Research Highlights: A randomized trial comparing the effects of high-sodium and low-sodium diets on blood pressure in adults with normal blood pressure and high blood pressure found that following a low-sodium diet significantly lowered blood pressure in 70%-75% of participants in as little as one week, including people currently taking blood pressure medications. Systolic blood […]
Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. Our eight-part guide shows you a delicious expert-backed eating lifestyle that will boost your health for life. CNN — Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt from your diet each day can lower your top blood pressure reading just as much as a typical hypertension medication, even if you […]
Want to lower your blood pressure? Cutting back on salt in your diet could help do just that — and according to new research, for many people it may be as effective as taking a common blood pressure medication. The study, published Saturday in JAMA, found that reducing sodium consumption significantly lowered blood pressure in […]
Research Highlights: Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy had lower blood pressure nine months later if their blood pressure was more tightly controlled the first few weeks after delivery, compared to women who received usual postpartum care. In the United Kingdom, usual postpartum care consists of an initial office visit with the family physician […]
Research Highlights: A four-year blood pressure intervention program in rural China significantly reduced systolic blood pressure by an average of 22 mmHg and risk of all-cause dementia by 15% in people with high blood pressure. Trained interventionists — village doctors — initiated and titrated antihypertensive medications based on a simple treatment protocol in which medication […]
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Capital City Ford, Lincoln, & Toyota hosted its first ever blood drive on Thursday, marking the beginning of what they hope to be an annual effort to spill some blood – and save a lot of lives. “I used to work at a place that did this once a year and I kind of thought […]
DAYTON — A local blood center is looking for donors to help sustain blood supplies around the upcoming holiday. Solvita Blood Center, formally known as Community Blood Center, is encouraging community members to give blood in what they’re calling the “critical Thanksgiving holiday period.” >> Firefighters respond to fire in Miamisburg early Saturday morning The […]
Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters calling for the elimination of the Jewish state stormed Grand Central Terminal in New York on Friday night, furiously banging and kicking at a locked entrance of the station that was forced to temporarily close over the rowdy demonstration. The mob was part of a “Flood Manhattan for Gaza” protest that […]
11/11/2023 PITTSBURGH — An international clinical trial led by physician Jeffrey L. Carson, distinguished professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, found that a liberal blood transfusion given to patients who have had a heart attack and have anemia may reduce the risk of a reoccurrence and improve survival rates. The results of […]