It’s a fact that most Americans do not get enough potassium in their diets even though this mineral is essential for good nutrition and health. The average American takes in far less potassium than the 4.7 grams recommended daily by the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

Researchers at the Institute of Biomedicine, Aarhus University have found a new piece in the puzzle of why increased blood pressure (hypertension) happens, and the results have been published in the recognised journal “Circulation”. Professor Dr Christian Aalkjær from the Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, in cooperation with other researchers has for the first time

The American Heart Association today announced that Anna F. Dominiczak, M.D., has assumed the duties of Editor-in-Chief for Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association, the leading monthly journal for physicians and scientists involved in research and treatment of high blood pressure. Hypertension is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

According to a study published in the academic journal Hypertension, researchers from the University of Leicester's Department of Cardiovascular Sciences have made a pioneering discovery into the causes of high blood pressure (hypertension) during their analysis of genetic material in human kidneys in search of genes that might contribute to hypertension that could pave the way for future ...

Women with high blood pressure (hypertension) during early pregnancy are more likely to have babies born with major birth defects, regardless of their use of prescribed medications to control the condition, according to new research published in the online edition of the British Medical Journal on Oct. 18. Pregnant women have been warned for years to avoid angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE ...