Outpatient procedure being studied for resistant hypertension

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare was admitted to a nature cure facility on the city's outskirts Thursday afternoon where he will receive treatment. Mr. Hazare, who was accompanied by fe...

The first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes a day decreases blood pressure by about four percent without causing weight gain. The researchers say that decrease, although seemingly small, is sufficient to potentially reduce the risk of several forms of heart disease.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Hypertension (ASH) will once again offer the Clinical Hypertension Review Course to cardiologists, nephrologists and internists with an interest ...

The first study to check the effects of eating potatoes on blood pressure in humans has concluded that two small helpings of purple potatoes (Purple Majesty) a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain. In a report in the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the researchers say that decrease, although seemingly small, is sufficient to potentially ...