Mice fed a high-salt diet developed reduced blood flow to the brain, and the damage did not start in their blood vessels. It started in their gut. That finding, published in Nature Neuroscience, ...

The use of potassium-enriched salt has now been recommended by the National Hypertension Taskforce—Australia's peak body for blood pressure control—in a new position statement published in the Journal ...

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is one of the most common health problems in the world. Millions of people have it, and many do not even know because it often causes no obvious symptoms ...