Hypertension News

Patients who develop early hyponatremia after starting thiazide diuretics have a higher mortality risk than those with normal sodium levels, according to retrospective study data.

In previous First Word columns, I discussed the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on the kidney to prevent progression of chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, CVD and overall mortality.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology news stories related to diabetes and metabolic dysfunction in 2024.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology news stories related to chronic kidney disease in 2024.

The 19th annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress will be held at the Boston Park Plaza and will feature the latest science in the areas of cardio-renal, obesity, diabetes and dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, thrombosis and more.

Commonly used ways of positioning a patient’s arm during BP screenings may significantly overestimate BP and result in misdiagnosis of hypertension and overtreatment, an analysis suggested.

A county-level assessment of deaths from cardio-kidney-metabolic disease and social determinants of health revealed that particular determinants are more or less important in different U.S. regions, researchers reported in JAMA.

Adults with primary aldosteronism had improvements in disease severity after undergoing an adrenalectomy, according to findings published in Endocrine Practice.

A significant percentage of adults in the United States are unaware they have hypertension, according to results from a cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA Network Open.