Ideal blood pressure isn’t age+100, says doctor

Ideal blood pressure isn’t age+100, says doctor

Hypertension among young and middle-aged people is a growing health concern in Andhra Pradesh as more people are getting diagnosed with elevated blood pressure which could lead to diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In a State-wide survey being conducted by the Health Department on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases among people aged 30 and above, about … Read more

Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women

Hypertension in Pregnancy Is Getting More Common for Gen Z Women

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Gen Zers and millennials are about twice as likely to develop high blood pressure during pregnancy than women from the baby boom generation were, a new study finds. This includes conditions such as preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. It’s usually believed that the … Read more

Is There a Best Time of Day to Take Your Blood Pressure Pill?

Is There a Best Time of Day to Take Your Blood Pressure Pill?

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It doesn’t seem to matter what time of day or night you take your blood pressure medication, a new study finds. The results of a randomized trial of more than 21,000 patients with high blood pressure who were followed for over five … Read more

Blood Pressure Smartphone App Doesn’t Beat Traditional Home Monitoring

Blood Pressure Smartphone App Doesn’t Beat Traditional Home Monitoring

Aug. 18, 2022 – Here’s another vote for less screen time. Tracking blood pressure with a smartphone app won’t lead to any greater drop in blood pressure than simply self-monitoring with the kind of device that doctors typically suggest be used at home. That’s according to a new study involving patients with high blood pressure, … Read more

Hypertension most common co-morbidity: Delhi hospital study on Covid patients

Hypertension most common co-morbidity: Delhi hospital study on Covid patients

Doctors at a Delhi government-run hospital have conducted a study to examine the epidemiological characteristics of the pandemic by describing clinical profiles of COVID-19 patients, and found that hypertension was the most common co-morbidity among them. The outbreak of the pandemic in Delhi was first reported in March 2020. A total of 3,534 patients were … Read more

77 percent increase in cases of Uncontrolled Hypertension reported last year: Jindal Naturecure Institute

77 percent increase in cases of Uncontrolled Hypertension reported last year: Jindal Naturecure Institute

Jindal Naturecure Institute has recently reported an increase in the cases of hypertension after people have gone back to their everyday work life post the coronavirus pandemic. According to the institute, most of these people are suffering from resistant hypertension. Resistant hypertension is a condition where your blood pressure remains high or uncontrolled despite the … Read more

High blood pressure control with diet and lifestyle

High blood pressure control with diet and lifestyle

By Dr. Tapan Ghose India is home to 354 million hypertensives and one in three individuals in the country has high blood pressure. According to a Global Burden of Diseases (GBS) study, 29.8% of Indian adults have high blood pressure (urban India 33.8%, rural India 27.6%). Interheart and Interstroke studies show that population attributable risk … Read more

Diabetes, hypertension & other lifestyle-linked ailments, the big worry now: Apollo study

Diabetes, hypertension & other lifestyle-linked ailments, the big worry now: Apollo study

We may have seen the worst of the pandemic months but we are facing a hard-to-ignore ‘tsunami’ on the healthcare front in the form of growing incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, cancer and asthma. Many of the these, if not all, are linked closely the changing lifestyles. The pandemic … Read more

Home Blood Pressure Testing Better Than at Clinics: Study

Home Blood Pressure Testing Better Than at Clinics: Study

March 8, 2022 — Everyone’s been there. You’ve arrived for your scheduled doctor’s office visit and the first order of real business is the reunion with the blood pressure cuff. The first reading might be high. A second reading looks a bit better — or maybe a bit worse. Which one’s right? The answer: Perhaps … Read more

Sexual Harassment, Assault Tied to High Blood Pressure in Women

Sexual Harassment, Assault Tied to High Blood Pressure in Women

TUESDAY, Feb. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sexual assault and workplace sexual harassment may increase women’s long-term risk of high blood pressure and heart disease, a new study suggests. High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, which is the leading killer of U.S. women, accounting for one in three deaths. Sexual … Read more