Tag: high blood pressure
Influenza shot reduces risk of flu death in hypertension patients
Study shows that patients with high blood pressure or hypertension have a reduced risk of flu death after influenza vaccination
Influenza vaccination in patients with...
High blood pressure for many years can cause the brain to...
Study finds that high blood pressure and large increases in blood pressure in midlife may be associated with reduction in brain volume in later...
ICMR expands hypertension initiative to 100 districts, 15 crore people
Indian Council of Medical Research has announced nationwide expansion of India Hypertension Control Initiative
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in collaboration with World Health...
Mediterranean diet rich in nuts & olive oil good for pregnant...
Mediterranean diet rich in walnut and extra virgin olive oil improves maternal and fetal outcomes
A new study has found that women who followed a...
Less than 1 in 3 hypertension patients treated in LMICS
A new study published in The Lancet reports that less than one in three high BP patients receive treatment in the Global South
Healthcare in...
Blood pressure medicine may increase risk of bowel condition
Calcium-channel blockers, a type of blood pressure lowering medication may be linked with an increased risk of diverticulosis
Common blood pressure medicines such as calcium...
Low carb diet keeps diabetes away, whether you lose weight or...
Study finds regardless of whether a low carbohydrate diet causes weight loss or not, it helps keep diabetes at bay
A low-carb diet may have...
Fitness trackers make you exercise better, reduce anxiety, depression
Study finds that wearable fitness tracker and other lifestyle interventions reduce severity of diabetes and heart disease in men and women
A personalised active lifestyle...
High BP during pregnancy linked to higher risk of heart attack,...
Risk of developing heart attack increases by 45% in women who had high blood pressure during pregnancy
Women who have high blood pressure during pregnancy,...
Less than half of Indians living with hypertension know it
Study shows despite high incidence of hypertension in India, only 45% of those with high blood pressure know it
It is a well acknowledged fact...
