Tag: hypertension
Better blood pressure treatment could prevent half a million heart deaths a year
Most patients on medication think they are doing well, but a lower number may be what their heart really needs.
Half a million heart deaths a year may hinge on one unchecked number
A Johns Hopkins modeling study put a hard number on what happens when more people match the best health systems.
Nearly 6 in 10 people with high blood pressure have never been diagnosed
Even in a country with universal healthcare, the "silent killer" is slipping past the vast majority of the people who actually have it.
If you take blood pressure medication, magnesium may lower it even more
A new meta-analysis of 38 trials points to a much larger drop in people already on treatment.
Keeping your blood pressure below 130 may cut your heart disease risk by 15%
New data from a 34,000-adult trial ties a stricter target to fewer heart events and less dementia.
A glass of beet juice may drop systolic blood pressure within three hours
Nitrate in the drink converts to nitric oxide, which relaxes and widens blood vessels.