Playing online games can improve seniors’ ability to multitask … Insomnia tied to higher risk of heart disease and stroke … Parkinson’s disease fatigue tied to lower diastolic blood pressure …...
Clinical Briefs for Friday, August 9
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 08, 2019
Lonely seniors may soon have emotionally intelligent AI companion … Low vitamin D tied to non-motor Parkinson’s symptoms … Study illuminates quality of life for seniors with knee osteoarthritis …...
Smartphone ‘selfie’ seen as blood pressure monitor of the future
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 06, 2019
New smartphone technology uses facial videos to accurately take blood pressure readings. Developers see it as a future blood pressure cuff alternative.
Intensive blood pressure control helps protect residents with a history of stroke
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 29, 2019
To significantly lower the risk of secondary stroke, clinicians should aim for intensive blood pressure control of less than 130/80 mm Hg, investigators recommend.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, July 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 17, 2019
No fracture risk found for new diabetes drug … Both blood pressure components predict stroke, heart attack … First U.S. state sepsis regulation tied to lower death rates
Three simple interventions would dramatically cut deaths caused by heart disease, researchers say
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 10, 2019
Worldwide efforts to dramatically reduce deaths caused by heart disease should target three key areas: lowering blood pressure, cutting sodium intake and eliminating trans fats. So concludes a study conducted...
Tart cherry juice reduces high blood pressure comparable to medication
May 10, 2016
Drinking tart Montmorency cherry juice was shown in a recent study to lower high blood pressure at a level comparable to that achieved by medication, according to researchers at Northumbria University,...
iHealth has created the iHealth View Wireless Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with a display screen. It is designed to be lightweight and give clear results.
Blood pressure drugs linked to mortality
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2015
Too many blood pressure medicines in patients over 80 could be dangerous if they have low systolic pressure, new European research reveals.
Short sleep cycles lead to elevated blood pressure, researchers warn
By
John Hall
Mar 16, 2015
Mayo Clinic researchers have affirmed that consecutive or prolonged periods of abbreviated sleep can wreak havoc on heart rates and blood pressure, a finding relevant to practically any sleep-challenged...