Hypertension

A 2-fold rise in pediatric hypertension over 2 decades and new long-term imaging data signal a need to rethink how early clinicians act on elevated BP.

A new study reveals that the Preventive Health Inventory enhances diabetes and hypertension management among veterans without increasing hospitalizations.

Individuals who have chronic widespread pain showed a 75% increased risk of developing hypertension compared to fellow UK Biobank participants who were pain-free.

Nearly 40% of REDEFINE 1 participants taking antihypertensive medications reduced or discontinued their blood pressure drugs during the trial, Novo Nordisk reported.

AstraZeneca will share the positive topline 24-hour BP monitoring data with global regulatory authorities and present findings at the 2025 AHA Scientific Sessions.

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Zilebesiran’s twice-yearly dosing and sustained BP reductions could offer a new therapeutic approach for adults with resistant hypertension and high CV risk who are uncontrolled on current SOC regimens.

Analysis presented at AHA Hypertension 2025 showed fewer than 6% of US adults use salt substitutes, despite their potential to improve BP control.

Caissa Troutman, member of the Obesity Medicine Association, emphasizes the importance of shared decision-making in overcoming barriers.

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Updates to the 2017 guideline focus on new monitoring strategies, earlier intervention to reduce cognitive decline, improved perinatal care, and refined risk assessment.

Adequate sleep tops the 4 elements most important to CV health after menopause, with blood pressure, glucose levels, and smoking status close behind.

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ENDO 2025: The publications reflect growing consensus that integration of endocrine screening into standard clinical workflows is essential for early risk detection and long-term disease prevention.

Baxdrostat met the primary and all secondary endpoints, setting up a first regulatory filing for the selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor, according to AstraZeneca.

These new FDA-approved drugs include treatments for migraine, chronic spontaneous urticaria, RSV, and more.

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For individuals with T2D, findings are more than numeric; a 5-mm Hg reduction in SBP reduces stroke risk by 14%, CV events by 6%, and heart failure by 8%, authors wrote.

The novel triple fixed-dose combination of telmisartan, amlodipine and indapamide, is the first of its kind approved for initial treatment of hypertension.

Adults with both HTN and T2D had more than twice the risk of all-cause mortality and nearly three times the risk of cardiovascular mortality, according to new data.

Low-dose clorthalidone offers clinicians a new option for initiating treatment that may mitigate well-known metabolic adverse effects.

An EHR advisory that combined alerts to medical assistants with escalation to clinicians increased likelihood of hypertension control by a mean 18% per month.

Aprocitentan, when added to background therapy of at least 3 antihypertensive agents, led to clinically meaningful and sustained BP reduction in this preplanned subanalysis.

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Close monitoring for dnPPHTN during the first 2 weeks post-delivery is highly recommended for women determined to be at high risk for the hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.