Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

December 14 2012 20121214

Resources to Help You Stay Healthy in the New Year

August 2 2011 20110802

Why You Need to Explore Your Treatment Options

Clinicians & Providers

• Culturally Appropriate Storytelling To Improve Blood Pressure: A Randomized Trial
• EHC Program Inside Track Newsletter

Other Research & Data

• Korean Americans with high blood pressure who are confident they can achieve blood pressure control are more likely to do so
• Regular home blood pressure measurement raises the likelihood of blood pressure control among Korean Americans

Press Releases

October 18 2011 20111018

Birth Defects May Be Linked to High Blood Pressure, Not Use of ACE Inhibitors in Early Pregnancy

News & Numbers

March 3 2011 20110303

One in Four U.S. Adults Reported Having High Blood Pressure in 2008

June 30 2010 20100630

Blacks Hospitalized for High Blood Pressure Five Times More Often Than Whites

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

December 14 2012 20121214

Resources to Help You Stay Healthy in the New Year

August 2 2011 20110802

Why You Need to Explore Your Treatment Options

Other News & Events

• Administrative data alone are insufficient to understand equivalence of two common blood pressure drugs
• Blacks hospitalized for high blood pressure five times more often than
• Blacks treated at community health centers are less likely than Hispanics or whites to have controlled blood pressure
• Blood pressure control persists after physician-pharmacist intervention ends
• Delaying the control of blood pressure among middle-aged adults with diabetes
• For hypertensive patients with diabetes, blood pressure drops quicker with more frequent interactions with clinicians
• Korean Americans with high blood pressure who are confident they can achieve blood pressure control are more likely to do so
• Older persons with chronic kidney disease and lower systolic blood pressure have higher mortality rates
• One in four U.S. adults reported having high blood pressure in 2008
• Physician-pharmacist teams can help lower blood pressure
• Regular home blood pressure measurement raises the likelihood of blood pressure control among Korean Americans
• Self-monitoring of blood pressure along with nurse counseling leads to greater blood pressure control
• Study finds personal health records do not impact hypertension care
• Study provides rare look at patterns of use and spending for physical therapy
• Team-based care of patients with hypertension improves control of blood pressure