Tag: Blood pressure
How C-reactive protein outpaced ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk marker
Mary J. Scourboutakos, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
Heart disease is the leading...
Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning...
Christopher Damman, University of Washington
People have been using salt since the dawn of civilization to process, preserve and...
Many Americans wrongly assume they understand what normal blood pressure is...
Wändi Bruine de Bruin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Mark Huffman, Washington University in St Louis
Heart rate variability – what to know about this biometric most...
Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton
Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day. Heart rate is a key...
The spooky and dangerous side of black licorice
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Black licorice may look and taste like an innocent treat, but this candy has a dark side. On Sept. 23, 2020,...
Blood pressure medications decrease death and severe disease in COVID-19 patients
Vassilios Vassiliou, University of East Anglia and Ranu Baral
At the start of the pandemic, there was concern that certain drugs for high blood pressure...
Low blood pressure could be a culprit in dementia, studies suggest
Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Decline in brain function often occurs as people age. People often worry that declining brain function...
Why do people faint?
Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton
Maybe it’s a bride standing in a hot chapel, or an exhausted runner after a race. It could be...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
