Heart & Metabolic

Blood pressure

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Gut bacteria may raise blood pressure by dampening a serotonin signal to the vagus nerve, rat study finds

Sep 17, 2026

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A newer drug slowed kidney decline in people whose damage came from blood pressure, not diabetes

Sep 7, 2026

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Each 20-point drop in blood pressure tracked 24% fewer kidney failure deaths

Sep 2, 2026

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Sitting at the top of the 'normal' BMI range carried 78% more type 2 diabetes across 1.8 million people

Aug 31, 2026

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Pushing potassium to the top of the normal range cut atrial fibrillation events by a third in a trial

Aug 31, 2026

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Treating gum disease lowered blood pressure by 4.64 mmHg across 12 randomized trials

Aug 28, 2026

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Squeezing a handgrip for 12 weeks lowered blood pressure in medicated hypertensive women

Aug 26, 2026

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Brisk walking lowered blood pressure, but the benefit peaked near 460 MET-minutes a week

Aug 25, 2026

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Heart deaths halved since 1990. The causes swapped places.

Aug 3, 2026

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Black women developed high blood pressure 9.6 years earlier

Jul 27, 2026

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Obesity's metabolic risk gap has narrowed in older adults

Jul 26, 2026

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Childhood fruit juice tracks with high blood pressure at 36

Jul 25, 2026

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Food-as-medicine groceries improved blood sugar in diabetes

Jul 25, 2026