POSTS TAGGED AS hypertension

A Possible Urine Test for Cancers and Metabolic Syndrome

Pillar-like molecules as biosensors
Japanese biochemists report that a pillar shaped compound can bind with the metabolite 1-methylnicotinamide to form a [MORE]

Hypertension, Hypotension and COVID-19

Blood Pressure and Covid
This from the American Heart Association:  “Our study suggests low blood pressure in a person with a [MORE]

Sleep, Hypertension and the Microbiome

Human gut biome
From nursing research at the University of Illinois-Chicago: “The gut microbiota, via the production of metabolites entering the [MORE]

Microbial Nanocellulose in a Wearable Sensor

Microbial nanocellulose sweat sensor
Microbial nanocellulose is a skin substitute, already used in wound dressings.  Researchers at the University of São [MORE]

Uromodulin in Hypertension

Uromodulin Tamm-Horsfall protein
From German medical scientists: “Uromodulin has been associated with arterial hypertension in genome-wide association studies, but data from [MORE]

Salt and Immunity

Fast food meals affects macrophages
Sodium chloride is a simple substance, but inside the human body its effect is by no [MORE]

Free Radicals in Salt Sensitive Hypertension

Free radicals from immune cells cause salt-sensitive hypertension
Salt sensitive hypertension has a complicated physiology—perhaps arising in the kidney, the brain, [MORE]

Digital Therapeutics

Digital Therapeutics
Perhaps you’ve seen the advertisements for the weight loss program “Noom.”  It is a software product that tries to [MORE]

Smallest Multi-Sign Wearable Monitor

Multi-Vital ECG Sensor
An adhesive bandage about the width of a quarter and two dimes is a mind’s eye picture of [MORE]

Blood Pressure Monitoring Ear Buds

Valencell ear bud blood pressure measurement
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas two months ago, biometric device maker Valencell [MORE]

Implantable Device Controls Heartbeat and Blood Pressure

Barostim Neo in body drawing
A pacemaker-like implantable device stimulates the carotid artery in a way that reduces risk of heart [MORE]

Implant for Remote Controlled Disease Management

Remote control implantable drug delivery system
“Researchers from Houston Methodist successfully delivered continuous, predetermined dosages of two chronic disease medications using [MORE]

Cuffless BP Monitor

Aktiia – cuffless BP monitor
Neuchatel, in the mountains of western Switzerland, has been a center for precision manufacturing for over [MORE]

Biomarker for Salt Sensitive Bood Pressure

Salt Sensitivity
Most people have heard the caution about dietary salt increasing blood pressure, and the blanket advice that all people [MORE]