Category Archives: Hypertension

This article was originally published here BMC Pulm Med. 2021 Jul 29;21(1):251. Continue reading →

More than a third of adults have two or more chronic health problems in middle age, with higher prevalence linked to social and economic inequalities in early life, researchers said. Co-occurring mental and physical health conditions, including diabetes or hypertension, appeared to be particularly common among British adults in their late forties, the study in the BMC Public Health journal found Continue reading →

Once she was 10 weeks pregnant, she began seeing Jennifer McNulty, M.D. who is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at the Cherese Mari Laulhere BirthCare Center at MemorialCare Miller Childrens & Womens Hospital Long Beach, due to her chronic hypertension (high blood pressure). Continue reading →

The Global Hypertension Drug Market will be dominated by the rising geriatric population and the rise in the advent of the pandemic. The report gives a comprehensive view of the effect of COVID-19 on the market trends. The market has been affected by the pandemic and businesses have to keep a note of the dynamic environment Continue reading →

This article was originally published here Public Health Nurs. 2021 Feb 14. doi: 10.1111/phn.12881 Continue reading →

Achieving blood pressure control takes on greater importance during COVID-19. Black, Latinx and Native American adultswho are disproportionately affected by COVID-19are less likely than their white counterparts to have their BP controlled Continue reading →

By Bloomberg School of Public Health staff report Low-income middle-aged African-American women with high blood pressure very commonly suffer from depression and should be better screened for this serious mental health condition, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers found that in a sample of over 300 low-income, African-American women, aged 40-75, with uncontrolled hypertension, nearly 60% screened positively for a diagnosis of depression based on a standard clinical questionnaire about depressive symptoms. Continue reading →

Hypertension: Foods high in potassium can help in controlling high blood pressure Hypertension or high blood pressure is a condition that needs immediate attention to control severe complications linked with it. Several modifiable and non-modifiable factors can contribute to high blood pressure Continue reading →

Newswise Low-income middle-aged African-American women with high blood pressure very commonly suffer from depression and should be better screened for this serious mental health condition, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Continue reading →

A new study indicated that patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) who had a history of hypertension did not show differences in overall survival (OS) in comparison with patients who had normal blood pressure. The studys results were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Continue reading →