FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension
2025-06-11
Approval marks first triple-combination pill of telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamideContinue Reading
Self-Employment Is Good For Heart Health, Especially For Women
2025-06-03
TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Being your own boss might seem potentially stressful, but self-employed women appear to have better heart health than those toiling for a company, a new study says. Women working for themselves had lower rates of obesity, physical inactivity, poor diet and sleeplessness, researchersContinue Reading
Wildfire Smoke Threatens Heart, Lung Health For Months Afterward
2025-05-30
FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Skies choked with wildfire smoke can affect people’s heart and lung health for up to three months afterwards, a new study says. The particle pollution created by wildfires continues to increase people’s risk of hospitalization for months after the smoke clears, researchers reportedContinue Reading
Combo Diabetes/High Blood Pressure Threatening More American Lives
2025-05-30
FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Twice as many Americans now face the increased risk of death that comes from having both high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, a new study reports. About 12% of the U.S. population had high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes at theContinue Reading
Dementia Tied To Heart, Metabolic Diseases
2025-05-29
THURSDAY, May 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease, strokes and diabetes contribute to many dementia cases in the United States, but the risk is not equal everywhere, a new study says. Overall, more than a third (37%) of U.S. dementia cases are linked to eight conditions: diabetes, heart failure,Continue Reading
Pizza, Soup and Chicken Among Top Sources of Sodium for All Americans
2025-05-29
THURSDAY, May 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — These days Americans can agree on few things, but unfortunately, pizza, soup and chicken aren’t among them, a new study says. Those three foods are some of the main sources of sodium for Americans of all racial and ethnic groups, contributing to highContinue Reading
Conversion Therapy Harms Heart Health
2025-05-07
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Conversion therapy might harm a young person’s long-term heart health, a new study says. Young adults assigned male at birth were nearly three times as likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure if they’d been exposed to conversion therapy, a discredited practiceContinue Reading
Follow-Up Test For High Blood Pressure Condition Not Worthwhile, Researchers Say
2025-05-06
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A test commonly used to confirm a condition linked to high blood pressure is often inaccurate, causing doctors to skip treatment that might improve patients’ heart health, a new study says. The test checks for primary aldosteronism, a condition that affects up toContinue Reading
New Drug Could Quell Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure
2025-05-05
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug might help people with uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to early clinical trial results. People taking lorundrostat experienced twice the decline in their systolic blood pressure than people taking a placebo, researchers reported recently in the New England Journal ofContinue Reading
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Microplastics Linked To High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Stroke
2025-04-01
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Microplastics appear to be contributing to chronic diseases in shoreline areas of the United States, a new study suggests. High blood pressure, diabetes and stroke rates are higher in coastal or lakefront areas with greater concentrations of microplastics in the environment, researchers reportedContinue Reading