s checking your blood pressure in a loud public place. The reading they get is apt to be just as accurate as if the test were taking place in a quiet, less stressful environment, researchers reported in a study publishedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, according to an annual report from the American Heart Association (AHA). These risks are thwarting efforts to save lives from heart disease, heartContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Maintaining tight control over blood pressure for even a short while can provide lasting benefits for seniors’ brain health, a new clinical trial says. People had lower risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia after keeping their blood pressure around 120 systolic forContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The words “calm down” are worse than unhelpful — they actually can increase blood pressure among new mothers of color, a study has found. Gender-based racism through such microaggressions significantly increased a new mom’s blood pressure, compared to women not subjected to theseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The same technology behind COVID vaccines might be able to protect both the mother and child from a dangerous complication of pregnancy. A new mouse study published Dec. 11 in the journal Nature shows that injections based on that vaccine platform reduced theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Caregiving for children or sick loved ones can be very stressful. so much so it can affect your heart health, new research shows. High caregiving stress increases risk of high blood pressure by nearly 40% among Black women ages 21 to 44, accordingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Keeping your blood pressure in check is important for more than just heart health — it can also keep your brain sharp as you age. A new study published Dec. 11 in the journal Neurology shows that seniors whose blood pressure spikes andContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some people develop epilepsy after surviving a stroke, as the injury they’ve sustained causes scarring and disorganized electrical activity in their brains. But one type of blood pressure medication seems to help stroke survivors avoid post-stroke epilepsy (PSE), according to a first-of-its-kind studyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Men with heart risk factors tend to lose their brain health more quickly than women with similar heart risks, a new study finds. These men face brain decline as early as their mid-50s, while women are most susceptible from their mid-60s onward, researchersContinue Reading