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Hypertension Is Most Common Chronic Condition in People Aged 85 Years and Older

FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 – Hypertension is the most common chronic condition among adults aged 85 years and older, with prevalence higher among women than men, according to a report published in the...

DASH Diet for Diabetes With Low Sodium Reduces BP in Those With Diabetes

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 – The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Diabetes (DASH4D) diet with lower sodium is tied to clinically meaningful blood pressure reduction in people with diabetes,...

Researchers Quantify Magnitude of Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Cannabis

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 – Cannabis use is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), according to a systematic review based on real-world data published online June 17 in Heart....

Eli Lilly to Buy Gene Therapy Firm Verve in $1 Billion Deal to Develop Heart Drug

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 — Drugmaker Eli Lilly plans to buy Verve Therapeutics, a gene-editing startup, for about $1 billion upfront.  The deal gives Lilly a potential new treatment for heart di...

Blood Pressure Diet Helps Type 2 Diabetics

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 — A diet meant to lower blood pressure also can be effective in treating type 2 diabetes after a few tweaks, a new clinical trial indicates. The DASH (Dietary Approaches to S...

Prenatal PFAS Exposure Linked to Elevated BP Through Adolescence

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 – Prenatal exposure to specific perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is associated with offspring blood pressure (BP) through age 18 years, according to a study...

'Forever Chemicals' Linked To Elevated Childhood Blood Pressure

FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 — Kids exposed to PFAS “forever chemicals” before birth have an increased risk of high blood pressure in childhood, particularly during their teen years, a new study says. Teena...

Misconceptions Abound Regarding High Blood Pressure, Poll Finds

THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 — A good number of people don’t know that high blood pressure is a silent killer, increasing a person’s heart risk with no obvious symptoms, a new poll has found. More than a t...

FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Widaplik (telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide) for the treatment of hypertension in adults. The combination pill is...

Increasing Proportion of U.S. Adults Unaware They Have Hypertension

MONDAY, June 9, 2025 – From 2013 to 2023, there was an increase in the proportion of U.S. adults who were unaware of having hypertension, according to a research letter published online June 4 in...

FDA Approves Widaplik (telmisartan, amlodipine and indapamide) for the Treatment of Hypertension

London, UK, Boston, MA, 9 June 2025 – George Medicines, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet needs in cardiometabolic disease, today announces that the US Food and Drug A...

Preoperative Blood Pressure Strategies Yield Similar Postoperative Cognitive Results

FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 – For patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, neurocognitive outcomes do not differ with hypotension-avoidance and hypertension-avoidance strategies, according to a study...

Concurrent Hypertension + Type 2 Diabetes Predict High Mortality Risk

WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 – Adults with concurrent hypertension and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have high mortality risk compared with those who have neither condition or only one, according to a study...

Self-Employment Is Good For Heart Health, Especially For Women

TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 — 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 w...

Combo Diabetes/High Blood Pressure Threatening More American Lives

FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 — 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. p...

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