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CPAP therapy could also lower BP (Photo: SPL)

Treat sleep apnoea to improve hypertension, suggests study

Using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat patients with sleep apnoea could reduce hi...

BP check: patient-led monitoring and dose adjustment could cut heart risks (Photo: SPL)

Patient-led dosing for hypertension improves BP control

Allowing hypertensive patients to monitor and adjust drug doses under a programme devised by their G...

Treating hypertension in middle age may prevent cognitive decline (Photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

Hypertension in middle age 'raises dementia risk' decades later

Developing hypertension in middle age is linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline, a risk fa...

BP control in primary care has improved substantially (photo: Jim Varney)

GP-led BP treatment 'saves tens of thousands of lives a year'

GP-led management of hypertension has doubled the number of treated patients with well-controlled BP...

BP checks: NICE will consider whether to develop QOF indicators for multimorbidity (photo: Jim Varney)

NICE to consider multimorbidity QOF indicators

QOF indicators for managing multiple long-term conditions will be considered by NICE advisors in Jun...

Stroke risk increases sharply with only a small rise in BP (photo: Zephyr/SPL)

Small rise in BP raises stroke risk

Any rise in BP above normal levels can greatly increase the risk of stroke, research suggests....

BP drugs may raise the risk of serious falls injuries (Photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

BP drugs raise serious falls risk

GPs should reassess whether BP treatment in certain elderly patients is worthwhile, according to res...

Diabetic foot checks would be included in the new composite indicator (Photo: iStock)

GPs face all-or-nothing QOF diabetes target under NICE plans

Eight annual diabetes checks should be bundled into one 'all-or-nothing' QOF target to drive up stan...

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