If you’re feeling unusually tired, dizzy, or just can’t stop thinking about salt, it may be worth discussing these symptoms with a doctor. Hormonal imbalances, like low aldosterone ...

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of heart disease and related deaths across the world, but high blood pressure usually does not show any signs or symptoms. Previous studies have shown that ...

In a nutshell One injection of zilebesiran every six months could replace daily blood pressure pills for some patients ...

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Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. It affects millions of people worldwide, and most cases of hypertension are classified as ...

Foamy urine could have a normal cause like rapid urination. But if it happens frequently, it could be caused by a medical ...

Lorundrostat, a novel therapy which blocks the production of aldosterone from the adrenal glands, demonstrated clinically meaningful and sustained reductions in blood pressure in 1,083 patients with ...

A seated saline suppression test had a high false-negative rate for predicting response to primary aldosteronism therapy. Novel tools are needed to better predict who may benefit most from adrenal ...

The aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR) has gained popularity as a screening test for primary hyperaldosteronism, a probably underdiagnosed cause of hypertension. However, studies have yielded varying ...

For patients who already have a positive result on a screening test for primary aldosteronism (PA), confirmatory testing with the seated saline suppression test (SSST) adds little to the ...

The seated saline suppression test couldn't discriminate between patients with suspected primary aldosteronism who would and would not respond to treatment. Most patients responded to treatment ...