Stephen Juraschek MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
@spjuraschek
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Internist, hypertension specialist, epidemiologist, and trialist interest in healthy food access, sodium, heart disease, blood pressure regulation, and gout
Boston, MA
Joined June 2018
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?
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Please fill out this 10-minute survey from colleagues of Hypertension Canada on the standardized BP procedure. https://t.co/vD6uZxzhqL Feel free to fill out a survey for each clinical site where you measure BP in an outpatient setting.
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There are many🔥#CKM sessions at @AHAScience #AHA25 & looking forward to: "Everything You’ve Wanted To Ask a #Nephrologist About Managing #Hypertension but Were Too Afraid To! " Please join @EbeleUmeukeje Dr Roy Mathews & myself with🌟 Faculty @silvishah @spjuraschek & many
Hypertension is now recognized as a metabolic risk factor within the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome framework. The 2025 AHA/ACC Blood Pressure Guideline emphasizes early detection and comprehensive risk factor management—especially when hypertension coexists with
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🚨@AHAScience #AHA25🔥Sessions in 3 wks! Please join us on Friday Nov 7 at 12:30 pm➡️ Moderators: @marwahabdalla @DrEugeneYang myself Panelists: @DaichiShimbo @Kazuomi_Kario Speakers: @sjtaler, Dr H Johnson, @hokyoulee, Dr D Aristizabal @JoChikweMD @bnallamo @drstaceyrosen
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Artificial Sweeteners For Weight Loss? 1️⃣ Participants: 341 adults and 38 children with overweight or obesity. 2️⃣ Phase 1: 2-month low-calorie diet → at least 5% weight loss. 3️⃣ Phase 2: 10-month healthy diet with <10% energy from sugar. 4️⃣ Groups: One used sugar substitutes
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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? https://t.co/qe0k86R1Wd
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d BP over time, aiming to determine how frequently patients should self-monitor. Methods: Data from patients with home BP ≤135/85 mmHg on stable medication in the self-monitoring groups of two trials...
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Finishing clinic Friday and just putting it out there... Being a PCP is pretty awesome (despite our many challenges). Patients fill my cup!
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Investment in high-quality primary health care can save millions of lives. Since 2017, we’ve worked with global, regional and country–level partners to build and bolster comprehensive health care systems from the ground up. Next week, we’re co-hosting the 2025 International
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Enough is enough: RETREAT-FRAIL https://t.co/z6v67CEHQg OPTIMISE https://t.co/lFuSCZhOGg DANTON https://t.co/jrzJng1lg2 No mortality benefit (and potentially harm) from antihypertensive deprescription among frail older adults. Meta-analyze that!
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AbstractBackground. Based on observational studies and randomised controlled trials (RCTs), the benefit–harm balance of antihypertensive treatment in older
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Very much enjoyed your presentation @somijemmacho on interesting 🔦 of #BloodPressure #PGS to predict #BP control & Rx resistant #Hypertension at @AHAScience #Hypertension25 👏👏 ♥️ your proposal that “High PGS as “Risk-Enhancing” Factor”
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Happy to contribute to this work on supine hypertension, offering outpatient care recommendations and highlighting key research gaps in this overlooked cardiovascular risk factor #hypertension #cardiotwitter #SH
Excited to share this comprehensive review on supine hypertension led by brilliant resident @BIDMC_IM, Sally Zimmerman! @ruey_hu @PaulBeachDOPhD Supine hypertension and cardiovascular disease: controversies and advances: Future Cardiology
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Neat study useing spices/herbs to promote healthier food choices. https://t.co/4srakbBqOj
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Purpose Unhealthy diets contribute to hypertension. Culinary medicine (CM) combines cooking skills with medical science to improve eating behavior. This study a...
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Sleep BP (or should I say SUPINE blood pressure) is associated with cognitive impairment in this cool pilot study. https://t.co/F5wCpqYNsM
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AbstractBackground. Hypertension (HTN) is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment (CI). This study aimed to explore the relationship betw
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Really nice statement from the Thai Hypertension Society! @jenniferlcluett 2025 Thai Hypertension Society Guidance for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adults - Wanthong - 2025 - The Journal of Clinical Hypertension - Wiley Online Library
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More than 40 years of research has consolidated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) as a validated choice in out-of-office blood pressure (BP) measurement methods other than home BP measure...
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Neat study showing that different patterns of hypertension response to exercise are associated with cardiovascular disease events. https://t.co/0Q8FMAjVBP
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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...
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Thank you for featuring our work!
Supine #hypertension: an overlooked marker of cardiovascular risk? Read article by @spjuraschek and @DucGiao1 in the latest edition of Hypertension News. Read today: https://t.co/LbSygEaexU
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This is a fabulous award! I strongly encourage people to apply! https://t.co/m55lMmkCdh
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I am grateful to Dr @spjuraschek who made time to discuss with me how the new @American_Heart @ACCinTouch #BloodPressure #Guidelines which were ⭐️ @AHAScience discussions at #Hypertension25 will impact his #ClinicalPractice 🙏 Stephen
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