Apr 9, 2024 by News Staff

According to several international, regional, and national guidelines on high blood pressure, or hypertension, lifestyle interventions are the first-line...

Aug 7, 2023 by News Staff

Obesity and its associated metabolic diseases have had devastating health consequences on modern society. New research from the University of Colorado...

Jul 30, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a large-scale systematic review and meta-analysis of 270 previous studies, aerobic exercise training, dynamic resistance training, combined...

Jul 28, 2023 by News Staff

Daily consumption of 26 grams of freeze-dried strawberry powder moderately improves cognitive processing speed, lowers systolic blood pressure, and increases...

Jun 14, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Fruit from the Japanese plum tree (Prunus mume) is a traditional food in Japan. Traditionally referred to as ‘Ume,’ the raw fruit contains toxins,...

May 8, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a large study of 212,046 participants, mobile phone use for making or receiving calls was significantly associated with a higher risk of new-onset hypertension,...

Mar 10, 2021 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine and the University of Copenhagen has found that two polyphenol compounds found in green...

Jan 5, 2021 by News Staff

White fat stores excess energy, whereas brown and beige fat are thermogenic and dissipate energy as heat. But it is unclear whether individuals with ample...

Oct 22, 2020 by News Staff

Consuming a high-flavanol diet was associated with a significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure and was inversely associated with blood...

Jan 8, 2020 by News Staff

Long-term treatment with lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) juice lowered the already elevated blood pressure and improved the function of blood vessels...

Nov 22, 2019 by News Staff

According to a review of previous prospective cohort studies, eating beans, lentils, peas, and other legumes reduces the risk for cardiovascular disease,...

May 28, 2019 by News Staff

Licorice root extract is not without health risks, according to a case study published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Demonstration...

May 6, 2019 by News Staff

A new study by researchers from the Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea, showed that secondhand smoke exposure was significantly associated...

Mar 8, 2019 by News Staff

Mid-day sleep significantly decreases systolic and diastolic blood pressure in people with arterial hypertension, according to new research. Poulimenos...

Nov 13, 2018 by News Staff

Low-dose treatment with trimethylamine N-oxide — a compound linked with the consumption of fish, seafood and a primarily vegetarian diet —...

Jun 25, 2018 by News Staff

A new study, for the first time, has compared the relationship between sodium (a component of table salt) intake and mortality, based on various methods...

Jun 19, 2018 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research, people with high blood pressure are at a higher risk of developing dementia; and...

Feb 2, 2018 by News Staff

Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3, can significantly restore the damage to the cardiovascular system caused by several diseases, including hypertension,...

Nov 16, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has found that in both mice and humans, a high-salt diet shrinks the population of a type of gut bacteria called Lactobacillus;...

Jul 18, 2017 by News Staff

A literature review of 37 studies has found that regular consumption of artificial sweeteners is associated with long-term weight gain and an increased...