Blood Pressure

In a cohort of South Asian Americans with uncontrolled BP, compared with the control group, those assigned to a community health worker-led intervention had greater odds of achieving BP control at 6 months, researchers reported.

Drinking two to three cups of coffee every day helped maintain low blood BP, according to the results of a study published in Nutrients.

Lower target systolic BP after successful endovascular therapy demonstrated a signal of harm and only a marginal probability of benefit toward infarct volume and disability, a speaker reported.

The proportion of adults with diabetes and obesity in the U.S. increased from 1999 to 2020, though more adults achieved blood pressure and lipid control during that period, according to a study published in Obesity.

Researchers determined that nearly 500,000 people from England, Scotland and Wales should have initiated BP-lowering medication but did not during the first year-plus of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women who use oral contraceptives are more likely to have an aldosterone-to-renin ratio above the threshold for a positive test for primary aldosteronism than those who do not use oral contraceptives, according to study data.

As mental health continues to affect more than 10% of the global population, discoveries related to the physical implications of mental health conditions, including stress, continue to become more apparent each year.

Postmenopausal women with hypertension taking estrogen alone or combined with progesterone had a statistically significant increase in systolic blood pressure compare with placebo, according to an analysis of WHI data.

Researchers in Japan reported sharp declines in age-related IOP, specifically in adults younger than 40 years and those older than 70 years, as well as strong associations between IOP and blood pressure and blood glucose.

Using intensive blood pressure control in patients with stages 4 to 5 chronic kidney disease may delay the onset of kidney replacement therapy, according to data published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.