Hypertension News

Type 2 diabetes is more aggressive in children than adults, with signs of serious complications seen just a few years after diagnosis, new research finds.

The high blood pressure state has now come up as one of the major health complications for people these days.

Patients suffering from high blood pressure - the single most important risk for death worldwide - could be helped by a UK-wide clinical trial aimed at improving treatments.

ST. PAUL, Minn. & PARIS -- -- St. Jude Medical, Inc. , a global medical device company, today announced that the company's EnligHTN Multi-Electrode Renal Denervation System provides a safe, rapid and sustained reduction in blood pressure measurements after one year.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. , a global medical device company, today announced that the company's EnligHTN Multi-Electrode Renal Denervation System provides a safe, rapid and sustained reduction in blood pressure measurements after one year.

In a new study, people with high blood pressure who could communicate with their pharmacists online had better blood pressure control a year after that service ended.

APT's targeted apheresis cartridge is expected to be the first medical device specifically designed to treat preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal and fetal death.

Data on the first 41 subjects enrolled in the REDUCE-HTN clinical program were presented today at the annual EuroPCR Scientific Program in Renal denervation with the Vessix System is a minimally-invasive procedure in which a balloon catheter is fed into the arterial vascular system and positioned in the renal arteries, the major blood vessels that ... (more)

The high blood pressure problem can actually turned out to be precarious if it remains undiagnosed from past several years.

The existence of high blood pressure condition for prolonged period of time is indeed a serious problem being faced by people all over the world.

We concluded the causative role of ALDH2 deficiency in neuronal injury as overexpression or activation of ALDH2 conferred neuroprotection by clearing 4-HNE in in vitro studies.

Reducing sodium consumption by just 30 percent could prevent more than 100,000 cases of high blood pressure and save more than $200 million in medical costs in Illinois, where cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke remain a leading cause of death.

People who follow the ancient practice of yoga may be getting an added health boost, with a new study suggesting it can fight high blood pressure -- also known as hypertension.

A diet rich in antioxidants, especially lutein and zeaxanthin , vitamin E and vitamin C has been shown to promote eye health.

MONTH course of garlic supplements can reduce cholesterol levels by 8 per cent, University of Adelaide research shows.

A couple of weeks ago, I came across an article that piqued my interest. Apparently large companies will begin imposing penalties on employees who smoke, are overweight, or have high blood pressure or diabetes.

High blood pressure in adolescents may have a bright side. A new study suggests that hypertensive teenagers have higher academic achievement and fewer emotional and behavioral problems than peers with normal blood pressure.

The seed of a traditional Middle Eastern medicinal plant known by the species name Nigella sativa has been shown to help lower blood pressure, among a plethora of other medicinal benefits.

Although spring arrived late this year in parts of the United States, the summer allergy season will still be strong, according to a sinus expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The American Heart Association says a new report from the Institute of Medicine - Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence - is incomplete in its assessment of sodium's impact on health because it does not focus its examinations on scientific evidence that links excess consumption and high blood pressure.