E-cigarettes won't help you quit; can also cause stroke, hypertension, heart …
MANILA, Philippines – The World Health Organization (WHO) has weighed in on the debate over the safety of electronic cigarettes, warning countries to regulate these amid findings they could cause hypertension, heart attacks and strokes. For one …
Read more
European hypertension BP target relaxed for high-risk patients
New European hypertension guidelines recommend treating all patients to a target systolic blood pressure level of below 140 mmHg, regardless of their cardiovascular risk, after experts decided that latest evidence does not support the previously …
Read more
Association between alkaline phosphatase and hypertension in a rural …
Although serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels have been associated with hypertension, and ALP is known as an enzyme affected by alcohol consumption, no study has been published on the associations between ALP and the risk of hypertension in …
Read more
Self-tritration of hypertension drugs 'slashes stroke risk by a third'
Patients with cardiovascular disease who self-manage their own blood pressure medications can slash their risk of a stroke by a third compared with usual physician-led care, claim UK researchers. Enrolled in a scheme where they were required to …
Read more
Kidney disease often due to untreated hypertension
According to their study, 3% of the US adult population outside of hospitals and nursing homes–or 5.6 million Americans–have elevated creatinine levels, 70% of whom also have high blood pressure (hypertension). High creatinine levels were 8 times more …
Read more
Hypertension categories and symptoms
