HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- People with the early signs of hypertension appear to benefit from early treatment with blood pressure medication, new research shows.

Religious activities may significantly lower blood pressure, according to a study of over 5,300 African-Americans. Sharon Wyatt, the author of the study, says hypertension is the foremost risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease...

Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis has introduced two new hypertension drugs, Rasilez and Exforge, that claim to be effective at lowering blood pressure. Novartis said studies on Rasilez showed it significantly lowered blood...

Middle-aged to older U.S. residents have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, heart attack, stroke, lung disease and cancer than their English counterparts. According to an article in the May 3 issue of JAMA, the...

Reuters - In elderly men with high blood pressure (hypertension), the duration of anti-hypertensive treatment is associated with a reduced risk of dementia and cognitive decline, according to a report.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter New York, NY (AHN) - Researchers find that the blood pressure in super obese patients with untreated hypertension drops 18 months after bariatric surgery. The report shows the reduction was most dramatic in those with untreated hypertension prior to surgery....

Reuters - Weight-loss surgery has the added benefit of dropping high blood pressure levels as it slims morbidly obese patients, researchers said on Monday.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Boston, Massachusetts (AHN)—A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine offers intriguing insight into the possibility of postponing hypertension among the 59 million Americans whose blood pressure is slightly high. The results come from a rigorous...

AP - Reports of sudden deaths, strokes, heart attacks and hypertension in both children and adults taking drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are spurring new government study into the medications' safety.

AP - Reports of sudden deaths, strokes, heart attacks and hypertension in both children and adults taking drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are spurring new government study into the medications' safety.