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The new guidelines encourage patients to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption entirely compared with the old guidelines.

The new drug Baxdrostat lowers resistant hypertension in difficult-to-treat patients, showing promising results in a global ...

The 2025 joint report from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology replaces the 2017 version.

Higher blood pressure (BP) at age 7 years is associated with an increased risk for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.

Net benefits of treatment were compared across categories of age, SPRINT-derived frailty status, and polypharmacy. HealthDay News — Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial ...

Compared with other measures of hypertension, the American Heart Association’s stage II hypertension category had the strongest association with disability worsening in patients with multiple ...

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), methotrexate significantly reduces systolic blood pressure (SBP), according to a study.

Baxdrostat, a selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor, lowered BP and albuminuria in patients with uncontrolled hypertension ...

Aldosterone increases blood pressure and contributes to chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression. Trial findings suggest baxdrostat may be an effective treatment.

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