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Blood pressure pills taken at night are more efficacious according to study.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 23, 2019 Source:Blood pressure pills work better at bedtime, study finds Reference:Bedtime hypertension treatment improves cardiovascular risk reduction: the Hygia Chronotherapy Trial
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Study suggests that slightly elevated blood pressure in your 50’s if left untreated could lead to increased dementia risk but it cannot prove that this is true
Health Headlines Commentary for June 15, 2018 Source: Slightly higher blood pressure increases dementia risk Reference: Association between systolic blood pressure and dementia in the Whitehall II cohort study: role of age, duration, and threshold used to define hypertensionEuropean Heart Journal. Published online June 12 2018 Analysis: Even slightly raised blood pressure in middle age…
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New high blood pressure treatment guidelines released in US
Health Headlines Commentary for November 14, 2017 Source: Nearly half of Americans now have high blood pressure, based on new guidelines Reference: 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
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Brain steroid discovered that influences pathway for high blood pressure
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 3, 2014 Source: New pathway linking the brain to high blood pressure identified Reference: Neuroendocrine Humoral and Vascular Components in the Pressor Pathway for Brain Angiotensin II: A New Axis in Long Term Blood Pressure Control. PLoS ONE, 2014; 9 (10): e108916 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108916
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Mechanism to explain why olive oil reduces blood pressure in mice
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 23, 2014 Source: Scientists discover why olive oil lowers blood pressure Reference: Protection from hypertension in mice by the Mediterranean diet is mediated by nitro fatty acid inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase
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Chronic kidney disease is a growing problem in Canada
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 14, 2014 Source: 2.2M Canadians unaware they’re suffering kidney damage: Kidney Foundation Reference: Kidney Foundation of Canada online tool
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Low frequency radio waves directed at the kidney reduces blood pressure
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 19, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Zapping nerves helps control high blood pressure Analysis: ‘Kidney zapping’ eases high blood pressure Reference: Renal sympathetic denervation in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension (The Symplicity HTN-2 Trial): a randomised controlled trial
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Addition of fibrates to conventional treatments does not reduce heart attack risk in type II diabetics
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 15, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Treatment fails to prevent heart attacks in diabetics Reference: Effects of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Effects of Combination Lipid Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus NEJM Editorial: ACCORD and Risk-Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes
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StatsCan study outlines the scope of hypertension in Canada
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 18, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: One in five Canadians has high blood pressure