Keeping blood pressure at a low level in African-Americans with kidney disease may slow the progression of the condition in patients with proteinuria, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a national study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. In the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, or AASK, trial of 1,094 [...]

Taking blood-pressure pills at night, rather than in the morning, may better control hypertension and significantly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, new research suggests. The results of the five-year study add to the growing evidence that tailoring the timing and dosage of medications to the body’s biological rhythms may help drugs work [...]

(HealthDay News) — Because high blood pressure is such a serious health problem for black patients, the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) is calling for earlier and more aggressive intervention for the black community. High blood pressure tends to cause serious complications such as stroke, heart failure and kidney damage much more often [...]

Blood flow through the brain is essential for the delivery of nutrients such as glucose and oxygen that are needed for nerve cells to function. During the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients can suffer from high blood pressure and blood flow through the brain is reduced: the greater the reduction, the worse patients’ [...]