Arm cuff blood pressure measurements may fall short for predicting heart disease risk in some people with resistant high blood pressure
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The difference between blood and pulse pressure measured near the heart and at the arm, called blood pressure (BP) amplification, is greater in people with difficult-to-treat high blood pressure, regardless of whether their blood pressure is under control.
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Higher BP amplification […]
High blood pressure affects young, healthy medical students
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Embargoed until 1:30 p.m. CT / 2:30 p.m. ET, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6, 2019 — Almost two-thirds of medical students had above-normal blood pressure and were more than twice as likely to experience clinically high blood pressure compared […]
Heating pads may lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure when lying down
Embargoed until 3 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. ET Friday, Sept. 6, 2019
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6, 2019 — Applying a heating pad overnight may help people with supine hypertension, a condition that causes their blood pressure to increase when they lie down including during sleep, according to preliminary […]
New research suggests gut bacteria may be linked to high blood pressure and depression
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- A study of human gut bacteria – known as the gut microbiome – suggests that high blood pressure with depression may be a completely different disease than high blood pressure without depression.
- The gut may be targeted someday to prevent, diagnose and selectively treat different […]
Temps up, blood pressures down in hot yoga study
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- Adults taking hot yoga had lower blood pressure measurements after three months of classes, in a small study examining hot yoga’s impact on blood pressure.
- Hot yoga is typically a vigorous workout practiced under hot and humid conditions.
- Study researchers say this is one of the […]
Heart failure deaths are highest in the poorest U.S. counties
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- Death rates from heart failure are higher in counties with higher levels of poverty.
- The link between county poverty and heart failure mortality was largely explained by the prevalence of diabetes and obesity.
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET, Wednesday, Sept. 4, […]
Heart health tips for Hurricane Dorian
DALLAS, Sept. 3, 2019 — With Hurricane Dorian forecast to impact the Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina coastal areas this week, the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease and stroke, is sharing helpful information for those dealing with the storm.
During and after […]
Artificial intelligence could use EKG data to measure patient’s overall health status
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Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET, Tuesday, August 27, 2019
DALLAS, August 27, 2019 – In the near future, doctors may be able to apply artificial intelligence to electrocardiogram data in order to measure […]
Childhood cancer survivors at elevated risk of heart disease
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- Survivors of childhood cancer have higher risk of developing various types of heart disease due to cancer therapy, compared to peers who are cancer-free.
- Most studies of this survivor group have focused only on heart failure as a result of cancer therapy.
Embargoed until 4 […]
Type 2 diabetes may affect heart structure and increase complications and death among heart failure patients of Asian ethnicity
DALLAS, August 21, 2019 — Type 2 diabetes affects the structure of the heart in heart failure patients […]