Why common herbs may help lower high blood pressure
Common herbs, including lavender, fennel, and chamomile, have a long history as folk medicines used to lower blood pressure.
Documented use of botanical folk medicines...
This method can reduce blood pressure consistently
Scientists from the University of Houston found that deep nerve stimulation consistently reduces blood pressure.
They found that blood pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity...
People with heart failure may have untreated diabetes, high blood pressure
In a recent study from Weill Cornell Medicine, researchers found many people with heart failure also have diabetes or high blood pressure.
But those conditions,...
New study reveals the link between diabetes and high blood pressure
Scientists from the University of Bristol found why so many patients suffering from high blood pressure (known as hypertension) also have diabetes (high blood...
High blood pressure may increase kidney disease risk in some women
Scientists from the Medical University of South Carolina found women with high blood pressure conditions during pregnancy may face double the risk for kidney...
Some high blood pressure drugs may decrease bleeding stroke risk
Scientists from Second Military Medical University found that the use of RAAS inhibitors, a class of blood pressure-lowering medications, reduced the risk of an...
Potatoes and high blood pressure: Is there a link?
In a recent study from Imperial College London, researchers found that cooking methods play an important role in the link between potato eating and...
Three grams of omega-3 a day keeps high blood pressure away
Scientists from the Macau University of Science and Technology found that roughly 3 grams of omega-3 fatty acids each day, in food or supplement...
Heart meds beta-blockers may increase risk of heart failure
Scientists from the University of Vermont found that “stiff heart” heart failure accounts for about half of all cases.
In addition, most of the patients...
This stuff in gut may make high blood pressure hard to treat
Almost half of the U.S. adult population has high blood pressure—or hypertension—and about 20% of these patients have treatment-resistant hypertension.
The reason why some people...