Compared with previous hypertension treatment guidelines, the Joint National Committee (JNC 8) guidelines advise higher blood pressure goals and less use of several types of antihypertensive ...

The argument for cost-effectiveness has become important in the care of patients with diabetes and other comorbidities, as patients typically take multiple medications, each with its own cost-both to ...

BETHESDA, Maryland — There's a page on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) website with a table that tracks the progress of three "expert panels" and two "working groups" charged ...

New 2025 high blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology emphasize ...

Controlled BP levels keep patients alive Panel members from the Eighth Joint National Committee recommend including higher BP cutoffs for older patients and for patients with chronic kidney disease or ...

ACC/AHA: Hypertension Management Guidelines Update Underway The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have started to work on a new guideline for the management ...

The JNC 8 guidelines and the AHA, ACC, and ASH advisory panels share a basic definition of hypertension for a younger segment of the population as a blood pressure equal to or greater than 140/90 mm ...

NEW YORK, NY — Another day, another set of hypertension guidelines—or so it is starting to seem for cardiologists and primary-care physicians who've yearned for years for new guidance, only to see ...

The Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) guidelines on hypertension have generated great interest among physicians. These guidelines differ from those published in 2003 (the JNC 7)—in the document ...

Application of the 2014 Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) hypertension guidelines to the US population could result in almost 6 million fewer adults receiving antihypertensive medications than ...