When combined with a diet low in saturated fats, eating walnuts may help lower blood pressure in people at risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a new Penn State study.
High blood pressure is among the most common medical conditions in the United States. It’s also among the most treatable.
Millions more people are considered to have high blood pressure due to new guidelines released recently. Dr. Steven Ettinger, an interventional cardiologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, says the new guidance is a step in the right direction.
High blood pressure is often thought of as a grown-up problem, but nearly one in 30 children suffer from the condition. Unfortunately, many of those pediatric cases go undetected.
Widely considered simply a malodorous toxic gas, hydrogen sulfide is now being studied for its probable role in regulating blood pressure, according to researchers.
Athletes who down beet juice before exercising to increase blood flow and improve performance may be surprised at the results of a recent study conducted at Penn State's Noll Laboratory. While beetroot juice rich in nitrates did not enhance muscle blood flow or vascular dilation during exercise, researchers found that it did "de-stiffen" blood vessels under resting conditions, potentially easing the workload of the heart.
Heart disease remains the top killer of women ages 20 and older, killing about one woman every minute. In honor of February being American Heart Month, Penn State’s Center for Women Students is sponsoring free blood pressure screenings from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Alumni Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center. The blood pressure screenings, which are open to the community, will be conducted by students from Penn State’s College of Nursing.
For millions of Americans, checking blood pressure is not something reserved for an annual medical visit. Because one in three American adults suffers from high blood pressure, regular and accurate blood pressure checks are important for correctly diagnosing and treating hypertension.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Christopher Sciamanna, M.D., M.P.H., is studying the effectiveness of home blood pressure monitoring and education about hypertension to help lower blood pressure.
Research volunteers are needed for a study investigating reductions in skin blood flow due to high blood pressure. Researchers are looking for men and women between 40 and 60 years of age. Participants must be in good general health, must not smoke, must not be overweight, must be moderately physically active, cannot be on heart or blood pressure medications, cannot be taking oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy and cannot be pregnant. Volunteer subjects will receive physical, cholesterol and blood pressure data, and monetary compensation will be provided. Four or five visits to the Noll Lab/General Clinical Research Center on the University Park campus will be required. For information contact Susan Beyerle at scb4@psu.edu or call 814-863-8556. The principal investigator is Lacy A. Holowatz.
One day in the summer of 1981, biochemist Judy Bond discovered an enzyme.
Bond, now head of the department of biological chemistry in Penn State's College of Medicine, was then at Virginia Commonwealth University. She and a visiting colleague from England, Rob Beynon, were studying diabetic mice, trying to determine the role of proteases (enzymes that specialize in protein breakdown) in the wasting processes of the disease.
