A recent study found no significant differences in the consumption of fish oil supplements vs. cooked fish. Both sources of fish oil help lower the risk of heart disease.
In a study of 999 patients, researchers found that those with high blood pressure that wasn't adequately controlled with medication were at greater risk for disability in later years.
In a study of the medical records of 3 million people, researchers found that having migraines more than doubled the risk for stroke, including mini-strokes.
In a recent review of studies on vitamin D, researchers found that vitamin D supplementation lowered CRP levels and may help maintain healthy levels of inflammatory proteins (cytokines). They also found that men with vitamin D blood levels above 30 ng/ml were less likely to have high blood pressure than those with levels less than 15ng/ml.
A recent study found that Stage 1 hypertension patients who took 730 mg of quercetin per day for 28 days had reductions in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
This abstract on the anti-hypertensive effect of the purple passion fruit peel (PFP) extract, was presented at the Second International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables, FAV Health 2007.
In a recent study of overweight patients with high blood pressure, artery stiffness improved greatly in those who took 3g of fish oil per day, compared to those to took a placebo.
