New 2025 guidelines focus on early intervention and lifestyle to manage high blood pressure

New 2025 guidelines focus on early intervention and lifestyle to manage high blood pressure

Preventing and managing high blood pressure with healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as following a heart-healthy diet including reducing salt intake, staying physically active, maintaining a healthy weight and managing stress—combined with early treatment with medication to lower blood pressure if necessary—are recommended to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney disease, cognitive…

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Study: The MIND diet, cognitive function, and well-being among healthy adults at midlife: a randomised feasibility trial. Image Credit: Elena Eryomenko / Shutterstock

Can brain-healthy eating improve your quality of life? This study tested it

Can changing your diet in your 40s protect your brain? This new study shows the MIND diet lifts mood and lifestyle—before cognitive decline begins. Study: The MIND diet, cognitive function, and well-being among healthy adults at midlife: a randomised feasibility trial. Image Credit: Elena Eryomenko / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal BMC Nutrition, researchers…

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