High blood pressure puts extra force on the walls of your blood vessels. Over time, this pressure can cause the arteries leading to your kidneys to narrow, harden, or become stiff.

In the miles of blood vessels in the body and the yards of drainage tubules in the kidneys, a vast variety of troublesome conditions may cause high blood pressure.

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High blood sugar damages kidney blood vessels, reducing their ability to filter properly and increasing the risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, and other serious complications.

Scientists have discovered how long-term treatment of high blood pressure with commonly prescribed drugs can destroy the kidney's ability to filter and purify blood. The finding could open ...

• Compared to standard blood pressure targets, intensive (lower than standard) targets probably do not reduce deaths, serious unwanted and harmful events, or cardiovascular events (problems affecting ...

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a common problem that affects the body's arteries. If you have high blood pressure, the heart has to work harder to pump blood.

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MDMedically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Arteries are blood vessels in the body that carry blood away from the heart and throughout the body. There are ...

Lab-Made Kidneys Grown With Blood Vessels for the First Time These are asembloids, micrometric organoids formed by the union of kidney organoids with vascular organoids in 3D.