High blood pressure / hypertension Hypertension Patients Benefit from Pharmacist Care By article Patients with high blood pressure fare better when a pharmacist is part of their health-care team, according to new research … Read More→
Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias High blood pressure / hypertension High BP in Your 50’s May Mean Cognitive Decline Later By article Having high blood pressure in your 50’s may impact your ability to keep track or plan ahead in your 80’s, … Read More→
High blood pressure / hypertension Resuming BP Meds Right After Surgery Reduces Risk of Death By article It may be better for patients to resume taking their blood pressure medication sooner after surgery than previously thought. A … Read More→
High blood pressure / hypertension BP Screenings Beyond Your PCP’s Office Improve Hypertension Detection By article Expanding blood pressure screenings to non-primary care settings can help identify more patients with high blood pressure, commonly called hypertension, … Read More→
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High blood pressure / hypertension BP, Lower May Not Be Better By Sondra Forsyth article The mantra for treatment for high blood pressure has been "the lower, the better," but that goal can potentially put patients at risk of kidney failure or death, according to a study done Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles and published August 4th 2014 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Researchers examined the electronic health records of nearly 400,000 Kaiser Permanente patients in Southern California who were taking medications to treat high blood pressure from January 2006 through December 2010. They found that:
High blood pressure / hypertension Blood Pressure Monitoring Kiosks Aren't for Everyone By article Convenience can come with tradeoffs. The next time you put your arm in the cuff at a kiosk that measures blood pressure, you could get an inaccurate reading unless the cuff is your size.
High blood pressure / hypertension Senior Health Diuretics Risky for Older Adults By article Adults over 65 with high blood pressure who have recently begun taking thiazide diuretics are at a greater risk for developing metabolic-related adverse events including acute kidney injury, according to research done at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco. The study was published in June 2014 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
High blood pressure / hypertension Lower BP Not Always Better By article For decades, common medical wisdom has been "the lower the better" in treating the approximately one in three people in this country who have high blood pressure. But does that approach result in reduced risk for dangerous heart events? Not necessarily, according to research done at Wake Forest Baptists Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and published in the June 16th online edition of JAMA Internal Medicine.