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(Michigan State University) Despite the fact mental health problems are more common than high blood pressure and diabetes combined, about two-thirds of mental health patients are cared for entirely by primary care providers without proper training.A new five-year, $1 million grant allows Michigan State University to develop an intensive three-year residency curriculum focused on primary care mental health, the result of which means better-trained physicians meeting patients' needs.

Most Americans eat more salt than federal guidelines call for, increasing their risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke, a new CDC report shows.

Women who take blood pressure drugs called ACE inhibitors during the first trimester of their pregnancy may be no more likely to have babies with birth defects than women with hypertension who take other types of high blood pressure medication or no blood pressure drugs at all, according to a new study.

Millions of Americans with restless legs syndrome (RLS) may also have an increased risk for one of the biggest risk factors for heart disease -- high blood pressure.

Amid record drug shortages, resellers are stockpiling chemotherapy treatments, high blood pressure medications and other life-saving drugs they purchase from intermediate distributors - and peddling them to hospitals for markups of up to 4,000%.

(American Physiological Society) Scientists have now begun to understand kidney damage on a cellular level and how the activity of certain molecules in damaged kidneys contributes to salt and water retention in nephrotic syndrome.

Several new insights in this area of research are presented at an upcoming meeting.

More than 20 new sections of genetic code have been linked to high blood pressure by an international team of scientists.

Patients thought to have high blood pressure should have the diagnosis confirmed at home, doctors in England and Wales have been told.

(American Society of Nephrology) Heart disease causes 35 percent of deaths in young adults with chronic kidney disease.

Children with only mildly impaired kidney function experience poor growth, delayed puberty, metabolic problems, and high blood pressure.

Treating these conditions during childhood might slow kidney disease and prevent heart-related deaths in young adults.

PARIS (AP) -- Taking care of your body just might save your mind. Millions of cases of Alzheimer's disease worldwide could be prevented by curbing risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and lack of exercise, new research suggests....