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Study reveals link between inadequate sleep and high blood pressure risk. Importance of adequate sleep for overall health emphasized.

Certain hypertension-related genes influence blood pressure from an early age and raise the risk of cardiovascular disease as you become older. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bariatric surgery is more effective at controlling hypertension rates, or high blood pressure, in people with obesity and uncontrolled high blood pressure, than blood pressure medication alone. Read further on Dynamite News:

Researchers have found that eating tomatoes helps manage high blood pressure and may even prevent developing hypertension in older adults.

Research reveals a significant correlation between spouses' blood pressure levels, emphasizing the need for couple-based interventions.

Although hypertension is more common in the U.S. and the U.K., the likelihood of a wife having blood pressure when married to a person with hypertension is more prevalent in China and India. Researchers believe it could be due to cultural factors.

The Swedish research included a number of drugs prescribed to NHS patients.

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine's South Bend regional campus, working with colleagues at the University of Notre Dame, have discovered a new therapeutic target for pulmonary hypertension, a type of high blood pressure that affects the blood vessels in the lungs. Read further on Dynamite News:

Controlling blood pressure is essential to reducing heart disease.

People with COPD are at high risk of developing heart disease, lung cancer and other complications, including depression and high blood pressure in the lung arteries.

Obesity during early pregnancy appears to be a strong predictor of future cardiovascular disease and has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes. Read further on Dynamite News: