Heart health

Sleepless nights can hike teens’ blood pressure

Poor sleep habits can do more than annoy parents and make teenagers drowsy in school — they can lead to high blood pressure, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. Teens who slept fewer than 6 1/2 hours a night had more than twice the risk of high blood pressure and those with troubled sleep had more...

Pioneering heart surgeon DeBakey dead at 99

Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99. DeBakey died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston from "natural causes," ac ....

Treating blood pressure may ward off dementia

Treating high blood pressure in the very elderly may help reduce their risk of developing dementia, researchers said. Blood pressure treatment in the over-80 set has already been shown to reduce risk of heart problems and fatal strokes. "There may be an additional benefit in terms of prevention of ...