New heart failure guidelines expand focus on people at risk or showing early signs
Apr 1, 2022
The 91杏吧 and two other national heart organizations issued joint guidelines Friday that update how heart failure should be prevented and treated.
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Rising blood pressure upon standing may increase risk for later heart problems
Mar 17, 2022
For young and middle-aged adults who already have high blood pressure, a further increase in systolic blood pressure when they stand up may be a sign they are at higher risk for heart attacks, strokes and other heart-related problems later in life.
High blood pressure diagnosis leads to discovery of complex heart issues
Mar 15, 2022
A longtime friend told Glenda Jennings of Loveland, Ohio, she was being snippy. So began a medical journey that uncovered a heart defect and two blood disorders.
Eating a wide variety of proteins may lower risk for high blood pressure
Mar 10, 2022
Adults in China who ate foods from the biggest variety of protein sources were less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who ate the least-varied protein sources, new research suggests.
These three risk factors may have the biggest impact on dementia cases
Mar 4, 2022
Researchers looked at 12 risk factors for dementia and found three stood out.
When it comes to accurate blood pressure readings, cuff size matters
Mar 1, 2022
Using a blood pressure cuff that's too big or too small can result in inaccurate readings, preliminary research shows.
High blood pressure may raise future kidney disease risk for pregnant women
Feb 25, 2022
High blood pressure during pregnancy may raise the risk for kidney disease in the years that follow, a new study finds. That risk is even higher for women who also had high blood pressure before getting pregnant.
Sexual assault, harassment linked to women's high blood pressure risk
Feb 22, 2022
Sexual harassment and assault are common experiences for U.S. women, and such experiences may raise the risk of hypertension, a new study says.
Post-pregnancy breathlessness, fatigue were symptoms of heart failure
Feb 17, 2022
Tiara Johnson of Fraser, Michigan, was induced for her second daughter in July 2015. Two months later, the 26-year-old was in heart failure.
Damage from preeclampsia may be seen decades later in the eyes
Feb 14, 2022
Women who had a type of high blood pressure during pregnancy called preeclampsia have signs of damage to the small blood vessels in the eye by middle age, according to a new study that may help explain their increased heart risk later in life.