Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Should you take your blood pressure medicine at night? Elizabeth Tracey reports What is chronotherapy? That’s the strategy of taking medicines at different points in the day to maximize their benefit, with a recent trial demonstrating the impact …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: A molecule called leptin has multiple effects in obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity is linked to high blood pressure, which may be difficult to treat in spite of multiple medicines. Now research by Seva Polotsky and colleagues at …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Paying attention to dropping blood pressure in later life is needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with high blood pressure or hypertension have about a 50% increased risk for dementia as they age, a Johns Hopkins study by Keenan …
September 6, 2019 – Drop in Blood Pressure and Dementia Read more »
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:05 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: A more tailored approach to managing high blood pressure is recommended, Elizabeth Tracey reports New management guidelines for high blood pressure have been released, and Michael Blaha, a preventive cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, says the need for antihypertensive, …
