An editorial published in the latest issue of The Lancet suggests physicians might make quicker progress toward reducing global levels of uncontrolled hypertension if they reframe the condition as part of a patient’s whole health profile, rather than as an isolated disease.

Rates of hypertension have been climbing in the U.S. in recent years, according to an analysis by Blue Cross Blue Shield, and they’re growing fastest among millennials and adults in their mid-thirties and forties.

A multi-country study in Asia has revealed patients with both type 2 diabetes and heart failure face higher odds of structural CV abnormalities, a poorer quality of life and an increased risk of death.

An August 19 science advisory from the AHA states that a 4-gram dose of prescription omega-3 fatty acid medication can greatly reduce people’s triglyceride levels, but patients likely won’t see the same results if they turn to popular—yet unproven—fish oil therapies.

Advances in diabetes care over the past decade haven’t translated into better patient outcomes, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found, with just one in four U.S. adults with the disease meeting treatment goals between 2005 and 2016.

Making the switch from analog insulin to older types of the drug can save patients money, INSIDER reports—but it can also be dangerous.

Intensive blood pressure control resulted in fewer white matter brain lesions than standard BP control in a recent study of nearly 450 hypertensive patients, suggesting stricter hypertension management could have significant benefits for brain health.

Researchers on the International Space Station are leveraging the microgravity conditions within the ISS U.S. National Laboratory to study heart cells in ways we can’t on the ground.