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Blood pressure
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Cardiology professionals were less likely than the public to take recommended blood pressure drugs
Heart specialists spend their working lives telling other people to manage risk factors. Screening 1,366 of them at a cardiology congress and comparing against 2,732 matched members of the public.
Sep 8, 2026
A newer drug slowed kidney decline in people whose damage came from blood pressure, not diabetes
Kidney trials are built around diabetes, so the second-largest group has been treated on borrowed evidence. Within a trial of 1,584 patients, the 459 with blood-pressure-driven damage were examined on their own.
Sep 7, 2026
One protein at 12 weeks stood out from 2,904 as a signal of later preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is usually caught late, when the only treatment is delivery. Screening nearly 3,000 proteins in first-trimester blood produced one clear front-runner, and laboratory work suggests it is not just a marker.
Sep 4, 2026
Angiotensin receptor blockers tracked 8% less dementia than calcium channel blockers
If a blood pressure drug protects the brain, the obvious explanation is the blood pressure. Emulating a trial across 52,019 older Japanese adults, one class tracked less dementia than another despite both reaching the same pressure.
Sep 2, 2026