High coffee intake linked to CVD mortality in severe hypertension
Dec 21, 2022
“These findings may support the assertion that people with severe high blood pressure should avoid drinking excessive coffee,” a coauthor said in a statement.
Team care with clinical decision support system beneficial for type 2 diabetes patients
Dec 06, 2022
Significantly greater decreases were seen in HbA1c levels, LDL-C levels and systolic blood pressure for team-based care with versus without a clinical decision support system.
AHA: Baxdrostat studied in treatment-resistant hypertension
Nov 08, 2022
Dose-dependent reductions in systolic blood pressure were seen in the phase 2 dose-ranging study.
Beneficial effect of intensive BP control does not persist
Oct 17, 2022
A beneficial effect was seen over a median intervention period of 3.3 years but did not persist at median follow-up of 8.8 years.
59.5 percent of adult ED visits are for patients with chronic conditions
Sep 02, 2022
Among adults with three or more chronic conditions, Medicare was the most frequently observed expected source of payment.
For self-measured BP, smartphone app no better than standard device
Aug 15, 2022
Self-measured blood pressure paired with a connected smartphone app is not superior to standard self-measured blood pressure for blood pressure reduction and patient satisfaction.
Social isolation: A serious but under-recognized health risk
By
Cathy Lipton, MD
Jul 28, 2022
How senior living communities can build on pandemic lessons to reduce loneliness.
Simplified approaches to hypertension screening seem reliable
Apr 06, 2022
Surveys conducted across 60 countries reveal that screening strategies using the second blood pressure reading had the smallest misdiagnosis rate.
Hypertension, type 2 diabetes contribute to brain changes in Puerto Rican seniors
Apr 01, 2022
A high prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes was seen among the Puerto Rican cohort; those with both have deteriorating patterns in major white matter tracts.
Home-based BP measurements comparable to ambulatory BP monitoring
Mar 17, 2022
Clinic-based measures were significantly lower than ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and had low sensitivity for detecting hypertension.