The hypertension guidelines also stress that home monitoring helps healthcare providers determine whether treatments are working, but that patients should not adjust their prescribed antihypertensive ...

A new guideline to diagnose and treat hypertension is aimed at helping primary care clinicians, including family physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists, manage the disease. The new ...

Nearly 50% of Americans have hypertension, a condition caused by high blood pressure. It is the top risk factor for heart disease and stroke, and increases the risk of dementia and cognitive decline.

London, UK, 30 August 2024: Updated ESC Guidelines on the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension include a new elevated blood pressure category, more ambitious and intensive treatment ...

The 1999 guidelines remain current in other areas. Unlike the current US hypertension guidelines (JNC 7) and European guidelines, the WHO/ISH guidelines are aimed at a global audience and are intended ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) have published new guidelines on the prevention and management of hypertension with their first major update in six years, ...

Anumana, a leader in cardiovascular AI, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its pulmonary hypertension (PH) algorithm, an AI-enabled software-as-a-medical-device ...

The use of potassium-enriched salt has now been recommended by the National Hypertension Taskforce—Australia's peak body for blood pressure control—in a new position statement published in the Journal ...