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High hormone levels put young black males at risk for cardiovascular disease
Increased levels of the hormone aldosterone in young black males correlate with an unhealthy chain of events that starts with retaining too much salt and results in an enlarged heart muscle, researchers say.
The findings indicate physicians may want to reach for aldosterone inhibitors early in their effort to control blood pressure and reduce cardiovascular risk in young black males.
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Posted in Alumni, Cardiovascular Disease, Colleges, Faculty, Grants, Groups, Medical College of Georgia, Research, Staff, Students
Tagged aldosterone, blood pressure, Cardiovascular Disease, Diana G. Murro, Dr. Gregory A. Harshfield, eplerenone, hypertension, Institute of Public and Preventive Health at Georgia Health Sciences University, Medical College of Georgia, National Institutes of Health, Pediatric Nephrology, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, sodium
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Life Skills training helps teens manage anger, lower blood pressure
A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, researchers report.
Health and physical education teachers taught anger and stress management to 86 ninth graders in Augusta, Ga., and found their ability to control anger increased, their anxiety decreased and their blood pressures were generally lower over the course of a day compared to 73 of their peers who received no intervention, according to a study published in the journal Translational Behavioral Medicine.
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Posted in Alumni, Cardiovascular Disease, Faculty, Groups, Research, Staff, Students
Tagged anger, anxiety, blood pressure, Dr. Redford B. Williams, Dr. Vernon A. Barnes, Dr. Virginia P. Williams, Duke University’s Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Lung and Blood Institute, National Heart, Translational Behavioral Medicine, Williams LifeSkills Inc.
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Stress prompts some to retain as much salt as eating fries
When stressed, about 30 percent of blacks hold onto too much sodium, the equivalent of eating a small order of fast food French fries or a small bag of potato chips, researchers say.
“This response pattern puts you under a greater blood pressure load over the course of the day and probably throughout the night as well, increasing your risk of cardiovascular disease,” said Dr. Gregory Harshfield, hypertension researcher at the Institute of Public and Preventive Health at Georgia Health Sciences University.
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Posted in Alumni, Cardiovascular Disease, Faculty, Groups, Research, Staff, Students
Tagged angiotensin receptor blockers, Behavioural Economics Hypertension Session of the Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference, blood pressure, Cardiovascular Disease, Dr. Gregory Harshfield, hypertension, sodium, stress
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Study examines whether lower blood pressure reduces kidney disease progression
Georgia Health Sciences University is enrolling patients in a federally funded study to determine if a lower blood pressure reduces the progression of kidney disease. Continue reading
Posted in Grants, Medical College of Georgia
Tagged blood pressure, kidney disease, kidney disease progression
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