November 18, 2024 Kidney Damage Caused by Blood Pressure Drugs Explained

The new kidney damage findings could open the door to better ways to manage high blood pressure and other vascular diseases.

January 11, 2022 Blood Pressure Drugs May Cause Kidney Damage, Study Suggests

New research is raising concerns that long-term use of drugs commonly prescribed to treat high-blood pressure and heart failure could be contributing to kidney damage.

March 9, 2020 UVA Discovers Why Obesity Causes High Blood Pressure

Researchers have determined precisely how obesity causes high blood pressure and identified potential ways of treating that form of high blood pressure.

April 12, 2018 Why Is My Blood Pressure Sensitive to Salt? This Gene May Explain Why

Researchers at the School of Medicine and George Washington University School of Medicine have discovered how a gene variant found…

July 18, 2017 High Blood Pressure: Could Aggressive Treatment Lead To Kidney Damage?

Aggressive combination treatments for high blood pressure that are intended to protect the kidneys may actually be damaging the organs,…