2012

January

• 2-arm blood pressure check indicator for risk from heart disease or death

• Swimming lowers older adults’ blood pressure

• Hypertension in Pregnant Women

• Pre-Hypertension Still Raises Heart Risk in Men

• Canada’s first renal denervation procedure to reduce high blood pressure performed today

• Expectant mothers on antidepressants risk newborns with high blood pressure

• Blood pressure control: Now or later?

2011

December

• Young women may reduce heart disease risk eating fish with omega 3 fatty acids

November

• New Formula Developed to Reassure Patients About Low Heart Attack Risk

• Blood pressure and stroke risk gets more complicated

• When blood pressure refuses to go down

• Breakthrough in understanding the genetics of high blood pressure

• Breastfeeding tied to lower blood pressure risk

October

• Double duty for blood pressure drugs: how they could revolutionize how we treat valve disease

• Blood pressure-lowering drug after stroke aids recovery, study finds

September

• Kidney damage and high blood pressure

• Genetic Factors Behind High Blood Pressure

• ‘White-coat effect’ elevates greyhounds’ blood pressure

• Lack of Deep Sleep Tied to Hypertension

• Potatoes Can Reduce Blood Pressure

August

• Cardiologists Examine Alternatives To Halt High Blood Pressure

• Differences in cell response could explain higher rates of hypertension in African-Americans

• Hypertension study prompts new diagnosis guidance

July

• Fructose consumption increases risk factors for heart disease

May

• New Study Suggests Link Between Chronic Estrogen Exposure and High Blood Pressure

• New Study Suggests Link Between Chronic Estrogen Exposure and High Blood Pressure

• Blood pressure drug shows some muscle

• Study suggests systemic sclerosis is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis

• Most blacks report calling a friend, not 911, when facing the symptoms of a stroke

• ‘Bad’ Cholesterol Not As Bad As People Think, Shows Texas A&M Study

• Are some blood pressure drugs easier to take?

April

• Vitamin D unlocks racial differences in blood pressure

• ACC/AHA issue first clinical guidance for controlling high blood pressure in the elderly

• Some heart surgery patients skip statin therapy

• No evidence coffee ups risk of high blood pressure

• New Study Identifies Possible Cause of Salt-Induced Hypertension

• Device Drops Blood Pressure in Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension

• Yoga halves irregular-heartbeat episodes: study

March

• One in Four U.S. Adults Had High Blood Pressure in 2008

• BP meds may help some people without high BP: study

• Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher blood pressure

February

• How education can save your life

• High Cholesterol and Blood Pressure in Middle Age Tied to Early Memory Problems

• Americans Don’t Do Enough to Cut Hypertension, Cholesterol

• Hypertension care could be changed by renal denervation

• Replace salt with these herb blends

• What should you do if your blood pressure skyrockets?

• Time for hypertension to face the music

• “The Five Things Every American Needs to Do to Lower Their Cholesterol” Revealed

• Blood pressure meds tied to lower cancer risk

January

• Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Hard-to-Control High Blood Pressure

• High blood pressure combination pill ‘better than one’

• Low arsenic levels not tied to high blood pressure

• Antibiotics, blood pressure drugs can be risky mix

• Bioactive compounds in berries can reduce high blood pressure

• Groundhogs Are Right 39 Percent of the Time; Winter Requires Extra Care for Humans with Hipertension

2010

December

• Alzheimer’s study finds HDL good for brain, too

• Home monitors can aid blood pressure control

• Limiting Salt Lowers Blood Pressure and Health Risks in Diabetes

November

• Chronic high cholesterol diet produces brain damage

• Easy on the Salt!

• Gene linked to worsening kidney disease in African-Americans

• Statin Therapy May be Overprescribed in Healthy People without Evidence of Diseased Arteries

• MRI Scans Show Structural Brain Changes in People at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

• No salt-added items make big difference

• Hypertension news: Phosphorus may help cut high blood pressure risk

• Barbershop Interventions Reduce Hypertension Rates in Black Men

• Haircuts and hypertension

• Barbershop-based BP monitoring improved hypertension control rate

• Recommendations for Managing Hypertension in Blacks Released

October

• High blood pressure remains at 30 percent

• High blood pressure awareness, treatment improve

• Benefit of exercise in patients with hypertension has been insufficiently investigated

• Barber-based intervention may help black men better control high blood pressure

• Quebec City researchers pave the way for novel treatment of pulmonary hypertension

• High Blood Pressure May Take Greater Toll on Youngest Black Children’s Hearts

• West Virginia school-based screening reveals significant high blood pressure rate

• Pharmacist help reigns in blood pressure

• Blood pressure breakthrough holds real hope for treatment of pre-eclampsia

• Keeping Blood Pressure in Check may benefit Some African-Americans with Kidney Disease

September

• Pine bark extract offers no heart benefit-study

• Is high cholesterol linked to mom’s smoking?

August

• Common Hypertension Drugs Can Raise Blood Pressure in Certain Patients

• Blood pressure test may help guide treatment

• Expensive new blood pressure meds no better than generics

• SORTing Out the Links Between Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease

July

• For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat?

• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers identify risks of hypertension in young adults

• Are blood pressure goals for diabetics too tough?

• High Fructose Diet May Contribute to High Blood Pressure

• Too much fructose could raise your blood pressure

June

• Benicar reduces blood pressure in hypertension, diabetes patients

• Medicines that can make blood pressure rise

• 1 out of 4 Filipino adults suffers from hypertension, says DoH

• Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure

• EU regulators probe risks of blood pressure drugs

• Water leaf, alligator pepper treats hypertension - survey

• Combination therapy in hypertension: an update

• Newer devices often underestimate blood pressure

• Updating Hypertension and Cholesterol Guidelines