A series of studies show that one of the active ingredients in Navitol contributes to promoting healthier blood circulation and heart health by improving blood vessel responsiveness and reducing systolic blood pressure. The superior blend of extracts in Navitol were carefully studied and selected to provide both specific and synergistic functions.
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Adding the relaxation response, a stress-management approach, to other lifestyle interventions may significantly improve treatment of the type of hypertension most common in the elderly.
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The American Physiological Society (APS; http://www.the-aps.org/) has announced that it has awarded its 2008 Minority Outreach Fellowships to TanYa Gwathmey and Kesia Mathis. This is the third year of the award program.Dr. Gwathmey, an African-American, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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The American Physiological Society has awarded Michigan State University Professor Stephanie W. Watts the 2008 Henry Pickering Bowditch Memorial Award for early-career achievement. The award goes to a scientist younger than 42 years whose accomplishments are both original and outstanding. It is the Society’s second-highest award Dr. Watts, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology, has focused her research on whether serotonin (5-HT) plays a role in hypertension.
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Adults with hypertension may be able to lower their weight and their blood pressure by following a weight-loss diet
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Individuals who have one or two parents with hypertension appear to have a significantly increased risk of developing elevated blood pressure throughout their adult lives, according to a report in the March 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, often clusters in families, according to background information in the article.
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The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA), in conjunction with leading pulmonary hypertension specialists, announced the launch of an educational campaign to raise awareness of the association between pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and stimulant use, particularly methamphetamine use.
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New research shows that happily married adults have lower blood pressure than singles with supportive social networks, suggesting marriage may literally be a matter of the heart. Brigham Young University professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad found that men and women in happy marriages scored four points lower on 24-hour blood pressure than single adults.
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Immunizationagainst angiotensin II could provide an alternative treatment forhypertension, according to an article in the March 8, 2008 issue of TheLancet. Hypertension,or high blood pressure, can be caused by several factors in the body.Angiotensin is a hormone secreted by the body to causevasoconstriction, which increases blood pressure.
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Blacks with a “suspicious, hostile personality” have higher blood pressure than whites with the same tendencies, according to a report presented on Friday at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting in Baltimore, USA Today reports.
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