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“Mozaffarian study disrespectful of consumers,” says Salt Institute Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 A recent attention-grabbing paper presented at the American Heart Association conference made the sensational claim that one in 10 Americans dies from eating too much salt. But according to Morton Satin, Vice President of Science and Research for the Salt Institute, “This misleading study did not measure any actual cardiovascular deaths related to salt intake, they simply made...

Pine Nut Oil.org released clinical study for Siberian pine nut oil in the comprehensive treatment of patients with arterial hypertension. New York, NY (PRWEB) March 25, 2013 In patients with arterial hypertension who are receiving basic hypertension treatment, the consumption of a 17.5 g daily dose of Siberian pine nut oil demonstrated a cholesterol lowering effect, was accompanied by the normalization of the lipid spectrum of the blood and systolic pressure, and a decrease in excess body...

Several diets, like the DASH diet and a Mediterranean-style diet, can help control blood pressure, and are good for the heart and all-around health. Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 25, 2013 Many people eat their way to high blood pressure (hypertension). It's also possible to eat your way out of it, according to the March 2013 Harvard Men's Health Watch. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan—low in animal fat and salt; abundant in blood-pressure-lowering...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- St Bartholomew's and the London NHS Trust (Barts) have enrolled their first patients in the ROX Medical CONTROL-HTN international randomized controlled hypertension trial. The CONTROL-HTN trial is evaluating the ROX FLOW procedure - creating a small connection between artery and vein in the upper leg - for the treatment of resistant hypertension. Dr. Mel Lobo and Prof. Mark Caulfield enrolled the first patients at Barts Hospital....

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A disturbing bit of news was reported Thursday at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Nutritional, Physical Activity and Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2013 Scientific Sessions. Tracking average sodium consumption globally, it was determined that intake from commercially prepared foods, table salt, and salts and soy added during cooking amounted to nearly 4,000 milligrams per day. From this...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Stress, hypertension, high blood pressure – no matter what you call it, researchers are warning it can increase the risk of dementia. And by controlling or preventing risk factors that lead to hypertension earlier in life, people may limit or delay the changes in their brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related cognitive declines, according to new research published in JAMA Neurology. The study, led by...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ROX Medical announced enrollment of the first UK patients in the CONTROL-HTN international randomized controlled trial of the ROX FLOW procedure for the treatment of resistant hypertension (high blood pressure). The first patients were enrolled at Eastbourne General Hospital, East Sussex, UK by Doctors Neil Sulke and Stephan Furniss. For the two patients randomized to treatment, the ROX procedure was performed in the Cardiac...

Vitamin D supplements significantly reduced blood pressure in the first large controlled study of African-Americans, researchers report in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. In the prospective trial, a three-month regimen of daily vitamin D increased circulating blood levels of vitamin D and resulted in a decrease in systolic blood pressure ranging from .7 to four mmHg (depending upon the dose given), compared with no change in participants who received a placebo....

Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) positively affects many cardiovascular diseases including high blood pressure. In this new video on high blood pressure and EECP, Sara Soulati, CEO of Global Cardio Care, details the benefits of this powerful treatment. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 12, 2013 Sara Soulati, CEO of Global Cardio Care, Inc., announced today the release of the third in a series of EECP and disease animation videos about hypertension as part of The Sara Soulati Health...

Infant girls exposed to high levels of the pesticide DDT while still inside the womb are three times more likely to develop hypertension when they become adults, according to a new study led by the University of California, Davis. Previous studies have shown that adults exposed to DDT (dichlorodiplhenyltrichloroethane) are at an increased risk of high blood pressure. But this study, published online March 12 in Environmental Health Perspectives, is the first to link prenatal DDT exposure...