This Blood Pressure Treatment Increases Brain Bleeding

This Blood Pressure Treatment Increases Brain Bleeding

Scientists looking at ways of improving anti-clotting therapy for stroke prevention were handed a disappointing (albeit predictable) result recently when studying the effects of combining 2 popular blood-thinning treatments. Doctors trying to evaluate the efficacy of...
High Blood Pressure Caused By Old Kidneys

High Blood Pressure Caused By Old Kidneys

Have you ever wondered why reducing sodium intake is frequently ineffective for bringing down blood pressure (despite propaganda of the opposite)? Scientists at the University of Houston in Texas have found a metabolic process that explains why simply putting down the...
This Vitamin Lowers Blood Pressure

This Vitamin Lowers Blood Pressure

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, recently released findings that indicate that a specific vitamin can be an important factor in dropping high blood pressure. There were some important caveats, though. Researchers looking at almost...