CHICAGO — An intensive treatment approach to lower systolic blood pressure to a target of 120 mm Hg in patients with type 2 diabetes led to a lower risk of cardiovascular events than a standard ...

A trip to the eye doctor is not where most people expect to learn something urgent about their heart. Eye appointments exist ...

Twice as many Americans now face the increased risk of death that comes from having both high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, a new study reports. About 12% of the U.S. population had high blood ...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare recently raised the recommended target blood pressure for patients with diabetes. This may lead to more patients suffering from stroke or heart attack, ...

Managing hypertension is a critical aspect of diabetes disease management. Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, MACE: Let’s come back to hyperglycemia in a minute because this is the most ...

An estimated 38.1 million adults in the United States had diagnosed diabetes in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of these, about 90% to 95% had type 2 diabetes. A new ...

Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure share a genetic link, according to new research from the University of Surrey, U.K., and the Université de Lille, France. In a large-scale study, scientists ...

Diabetes often develops silently, but early detection can prevent complications. An endocrinologist explains warning signs, ...

With global hypertension and diabetes on the rise, researchers are investigating whether switching to potassium- or magnesium-based salts can help manage blood pressure without sacrificing taste or ...

To most doctors, and consequently to their patients, the disorders that are lumped under the name “high blood pressure” seem a world apart from the disease known as diabetes. The startling truth, ...

Huawei’s blood sugar tracking timeline shows how its watches moved from blood pressure monitoring to diabetes risk alerts, but not true glucose readings.