University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have launched two new clinical trials to test whether the blood pressure medication losartan can prevent lung injury in people recently diagnosed with COVID-19. One trial examines its efficacy in those...
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Prominent Research Team Finds in Blood Pressure Study that the Less Effective Medications Prescribed More than More Effective Ones
It turns out that the most common first-line treatment for hypertension may not be as effective, and pose more risk for side effects, than an alternative that is not prescribed as often, according to a new multinational study. How could this be? Columbia University...
Both Systolic & Diastolic BP Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes Study Reveals
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Oakland & Redwood City) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital conducted a retrospective study examining the relationship between systolic and diastolic hypertension and cardiovascular outcomes using data from 1.3 million adults in...
Irish Study: Intensive Blood Pressure Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Reduces Cardiovascular
UPI reports that the Irish National Institute for Preventive Cardiology concluded from a research study that death rates among people with type 2 diabetes who received intensive blood pressure therapy feel by 14% compared to type 2 diabetics who didn’t get the...
HOPE-3 Reveals Blood Pressure & Cholesterol Meds Don’t Slow Decline in 70s
The HOPE-3 trial, sponsored by the Population Health Research Institute, was led by principal investigator McMaster University. Heart disease and stroke are major causes of death and disability worldwide and are largely preventable. Cholesterol and blood pressure are...
TrialWatch: SPRINT MIND Clinical Trial Links Blood Pressure & Cognitive Impairment
The Secondary results of Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) Memory and Cognition in Decreased Hypertension (SPRINT MIND) study are “the first to show an intervention that significantly reduces the occurrence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which...
Univ. of Arizona Researches Promise of Wearable Technology for Blood Pressure Monitoring
Researchers at University of Arizona Health Sciences and Northwestern University sought to answer the question as to the promise of wearable technology for blood pressure monitoring. The research effort is titled “Relation between blood pressure and pulse wave...
University of Vigo Spain Study Links Asleep Blood Pressure & CVD Events
Blood pressure while sleeping is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, a new study confirms. "The findings indicate a novel definition of true hypertension might rely on elevated asleep systolic BP and diminished sleep-time relative...
Univ. of Toledo Wins NHLBI Grant
Lauren Lindstrom of the Blade reports Bacteria in your gut — millions of microorganisms found in the intestines — could help unlock key information about how to better regulate and prevent high blood pressure. Researchers at the University of Toledo were...
New Research Direction: Lower Blood Pressure May Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk
Alice Park of "Time" writes: "Margaret Daffodil Graham tries to live a healthy life, particularly since she has a health issue that requires constant attention. Like more than 100 million other Americans, the 74-year-old from Winston-Salem, N.C., has high blood...
Could Switching Blood Pressure Medication Timing Extend Your Life?
"Spanish chronobiologists found that taking your blood pressure medication at bedtime instead of in the morning reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and death by 61 per cent," said Scott Garrison, an associate professor in the University of Alberta's Faculty of...