hypertension (high blood pressure) Archive — Page 4 of 5

American Heart Association certification logo reading “CERTIFICATION” and “COMPREHENSIVE HYPERTENSION CENTER.”
January 24, 2019

Hypertension Center receives AHA certification

The Vanderbilt Comprehensive Hypertension Center has been awarded the American Heart Association’s Comprehensive Hypertension Center Certification, to recognize the practice’s commitment to following proven, research-based treatment guidelines to care for people with complex or difficult-to-treat hypertension, or high blood pressure.

By Matt Batcheldor
Five adults pose together indoors, with three seated in front and two standing behind.
December 31, 2018

Hundreds of new blood pressure gene variations discovered

By Bill Snyder
Manual blood pressure monitor with a blue cuff, round pressure gauge, black inflation bulb, and attached stethoscope on a white background.
September 27, 2018

Stretch, inflammation and hypertension

New research sheds light on how changes in blood vessel forces enhance immune cell activation and promote hypertension.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Three adults pose together indoors: a woman in a gray jacket, a man in a blue shirt, and an older man in a dark suit with a patterned tie.
September 6, 2018

Link between immune system, disease explored

The first Flexner Discovery Lecture of the academic year featured presentations by two Vanderbilt faculty members.

By Leigh MacMillan
Comic panel titled “CARDIAC CRUSADERS TO THE RESCUE! KEVIN & THE DOMESTIC DOUCHE,” showing costumed superheroes responding to a red emergency vehicle. Speech bubbles include “HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS IN THE CITY!”, “CRUSADERS, TO ARMS!”, and “THE CITY IS ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ALERT!”
June 7, 2018

VUMC team devises ‘novel’ idea to help improve hypertension education

Reading a comic book may improve the health of hypertension patients, or at least that’s the goal of a new study at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Kristin Smart
doctor checking patient's blood pressure
January 25, 2018

Study tracks sodium-potassium pathway

A six-member group of biomedical scientists from Europe and the United States, including Eric Delpire, PhD, MS, professor of Anesthesiology, has been awarded a $6 million grant to study the role of dietary potassium in hypertension.

By Paul Govern