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A new study shows that combining home monitoring, health coaching, and medication adjustments helps low-income Americans finally control their high blood pressure. More than half of Americans with hypertension currently can't get it under control, despite having access to affordable medications.
A breakthrough medication called baxdrostat is giving hope to millions whose dangerously high blood pressure won't respond to standard treatments. The pill dropped blood pressure by nearly 10 points in a major trial, enough to significantly reduce heart attack and stroke risk.
A breakthrough medication called baxdrostat is giving hope to hundreds of millions of people whose dangerously high blood pressure won't respond to standard treatments. The pill targets a key hormone that causes the body to retain salt and water, lowering blood pressure enough to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Starting today, Galaxy Watch users can monitor their blood pressure right from their wrist through the Samsung Health app. With nearly half of American adults managing high blood pressure, this technology puts critical health tracking in millions of hands.
Scientists at the University of Auckland discovered that a tiny breathing control center in the brainstem may be secretly driving high blood pressure. When they turned it off in experiments, blood pressure dropped to normal levels.
A single-day medical outreach in Enugu, Nigeria provided free health screenings, medications, and eyeglasses to thousands of women who often put their own health last. One woman discovered dangerously high blood pressure she never knew she had.
Scientists have found that two injections per year could control high blood pressure as effectively as daily pills, potentially transforming care for over a billion people worldwide. The treatment is now in late-stage global trials.
A breakthrough drug is saving mothers with preeclampsia, a deadly pregnancy complication that kills 42,000 women worldwide each year. After 15 failed attempts, researchers in South Africa discovered the right dose that stabilized dangerously high blood pressure almost instantly.
Trained community members in rural Lesotho are successfully treating high blood pressure using a tablet app, achieving better results than distant health clinics. This breakthrough could transform healthcare access for millions in underserved regions worldwide.