A new study has found that heart attacks are linked to 99 percent to 4 risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, high blood sugar levels, and smoking. Avoiding these risks means not only preventing most heart attacks, but also avoiding most strokes. See http://www.neat-news.com/3506.php. #heart_attack #blood_pressure #cholesterol #blood_sugar #smoking

A new study finds that eating kimchi, a traditional Korean vegetable based dish, can lower triglyceride and blood pressure values. See http://www.neat-news.com/3425.php. #kimchi #triglyceride #blood_pressure #health

New research finds that flavan-3-ols (also called flavanols), a compound found in cocoa, tea, apples, and grapes can help to lower the blood pressure. See http://www.neat-news.com/3333.php. #tea # cocoa #apple #grape #flavanol #blood_pressure

In a new study, different activities (sleeping, sitting, standing, slow walking, fast walking, and exercising) were compared. Fast walking and other exercise-like activities lower the blood pressure even if they last only for a short while (such as running for a bus). Likewise sleeping has a positive effect. See http://www.neat-news.com/2024/11/277.php. #exercise #sleep #blood_pressure

Using the built-in sensors of a standard smartphone (in particular the accelerometer) and the arm length as well as some movement of the arm and thumb it is possible to measure the blood pressure with an error of less than 8 mmHg. This allows people without access to traditional blood pressure devices to monitor their blood pressure, which is important in the light of millions of deaths per year due to high blood pressure. See http://www.neat-news.com/2024/09/237.php. #blood_pressure #smartphone

A new study with more than 5000 people finds that the timing of taking medication against high blood pressure might ideally be adjusted to the individual circadian cycle in order to minimize the risk of a heart attack. It might be better if night owls took their medication in the evening, and early birds in the morning. More research is needed. See http://www.neat-news.com/2024/06/153.php. #timing #blood_pressure

The drug rilmenidine against high blood pressure has been tested on worms and it slowed down their ageing. It is not clear yet whether the same is true for humans. See http://www.neat-news.com/2024/04/120.php. #drug #rilmenidine #blood_pressure #ageing

Studying people in their 50ies to 70ies who may or may not take medication to lower their blood pressure, it was found that by reducing the salt intake the blood pressure can be reduced by 7 to 8 mm Hg in three quarters of the cases. See http://www.neat-news.com/2023/11/319.php. #blood_pressure #salt