Does your blood pressure increase in stressful situations? Well, a new study says that your phosducin gene could be responsible.
Researchers at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, have identified the role of a protein generated by the phosducin gene in modulating blood pressure in response to stress in both mice and humans.
Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Obesity Could Be Killer Combo For Early Death
People having obesity, high blood pressure and high blood sugar simultaneously are twice likely to have a heart attack and three times more likely to die earlier than the general population.
People having obesity, high blood pressure and high blood sugar simultaneously are twice likely to have a heart attack and three times more likely to die earlier than the general population.
Analysis in humans indicated that a number of phosducin gene variants were associated with certain stress-dependent blood pressure responses.
Further, one gene variant in particular was associated with elevated baseline blood pressure.
Blood Pressure Control Improved by Team-based Care Involving a Pharmacist
Study finds patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control
Study finds patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control
The study has been published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Salt Free Duet Key to Maintaining Healthy Blood Pressure
Research finds a move from a traditional diet to the sodium-laden Western diet is fuelling a spike in the blood pressure of the Inuit in Canada's North
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