hypertension

by University of Arkansas  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source William Richardson, an associate professor of chemical engineering, developed AI diagnostic tools to find cases of masked hypertension. Credit: University of Arkansas About 10% of people with hypertension have normal blood pressure readings at the doctor’s office. Now researchers at the University of Arkansas […]

by Weill Cornell Medical College edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes In the brain cortex of mice (left) without hypertension, few endothelial cells (yellow) show aging or senescence (blue). After angiotensin is administered, which causes hypertension (middle), many more endothelial cells (blue) with aging and damage are present in the cortex. Blocking angiotensin receptors

by University of Michigan edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Prescribing the biologic drug sotatercept alongside standard treatment for the most severe form of pulmonary hypertension significantly reduces the likelihood of worsening disease when added within the first year after diagnosis, according to a study published in the New England Journal

Queen Mary University of London FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail Lorundrostat, a novel therapy which blocks the production of aldosterone from the adrenal glands, demonstrated clinically meaningful and sustained reductions in blood pressure in 1,083 patients with uncontrolled or resistant hypertension, according to the results of a phase 3 trial announced today.  LONDON, UK – 24 May 2025 – The

by Lund University edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   Age-dependent remodeling of the transcriptomes of human arteries. Credit: Journal of Biological Chemistry (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108400 By creating artificial aging in mice, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the formation of aneurysms in the walls of blood vessels. One finding of the study,