In a meta-analysis of 51 randomized controlled trials, lowering systolic blood pressure (BP) was linked to similar reductions in the risk for major cardiovascular events in people with and without ...

Findings were presented by researchers from the UC Irvine Health School of Medicine at the 2023 American Society for Preventive Cardiology's Congress on CVD Prevention. Abdominal obesity is a ...

Childhood hypertension is a growing global health threat, especially for children with obesity, results of an updated systematic review and meta-analysis reveal. The review determined that the global ...

Regular exercise can lower diastolic blood pressure by 5 to 6 points. Quitting smoking may reduce blood pressure and heart-related risks. Getting at least 7 hours of sleep per night can help lower ...

The latest study results for the BackBeat cardiac neuromodulation therapy device are music to Orchestra BioMed’s ears. The implant is meant to integrate with a patient’s existing pacemaker or other ...

High blood pressure in children and adolescents is a growing problem in all corners of the world, an updated look at global data shows. Overall, the pooled prevalence of pediatric hypertension based ...

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

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