(Reuters Health) – Obese women who have weight-loss surgery between pregnancies may be less likely to experience complications like high blood pressure and preterm births in their second pregnancy, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined hospital records... More »
(Reuters Health) – Severely injured patients are more likely to have complications or die if they have a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, a recent study suggests. This collection of health problems, called ... More »
(Reuters Health) – Women who develop preeclampsia, a form of dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy, are 5 times more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease later in life than women who have normal blood pressure during pregnancy, a Swedish study... More »
Women who develop preeclampsia, a form of dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy, may face a wide variety of heart problems long after they give birth, a research review concludes. Preeclampsia has long been linked to an increased risk of events like... More »
(Reuters Health) – Older adults with slightly elevated blood sugar, sometimes called “prediabetes,” usually don’t develop full-blown diabetes, a Swedish study suggests. Researchers followed 2,575 men and women aged 60 and older without diabetes for up to 12 ye... More »
(Reuters Health – In a small pilot study that screened 45 Ohio middle school students for cardiovascular risk factors, a third of the children had abnormal levels of cholesterol or blood sugar, and two kids were found to have undiagnosed diabetes. Guidelines r... More »
(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators said on Friday a third cancer-causing toxin was found in some blood pressure pills recalled by India’s Hetero Labs Ltd a day earlier, adding to a global recall of commonly used drugs to treat hypertension. The U.S. Food and D... More »
(Reuters Health) – For people with high blood pressure, starting an exercise regimen may lower blood pressure by as much as taking medication would, a large analysis suggests. Researchers combined data from nearly 400 randomized trials that assessed the effect... More »
(Reuters Health) – Women who breathe polluted air during pregnancy may be more likely to have children who develop high blood pressure, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers focused on what’s known as fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5, a mixture of solid particl... More »
(Reuters Health) – Even light drinkers who enjoy a single beer or glass of wine every night may still be more likely to die prematurely than people who drink less, a recent study suggests. Compared to people who drink less than 100 grams of pure alcohol a week... More »
(Reuters Health) – Face masks available to consumers in China for protection against air pollution vary widely in their real-world performance, suggests a recent study. Although a mask may filter tiny particles as advertised, face size and shape as well as mov... More »
(Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who exercise outside on warm days or spend a little time in a hot bath or sauna may not necessarily raise their body temperature enough to cause problems, a research review suggests. While most women without health problems ca... More »
(Reuters Health) – Adult survivors of childhood cancer have a greater risk of heart disease and develop risk factors like high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol earlier in life compared to the general population, a German study suggests. Researchers stud... More »
(Reuters Health) – People living in the U.S. but born elsewhere may have lower risk for heart disease and stroke than their native-born neighbors, suggests a new study. Foreign-born residents had a range of risks, however. Women from Europe and men from Africa... More »
(Reuters) – La Jolla Pharmaceutical said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved its drug, Giapreza, to treat dangerously low blood pressure. The company said it plans to make Giapreza available for patients in the United States in March... More »
Tighter blood pressure guidelines from U.S. heart organizations mean millions more people need to make lifestyle changes, or start taking medication, in order to avoid cardiovascular problems. More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Hailing from the so-called stroke belt, a band of southern U.S. states with high stroke mortality rates, is associ More »
By Will Boggs MD(Reuters Health) – An eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program not only reduces stress, but could also lower bloo More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – A shift in how donor kidneys are allocated in the U.S. has been linked with higher transplant rates for black and More »
By Carolyn Crist(Reuters Health) – Middle aged adults who do even a small amount of regular strength training exercise may be lowering their risk of More »
By Will Boggs MD(Reuters Health) – Meeting some or all of the American Heart Association’s seven ideal cardiovascular health goals is associated with More »
By Shereen Lehman(Reuters Health) – If a parent or sibling has cirrhosis due to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a person’s odds of having liver sc More »
By Andrew M. SeamanHeart health in the U.S. has generally improved since the start of the 21st century, but not for adults living in poverty, a new More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – Packaged foods and store-bought drinks are blamed for adding a lot of salt to U.S. diets, but a new study sugg More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – Americans need to do more than stop reaching for the salt shaker if they want to cut back on the amount of sod More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Many patients with peripheral artery disease, a common cause of chronic disability and mobility limitations in the More »
By Will Boggs MD(Reuters Health) – Drinking 32 ounces of energy drink is associated with potentially harmful changes in blood pressure and heart func More »
By Carolyn CristEven without high blood pressure or other signs of illness, obese adults have a much higher risk of developing heart disease than nor More »
By Will Boggs MD(Reuters Health) – Herbal medications offer few benefits and many risks for people with heart disease, according to a recent review. More »
By Madeline Kennedy(Reuters Health) – Men with a history of heavy drinking are more likely to have stiff walls in the arteries that supply blood to t More »
By Rob Goodier(Reuters Health) – Exercise may be an efficient way for obese pregnant women to lower their risk of diabetes, dangerously high blood pr More »
By Reuters StaffNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In elderly hypertensive patients, treating to a systolic blood pressure <120 mm Hg (vs <140 More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Government policies designed to reduce how much salt people eat may be cost-effective even without considering the More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Traditional treadmill tests used to estimate heart disease risk might not provide accurate results for women, a re More »
By Madeline Kennedy(Reuters Health) – Health might be its own reward, but even cash incentives only work in the short term to motivate people to exer More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – Common blood pressure medications may increase the risk for severe mood disorder episodes, a new study suggest More »
(Reuters Health) – Women with hypertension and physically demanding jobs are much more likely to suffer myocardial infarction than peers who are less active at work and have normal blood pressure, a recent study suggests. Among thousands of nurses, hypertensio... More »
(Reuters Health) – On the question of whether the population would benefit if people cut back on salt, researchers fall into two camps, according to a new report. While most studies have concluded that cutting salt would have benefits, about a third do not agr... More »
(Reuters Health) – People with long-term exposure to loud noise at work or in leisure activities may be at increased risk of heart disease, a U.S. study finds. Researchers found the strongest link in working-age people with high-frequency hearing loss, which i... More »
