Checking your own blood pressure can have big benefits

When patients regularly monitor their blood pressure themselves, they tend to have better quality of life and lower health care expenses.

Texas A&M University • futurity
April 5, 2024 • ~5 min

Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their microbiomes

Salt is an essential nutrient that has helped civilizations flavor and preserve their foods for millennia. Too much dietary salt, however, is linked to a host of health problems.

Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington • conversation
March 12, 2024 • ~10 min

3 things women should know about stroke risk

A researcher who has studied women and stroke for over a decade shares three crucial risk factors that every woman should know.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Feb. 2, 2024 • ~7 min

Blood pressure drug lowers anxiety in people with autism

The blood pressure drug propranolol can help kids and young adults with autism spectrum disorder who struggle with anxiety, a study finds.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Jan. 25, 2024 • ~4 min

Rush-hour traffic air increases blood pressure

Unfiltered air from rush-hour traffic significantly increased passengers' blood pressure, both while in the car and up to 24 hours later.

Alden Woods-U. Washington • futurity
Dec. 5, 2023 • ~7 min

Serious risks follow multiple rounds of pregnancy complications

Women who have more than one episode of gestational diabetes or hypertension have double or even triple the risk of heart attack or stroke.

Fabienne Landry-McGill • futurity
Dec. 5, 2023 • ~5 min

New strategy could lower blood pressure in low-income patients

A new team-based approach more significantly lowered blood pressure for low-income hypertension patients, researchers report.

Andrew Yawn-Tulane • futurity
Nov. 20, 2023 • ~5 min

Mindfulness can get people to stick with heart-healthy food

Practicing mindfulness focused on healthy eating can be good for your heart and lower blood pressure, a new study shows.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Nov. 3, 2023 • ~7 min

DASH diet in midlife may shield women’s memory decades later

Middle-aged women who eat a diet designed to lower blood pressure are about 17% less likely to report memory loss and other cognitive decline signs later.

Sasha Walek-NYU • futurity
Oct. 20, 2023 • ~5 min

Insomnia linked to increased risk for hypertension in women

New study highlights a correlation between women who sleep less than eight hours at night and developing a greater risk for hypertension or high blood pressure.

Kira Sampson • harvard
Oct. 2, 2023 • ~4 min

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