The more physically active you are, the less your blood pressure rises in response to a high-salt diet, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism/Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2011 Scientific Sessions. “Patients should be advised to increase their physical activity and eat less sodium,” said Casey M. Rebholz, M.P.H., […]
Blood pressure measured near the heart is significantly higher during sleep than originally thought, according to a new technology developed by scientists at UCL. Blood pressure at night is an important predictor of both stroke and heart disease, with previous research suggesting that blood pressure calculated via the arm decreases at night during sleep. But […]