ASH is pleased to provide its members with a regular communication, ASHwire, that will provide a digest of current articles and news related to hypertension. This initiative is the outgrowth of members seeking to stay current on recent developments relating to Hypertension.
Prehypertension in Pregnancy Risks Fetal Complications
Medpage Today
February 2, 2016
Women with mildly elevated blood pressure late in pregnancy had a higher risk of either a stillbirth or delivering a small-for-gestational age infant compared to pregnant women with normal blood pressure, Swedish researchers found.
Easily stressed teens have increased hypertension risk later in life
Medical News Today
February 2, 2016
High blood pressure is a large and growing problem in the US. A new study that followed 1.5 million teens through to adulthood investigates the role of early psychological parameters on the likelihood of developing hypertension.
NIH launches public health campaign on link between hypertension and brain health
MIH News Release
February 2, 2016
The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is launching a public health education campaign called Mind Your Risks. The campaign is designed to raise awareness about how controlling the risk factors for stroke in middle age, particularly high blood pressure, may reduce the risk of cognitive decline later in life.
Loose BP Targets Risky for Women, Minorities
Medpage Today
February 3, 2016
Stroke risk is lower for healthy older adults with blood pressure under 140 mm Hg than in the disputed 140 to 149 mm Hg range, particularly for minorities and women, according to a cohort study.
Team approach helps patients control blood pressure
UPI
February 9, 2016
A team-based approach to maintaining blood control treatment helped improve patient management of high blood pressure in a recent study with low-income and minority patients.
Rat study shows that renal denervation helps to bring drug-resistant hypertension under control
Medical Xpress
February 9, 2016
Researchers report in the American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology that renal denervation—a procedure that disrupts the nerves in the kidneys and prevents them from relaying signals—can treat hypertension, including resistant hypertension, when the nerves are completely blocked. This new study, conducted in rats, identified the specific nerves that had to be blocked to achieve the therapy’s blood pressure-lowering effects.
Hypertensive women with physically demanding jobs at three times risk of heart disease
Medical Xpress
February 14, 2016
Hypertensive women with highly active jobs have a nearly three times higher risk of ischaemic heart disease than women with normal blood pressure and moderately active jobs, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
ACC, AHA support implementation of proposed cardiovascular measures, with reservations
News Medical
February 17, 2016
Quality measures announced today by the Core Quality Measures Collaborative represent a step forward in reducing paperwork and confusion while also allowing providers to focus on measures that impact patient outcomes, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) said in support of implementation of the proposed cardiovascular measures. But the groups expressed reservations about blood pressure targets included in the measures.
24-Hour Heart Rate May Signal CV Risk in Young Adults Without Hypertension
Medpage Today
February 18, 2016
Mean 24-hour ambulatory heart rate (HR) was independently linked with mean 24-hour systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), C-reactive protein (CRP), and insulin resistance, in a small study of young adults without hypertension, diabetes, or prior MI or stroke.
Masked hypertension in kidney disease patients may affect kidney and cardiovascular health
Medical Xpress
February 21, 2016
Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have hypertension that is not detected in the clinic, and such ‘masked’ hypertension is linked with increased risks of kidney, heart, and vascular damage. The findings come from a large study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).
Binge drinking dangerous for young adults
Medical Xpress
February 19, 2016
Having an occasional drink is fine, but „binge“ drinking is a known health hazard and now high blood pressure may need to be added to the list of possible consequences. Young adults in their twenties who regularly binge drink have higher blood pressure which may increase the risk of developing hypertension, concludes a study conducted by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM).
Childhood obesity linked to increased risk for early onset hypertension
Healio
February 19, 2016
There was a “strong, statistically significant” association between increasing BMI and BP and the risk for hypertension, according to data published in Pediatrics, and the researchers are calling on physicians to more effectively help patients prevent obesity in early childhood.
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