The health effects of social isolation and loneliness have been put under a microscope as people have endured months of social distancing from their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social support and self-care have been important coping strategies during this stressful time. But the full scope of the mental and physical health implications of having limited contact with family and friends remains unclear. Continue reading →

A recent study published in the Journal of Hypertension indicates that there is a direct association between social ties and risk of hypertension in women. Continue reading →

A recent national survey in 2019 found that 3.9 million adult Malaysians have diabetes and almost half of them have raised blood glucose but were not diagnosed to have diabetes. From these undiagnosed diabetic Malaysians, more than half of them were workers. The same survey found 6.4 million adult Malaysians have hypertension and only half of them were aware they have the disease. Continue reading →

High blood pressure is a common condition whereby the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is consistently too high. This pressure gradually causes your arteries to harden and narrow, which means the heart has to work harder to pump blood around the body. Continue reading →

Eating lots of foods with flavanols antioxidants found in certain fruits, veggies, tea, and cocoa may be good for your blood pressure, according to a study published in October 2020 in Scientific Reports. Researchers examined data on blood pressure and cardiovascular disease as well as results from urine tests, looking for biomarkers of flavan-3-ol a substance that indicates how much flavanol is in the diet for more than 25,000 adults in the U.K. Systolic blood pressure the top number, which shows how much pressure blood exerts on artery walls when the heart beats was about 1.9 millimeters of mercury (mmHG) lower in men and about 2.5 mmHG lower in women with the highest flavanol intake than it was among their counterparts with the lowest flavanol intake. Continue reading →

Overview for Hypertension Drugs Market Helps in providing scope and definitions, Key Findings, Growth Drivers, and Various Dynamics. Continue reading →