Understanding Health Knowledge Could Help Prevent High Blood Pressure
A large study of South Korean adults found that people who understand health information better are less likely to develop prehypertension, which is when blood …
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Getting Fit Helps Your Body Handle Stress Better
A large study of over 4,000 Swedish adults found that people who are physically fit handle stress much better than those who aren't. Researchers discovered …
Read MoreDoes Vitamin D Help Keep Blood Pressure Healthy in Young Adults?
Researchers studied 923 young adults to see if vitamin D levels affect blood pressure. They found that people with higher vitamin D levels had slightly lower …
Read MoreWhen You Eat Salt Matters as Much as How Much You Eat
Your body has an internal clock that controls how it handles salt throughout the day, and this timing affects your blood pressure. Scientists discovered that …
Read MoreSleep Apnea Patients Need Better Heart Health Habits
Researchers looked at 58 people with obstructive sleep apnea (a condition where breathing stops during sleep) to see how healthy their hearts were. They used a …
Read MoreCan Algae-Based Protein Help Your Health and the Planet?
Scientists reviewed hundreds of studies about special proteins found in algae to see if they could help people stay healthy. These algae proteins appear to …
Read MoreMost Iranians Do Well on Heart Health, But Exercise and Diet Need Work
Researchers in Iran checked the heart health of over 25,000 adults using a simple 7-point checklist from the American Heart Association. The good news: most …
Read MoreNew Diabetes Drug May Help Your Body Handle Salt Better
Researchers studied how a type of diabetes medication called SGLT2 inhibitors affects how our bodies handle salt. They compared 14 people taking this …
Read MoreSalt and Potassium May Not Affect Blood Pressure as Much as We Thought
Researchers looked at what over 5,500 American adults ate and checked if the amount of salt and potassium in their diets affected their blood pressure. …
Read MoreHow High-Fat Diets Change Blood Vessels Differently in Men and Women
Researchers studied how eating a high-fat diet affects blood vessels in male and female rats before high blood pressure develops. They found that the bodies of …
Read MoreBorn Early? Salt Might Raise Your Blood Pressure Risk
Babies born prematurely often develop with fewer filtering units in their kidneys than full-term babies. A new study in mice shows that people with this …
Read MoreEating Less Salt Really Does Lower Blood Pressure
Researchers looked at 43 different studies involving nearly 1,800 people to understand how much salt affects blood pressure. They found that cutting back on …
Read MoreBody Shape Matters More Than You Think for Blood Pressure
Researchers in Saudi Arabia studied over 1,000 adults to understand what affects blood pressure the most. They discovered that combining measurements of body …
Read MoreBlood Sugar Control Matters for Dialysis Patients with Diabetes
Researchers in Turkey studied over 5,000 patients on kidney dialysis who also have diabetes to understand how well they control their blood sugar and what …
Read MoreDoes Eating More Magnesium Help Lower Blood Pressure in Diabetics?
Researchers in Saudi Arabia wanted to know if eating more magnesium-rich foods could help people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood pressure. They taught …
Read MoreSpecial Gut Bacteria May Help Lower Body Fat and Blood Pressure
Researchers tested whether a specific type of beneficial bacteria called Limosilactobacillus reuteri could help improve health in people aged 50-69. Ten …
Read MoreEating Less Food Helps People Lose Weight and Feel Healthier
Researchers combined results from 17 different studies involving over 1,000 adults with obesity to see what happens when people eat fewer calories. The good …
Read MoreWhat Scientists Say About Mediterranean and DASH Diets for Heart Health
Researchers are discussing how two popular heart-healthy diets—the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet—might work even better when combined. This conversation …
Read MoreCombining Two Heart-Healthy Diets: What Scientists Are Learning
Researchers are exploring how combining two popular healthy eating plans—the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet—might help people manage high blood pressure …
Read MoreEating Healthy to Protect Your Heart: What Science Shows
Researchers wanted to understand if a special eating plan designed to prevent weight gain could also protect your heart. They created something called the …
Read MorePlant Compounds Called Flavonoids May Help Protect Your Heart
Scientists reviewed research on flavonoids—natural compounds found in fruits, vegetables, tea, and chocolate—to understand how they might help prevent heart …
Read MoreCan Barberry Berries Help Your Heart and Weight?
Researchers looked at 11 studies involving 718 people to see if barberry supplements could help with heart health and weight. Barberry is a small red berry …
Read MoreWhat Affects Your Body's Vitamin B12 Levels? A Study of 788 Adults
Researchers studied 788 older adults in Germany to understand what affects how much active vitamin B12 (the form your body can actually use) they have in their …
Read MoreApp Helps Shrink Fatty Liver and Improve Heart Health for 9 Months
Researchers tested a smartphone app called Sidekick that teaches people about healthy eating, exercise, sleep, and stress management to help with a common …
Read MoreCan a Heart-Healthy Diet Help Protect Your Kidneys?
Researchers looked at whether the DASH diet—a eating plan designed to lower blood pressure—might help people with kidney disease slow down their condition. …
Read MorePurple Berry Extract May Help Heart Health in Older Adults
Researchers tested whether a supplement made from aronia berries (also called chokeberries) could help older adults with metabolic syndrome—a condition …
Read MoreSkipping Meals Works Better Than Keto for Lowering Blood Pressure
Researchers tested five different eating patterns on 96 people with obesity to see which one lowered blood pressure the most. They compared eating only during …
Read MoreBetter Salt Swaps: Which Salt Substitutes Your Body Actually Uses
High sodium intake is a major cause of high blood pressure and heart disease. Scientists reviewed research on salt substitutes that replace regular salt with …
Read MoreLow-Carb Diets Help Weight Loss and Heart Health, But Watch LDL Cholesterol
Researchers analyzed 174 studies involving over 11,000 people to see how low-carbohydrate diets affect heart health and body weight. They found that eating …
Read MoreCutting Salt in Mexican Foods Could Save Thousands of Lives
Researchers in Mexico studied what would happen if food companies reduced the amount of salt in processed foods. Using data from over 9,000 people's eating …
Read MoreWhy Couch Potatoes Get More Kidney Stones
Researchers studied over 10,000 people who don't exercise much and found that those with poor health habits get kidney stones much more often. The study looked …
Read MoreWhat Mom Eats Before Baby is Born May Shape Child's Health
Researchers studied over 2,500 children in Greece to understand how folic acid supplements taken by mothers during pregnancy might affect their children's …
Read MoreTree Bark Extract May Help Fight Metabolic Syndrome in New Study
Researchers tested whether an extract from magnolia tree bark could help prevent metabolic syndrome—a group of health problems including high blood pressure, …
Read MorePurple Potatoes May Help Lower Blood Pressure Naturally
Researchers discovered that purple potatoes might help prevent high blood pressure by changing the bacteria in your gut. In a study with rats, those eating …
Read MoreVitamin D Levels May Not Affect Eye Health in Non-Diabetics
Researchers looked at data from over 4,000 American adults to see if low vitamin D was connected to eye problems that happen without diabetes. They found that …
Read MoreCertain Foods May Help Control Blood Sugar and Heart Health
Researchers studied 504 people with type 2 diabetes to see if eating prebiotic foods (foods that feed good bacteria in your gut) could help improve their …
Read MoreToo Much Salt in Your Diet Hurts Your Heart More Than You Think
Researchers looked at data from around the world to understand how eating too much salt affects heart disease. They studied information from 1990 to 2021 and …
Read MoreExercise and Sleep Both Fight High Blood Pressure—But Separately
Researchers studied over 18,000 American adults to understand how exercise and sleep problems affect blood pressure. They found that people with sleep …
Read MoreWeight-Based Teasing Harms Kids' Health, Not Helps It
A new study of nearly 1,000 American kids aged 8-15 found that when young people try to lose weight because of teasing about their body size, it actually …
Read MoreEven Normal Blood Pressure May Affect Your Liver Health
Researchers studied over 2,000 American adults without high blood pressure to see if even slightly elevated blood pressure numbers could affect liver health. …
Read MoreWhat Vegetarians' Blood Shows About Heart Health
Researchers compared the blood chemistry of 222 vegetarians and 222 meat-eaters in China to understand how diet affects heart health. They found that …
Read MoreTeaching People About Food Helps Fix Metabolic Syndrome
Researchers in Bangladesh tested whether teaching adults about healthy eating could improve their metabolic syndrome—a condition where people develop high …
Read MoreStretching Your Forearms May Help Your Heart Relax Better
Researchers studied how stretching affects the heart and nervous system in young adults. They had 24 healthy people do passive forearm stretches (where someone …
Read MoreAncient Bean Could Help Fight Disease and Keep You Healthy
Scientists are excited about a special bean called pajuro that grows in the Andes Mountains. When this bean is broken down in the right way, it creates tiny …
Read MoreNew Test Spots Heart Disease Risk Before It Starts
Researchers created a new screening tool to identify people at risk for metabolic syndrome—a group of health problems that increase the chance of heart disease …
Read MoreNew CF Treatments Help Lungs But May Affect Heart Health
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a serious genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestion. Recently, powerful new medicines called highly effective modulator …
Read MoreB Vitamins and Blood Pressure: What Your Age Matters Most
Researchers looked at how different B vitamins in people's diets affect their blood pressure, and they found something surprising: the effect depends on how …
Read MoreWhy High Uric Acid Levels May Raise Heart Disease Risk
Researchers studied over 16,000 people to understand how uric acid (a waste product in your blood) connects to homocysteine (another blood chemical linked to …
Read MorePlant Extract from Palm Oil Lowers Blood Pressure Naturally
Researchers tested a supplement made from oil palm plant parts to see if it could help people's hearts and bodies fight damage. In a 60-day study with 97 …
Read MoreCan Ginger Help Your Heart? What Science Shows
Researchers looked at 41 studies to see if ginger supplements could help heart health. They found that ginger may help lower blood sugar levels, reduce certain …
Read MoreHealthy Grocery Delivery Lowers Blood Pressure in Black Adults
Researchers tested whether delivering healthy groceries to people's homes could lower their blood pressure. They studied 180 Black adults in Boston who had …
Read MoreDoes Vitamin D Really Protect Your Heart? What Science Says
Vitamin D is famous for keeping bones strong, but scientists have discovered that your heart also uses vitamin D. When people don't get enough vitamin D, they …
Read MoreSimple Lifestyle Changes Help Protect Brain Health in Older Adults
Researchers in Japan studied whether making healthy lifestyle changes could slow down memory problems in older adults who had heart disease risk factors like …
Read MoreWhy Your Blood Pressure Numbers Matter for Heart Health
Researchers studied over 3,300 people to understand how the difference between your top and bottom blood pressure numbers (called pulse pressure) connects to …
Read MoreCan a B Vitamin Protect Teen Hearts from Binge Drinking?
Researchers studied how binge drinking affects the hearts of teenage rats and whether folic acid (a B vitamin) could help protect them. They found that binge …
Read MoreVitamin B-12 May Help Hearts After Heart-Lung Machine Surgery
When doctors use a heart-lung machine during heart surgery, sometimes patients' blood vessels stop working properly afterward, causing dangerous low blood …
Read MoreTaurine Supplements May Help Your Heart and Blood Sugar
Researchers looked at 34 different studies about taurine, a natural substance found in food and made by your body. They found that taking taurine supplements …
Read MoreCollagen Supplements Don't Lower Blood Pressure in New Study
Researchers tested whether a popular supplement made from pig collagen could help people with extra weight lower their blood pressure and improve their heart …
Read MoreLosing Weight Fast Improves Heart Health in Just 8 Weeks
Researchers studied 71 people with obesity who followed a strict diet for 8 weeks to see how weight loss affects heart and blood vessel health. The study found …
Read MoreCan Eating Purslane Lower Your Blood Pressure?
Researchers combined results from five studies to see if purslane, a leafy green plant, could help lower blood pressure in adults. They found that eating …
Read MoreEating for Your Gut Health May Help Lower Blood Pressure
Researchers studied over 11,000 Americans to understand how eating foods that are good for gut bacteria might help prevent high blood pressure. They found that …
Read MoreNew Drug Combo Helps Lower Blood Pressure in People With Extra Weight
Researchers tested a new medication called CagriSema on over 3,400 adults who were overweight or obese. The study lasted 68 weeks and compared CagriSema to a …
Read MoreWhat Causes Retinal Vein Blockages? New Genetic Study Reveals Key Risk Factors
Researchers reviewed 12 studies that used genetic information to understand what causes retinal vein occlusion (RVO)—a serious eye condition that can lead to …
Read MoreYour Genes May Affect Fatty Liver Disease Risk
Researchers in Turkey studied how differences in a gene called the vitamin D receptor might affect people's risk of developing fatty liver disease and related …
Read MoreDaily Multivitamins Don't Lower Blood Pressure for Most Older Adults
A large study of nearly 9,000 older adults found that taking daily multivitamin supplements didn't prevent high blood pressure or lower blood pressure readings …
Read MoreChia Seeds May Help Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
Scientists reviewed multiple studies involving about 2,500 people to see if chia seeds really improve health. They found that eating chia seeds regularly may …
Read MoreNew Tool Predicts Heart Disease Risk in People with Diabetes
Researchers created a simple scoring tool to predict heart disease risk in people with diabetes using data from over 2,000 Americans. The tool uses seven …
Read MorePlant Compounds May Help Lower Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure
Scientists reviewed 14 studies to see if phytosterols - natural compounds found in plants that are similar to cholesterol - could help with metabolic syndrome. …
Read MoreWhich Diet Works Best for Your Heart? Scientists Compare 8 Popular Diets
Scientists compared 8 popular diets to see which ones work best for heart health. They looked at over 1,600 people following diets like keto, Mediterranean, …
Read MoreCelery May Help Lower Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar, Study Shows
Scientists looked at 10 studies involving 511 people to see if celery can help with high blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol problems. They found that …
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