When women are hypertensive their physicians should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that at high levels damages the cardiovascular system, scientists say. When women are ...

A drug that has been used to slow progression of kidney and cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes may also help people with chronic kidney disease who do not have diabetes, according ...

A bi-polar hormone that can contribute to strokes and minimize their damage is emerging as a therapeutic target in the battle against these brain attacks, researchers say. "It costs about $56 billion ...

The emerging role of aldosterone in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases has prompted a renewal of interest in therapeutic approaches designed to interfere with the action of this ...

A steroid hormone called aldosterone is linked to an increased risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published in the European Heart Journal [1] ...

Baxdrostat instead targets aldosterone more directly, aiming at a hormonal driver that specialists increasingly see as central in difficult cases of hypertension. AstraZeneca and independent ...

In the PA diagnostic flow chart, the Endocrine Society guidelines recommend that a positive ARR screening should be followed up with one out of four confirmatory tests, to demonstrate that the ...

Scientists have now developed a new drug called baxdrostat, which offers hope by lowering blood pressure in these tough cases ...

‌Hyperaldosteronism is a condition in which your adrenal gland makes too much of the hormone aldosterone. Ongoing high blood pressure that’s hard to control, extreme thirst, or excessive peeing, may ...

A trial testing the aldosterone blocker spironolactone in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF ...