Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
@spjuraschek.bsky.social
Internist, hypertension specialist, epidemiologist, and trialist interest in healthy food access, sodium, heart disease, blood pressure regulation, and gout
Reposted by Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
coool!, thanks!, registered!, I think I attended something similar last year hosted by @spjuraschek.bsky.social if I recall correctly, 🤓😃🙏💛
Lots of very grrreat #hypertension information!!, great professional educational initiative!, 🙏💛
Lots of very grrreat #hypertension information!!, great professional educational initiative!, 🙏💛
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
coool!, thanks!, registered!, I think I attended something similar last year hosted by @spjuraschek.bsky.social if I recall correctly, 🤓😃🙏💛
Lots of very grrreat #hypertension information!!, great professional educational initiative!, 🙏💛
Lots of very grrreat #hypertension information!!, great professional educational initiative!, 🙏💛
Turkey trot 2025!!
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Turkey trot 2025!!
Reposted by Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
#CardioSky #MedSky @cardioobdoc.bsky.social @aspcardio.bsky.social @cardioob.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social
Are you interested in #BloodPressure?
Please join me & the other invited speakers & moderators for #NHI #NHLBI online 2 Day Workshop!
Free Registration👉
web.cvent.com/event/e7c2bd...
Are you interested in #BloodPressure?
Please join me & the other invited speakers & moderators for #NHI #NHLBI online 2 Day Workshop!
Free Registration👉
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November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
#CardioSky #MedSky @cardioobdoc.bsky.social @aspcardio.bsky.social @cardioob.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social
Are you interested in #BloodPressure?
Please join me & the other invited speakers & moderators for #NHI #NHLBI online 2 Day Workshop!
Free Registration👉
web.cvent.com/event/e7c2bd...
Are you interested in #BloodPressure?
Please join me & the other invited speakers & moderators for #NHI #NHLBI online 2 Day Workshop!
Free Registration👉
web.cvent.com/event/e7c2bd...
Important paper highlighting limitations w/ classifying sodium or potassium responder/resistant states in the setting of BP measurement error.
Consistency of Blood Pressure Response to Potassium-Enriched Salt in the China Salt Substitute Study | Hypertension www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Consistency of Blood Pressure Response to Potassium-Enriched Salt in the China Salt Substitute Study | Hypertension www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Consistency of Blood Pressure Response to Potassium-Enriched Salt in the China Salt Substitute Study | Hypertension
BACKGROUND: Large between-person differences in blood pressure (BP) responses to sodium reduction,
potassium supplementation, and potassium-enriched salt have been suggested by prior
studies. However,...
www.ahajournals.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Important paper highlighting limitations w/ classifying sodium or potassium responder/resistant states in the setting of BP measurement error.
Consistency of Blood Pressure Response to Potassium-Enriched Salt in the China Salt Substitute Study | Hypertension www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Consistency of Blood Pressure Response to Potassium-Enriched Salt in the China Salt Substitute Study | Hypertension www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Excited to see our home BP results in press! Note no change in AOBP vs changes in self-monitored BP. We observed med intensification and de-intensification in response to the home BPs...makes you wonder about those getting less treatment based on home...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41259005/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41259005/
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Excited to see our home BP results in press! Note no change in AOBP vs changes in self-monitored BP. We observed med intensification and de-intensification in response to the home BPs...makes you wonder about those getting less treatment based on home...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41259005/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41259005/
The new AHA/ACC BP guidelines recommend against cuffless devices, but I learned one company is in over 150 health systems. Renal denervation may be a significant driver of the cuffless ABPM market with the new Medicare coverage checklist:
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The new AHA/ACC BP guidelines recommend against cuffless devices, but I learned one company is in over 150 health systems. Renal denervation may be a significant driver of the cuffless ABPM market with the new Medicare coverage checklist:
Delighted to share the main findings of GoFresh, a tremendous community effort! I'm incredibly grateful to our participants. More coming soon with our GoFreshRx trial (treated hypertension)!
DASH-Patterned Groceries and Effects on Blood Pressure jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
DASH-Patterned Groceries and Effects on Blood Pressure jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
DASH-Patterned Groceries and Effects on Blood Pressure
This randomized clinical trial investigates the effect of home-delivered Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) low-sodium groceries on blood pressure among Black adults in communities with fe...
jamanetwork.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Delighted to share the main findings of GoFresh, a tremendous community effort! I'm incredibly grateful to our participants. More coming soon with our GoFreshRx trial (treated hypertension)!
DASH-Patterned Groceries and Effects on Blood Pressure jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
DASH-Patterned Groceries and Effects on Blood Pressure jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I feel like I am increasingly in two zoom meetings at once...I found a way to arrange my headphones to listen to both, but I do find it difficult to focus on content at the same time (impossible to contribute simultaneously).
Any tips out there?
Any tips out there?
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I feel like I am increasingly in two zoom meetings at once...I found a way to arrange my headphones to listen to both, but I do find it difficult to focus on content at the same time (impossible to contribute simultaneously).
Any tips out there?
Any tips out there?
Please fill out this 10-minute survey from colleagues of Hypertension Canada on the standardized BP procedure.
redcap.link/barriers.to....
Feel free to fill out a survey for each clinical site where you measure BP in an outpatient setting.
redcap.link/barriers.to....
Feel free to fill out a survey for each clinical site where you measure BP in an outpatient setting.
Language
redcap.link
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Please fill out this 10-minute survey from colleagues of Hypertension Canada on the standardized BP procedure.
redcap.link/barriers.to....
Feel free to fill out a survey for each clinical site where you measure BP in an outpatient setting.
redcap.link/barriers.to....
Feel free to fill out a survey for each clinical site where you measure BP in an outpatient setting.
Reposted by Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
What are the benefits of joining the ISH?
Dean Picone from Australia gives his perspective on what ISH membership has meant to him.
Find out more about ISH membership options: ish-world.com/join-ish
Dean Picone from Australia gives his perspective on what ISH membership has meant to him.
Find out more about ISH membership options: ish-world.com/join-ish
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What are the benefits of joining the ISH?
Dean Picone from Australia gives his perspective on what ISH membership has meant to him.
Find out more about ISH membership options: ish-world.com/join-ish
Dean Picone from Australia gives his perspective on what ISH membership has meant to him.
Find out more about ISH membership options: ish-world.com/join-ish
Reposted by Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
The 22nd International Scientific Sessions of the Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH) take place from 15 to 17 January 2026 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Abstract submission is open until 31 October 2025.
Find out more: iashonline.org/iash-abstrac...
Abstract submission is open until 31 October 2025.
Find out more: iashonline.org/iash-abstrac...
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The 22nd International Scientific Sessions of the Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH) take place from 15 to 17 January 2026 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Abstract submission is open until 31 October 2025.
Find out more: iashonline.org/iash-abstrac...
Abstract submission is open until 31 October 2025.
Find out more: iashonline.org/iash-abstrac...
Important paper addresses how frequently should home BP monitoring be performed. They concluded every 12-months...I'm kind of a 6-month person myself if people are stable (aligned with semiannual monitoring), but monthly when titrating...thoughts?
journals.lww.com/jhypertensio...
journals.lww.com/jhypertensio...
journals.lww.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Important paper addresses how frequently should home BP monitoring be performed. They concluded every 12-months...I'm kind of a 6-month person myself if people are stable (aligned with semiannual monitoring), but monthly when titrating...thoughts?
journals.lww.com/jhypertensio...
journals.lww.com/jhypertensio...
Enough is enough:
RETREAT-FRAIL www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
OPTIMISE
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
DANTON
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
No mortality benefit (and potentially harm) from antihypertensive deprescription among frail older adults. Meta-analyze that!
RETREAT-FRAIL www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
OPTIMISE
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
DANTON
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
No mortality benefit (and potentially harm) from antihypertensive deprescription among frail older adults. Meta-analyze that!
Reduction of Antihypertensive Treatment in Nursing Home Residents | NEJM
Among older adults with frailty, evidence on the benefits and risks of discontinuing
antihypertensive drugs is limited. In a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial
conducted in France, we assign...
www.nejm.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Enough is enough:
RETREAT-FRAIL www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
OPTIMISE
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
DANTON
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
No mortality benefit (and potentially harm) from antihypertensive deprescription among frail older adults. Meta-analyze that!
RETREAT-FRAIL www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
OPTIMISE
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
DANTON
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...
No mortality benefit (and potentially harm) from antihypertensive deprescription among frail older adults. Meta-analyze that!
Reposted by Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
The ISH was very sad to learn of the death of Professor Graham MacGregor, an outstanding physician, hypertension researcher and tenacious public health advocate.
Graham was winner of the ISH’s most prestigious award in 2010.
Read more: ish-world.com/latest-news-...
Graham was winner of the ISH’s most prestigious award in 2010.
Read more: ish-world.com/latest-news-...
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The ISH was very sad to learn of the death of Professor Graham MacGregor, an outstanding physician, hypertension researcher and tenacious public health advocate.
Graham was winner of the ISH’s most prestigious award in 2010.
Read more: ish-world.com/latest-news-...
Graham was winner of the ISH’s most prestigious award in 2010.
Read more: ish-world.com/latest-news-...
Reposted by Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
Another vitamin D trial in AKI this time, and it still does not do much 😏
#Medsky🧪 #Immunosky #nephsky #publichealth the study found that treatment with either calcifediol or calcitriol did not significantly reduce #acutekidneyinjury (AKI) in critically ill adults, despite the activated forms of vitamin D upregulating relevant gene pathways.
JCI Insight -
Randomized trial of activated vitamin D for acute kidney injury prevention in critically ill patients
insight.jci.org
September 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Another vitamin D trial in AKI this time, and it still does not do much 😏
Reposted by Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
More in this PDF from 🍎 confirming the 41%
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HT @drjmluther.bsky.social and @erictopol.bsky.social
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HT @drjmluther.bsky.social and @erictopol.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
More in this PDF from 🍎 confirming the 41%
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HT @drjmluther.bsky.social and @erictopol.bsky.social
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HT @drjmluther.bsky.social and @erictopol.bsky.social
Neat study using spices/herbs to promote healthier food choices.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Culinary Medicine Program Using Herbs and Spices to Increase Vegetable Consumption Among Adults with Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study - Michelle Alcorn, Allison Childress, Wasiu...
Purpose Unhealthy diets contribute to hypertension. Culinary medicine (CM) combines cooking skills with medical science to improve eating behavior. This study a...
journals.sagepub.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Neat study using spices/herbs to promote healthier food choices.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sleep BP (or should I say SUPINE blood pressure) is associated with cognitive impairment in this cool pilot study.
doi.org/10.1093/ajh/...
doi.org/10.1093/ajh/...
Validate User
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Sleep BP (or should I say SUPINE blood pressure) is associated with cognitive impairment in this cool pilot study.
doi.org/10.1093/ajh/...
doi.org/10.1093/ajh/...
Really nice statement from the Thai Hypertension Society!
2025 Thai Hypertension Society Guidance for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adults - Wanthong - 2025 - The Journal of Clinical Hypertension - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
2025 Thai Hypertension Society Guidance for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adults - Wanthong - 2025 - The Journal of Clinical Hypertension - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Really nice statement from the Thai Hypertension Society!
2025 Thai Hypertension Society Guidance for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adults - Wanthong - 2025 - The Journal of Clinical Hypertension - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
2025 Thai Hypertension Society Guidance for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adults - Wanthong - 2025 - The Journal of Clinical Hypertension - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Neat study showing that different patterns of hypertension response to exercise are associated with cardiovascular disease events.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Evaluating Blood Pressure Response Patterns to Exercise Stress Testing | Hypertension
BACKGROUND: A hypertensive response to exercise unmasks hypertension and is associated with future
cardiovascular events. Yet, there is heterogeneity in blood pressure response patterns
to exercise by...
www.ahajournals.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Neat study showing that different patterns of hypertension response to exercise are associated with cardiovascular disease events.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...