The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is integral to the regulation of blood pressure, orchestrating rapid adjustments in vascular tone and heart rate to maintain homeostasis. By modulating peripheral ...
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have obtained important new insights into how our bodies regulate our ...
UVA researchers discovered how the body knows when to stop producing renin. A hormone called angiotensin II causes calcium ...
Chronic stress raises blood pressure. New research from Juntendo University, Japan, reveals that voluntary exercise prevents hypertension (high blood pressure) by restoring STAT3 levels in the ...
One banana a day contributes to potassium intake, but you need multiple sources of potassium to meet your daily needs.
And how to get it under control. By Liz Szabo Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure — but only a quarter of those with hypertension have it under control, according to the Centers ...
Doctors may soon have a new way to treat high blood pressure, even among people for whom medicines haven’t worked well in the past. Baxdrostat, an experimental medicine made by AstraZeneca, showed ...