The purpose of this study is to learn more about access to food and blood pressure. Our researchers would like to explore different ways of helping people get better access to food and see if it can help improve their blood pressure. Some people will get help from a community health worker, and others may get meals made for people with high blood pressure. The goal is to find out which way works best. We are looking for volunteers who have high blood pressure and experience a lack of regular access to food.
Study Topics
Opinions, Social Issues
Weight, Metabolism, Nutrition
Wellness and Lifestyle
Blood Pressure
Stroke survivors are at high risk of having another stroke; one in four will have another stroke. Hypertension is a leading cause of stroke. The purpose of this study is to help patients who have had a stroke to control and lower their blood pressure to prevent another stroke. We will compare two ways to do this: clinic visits with health education and personalized telehealth care. This study will help us find out which method works best for different patients. We are looking for volunteers who have had a stroke and have been discharged home from acute care or acute inpatient rehabilitation facility.
Study Topics
Stroke
Blood Pressure
Pulmonary hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection is a type of heart failure where the heart does not relax and fill with blood properly. This causes high pressure in the blood vessels in your lungs and makes it harder to breathe. The purpose of this study is to learn more about the medicine levosimendan for people with this condition. We want to see if this medicine can help people walk farther by improving heart and lung function.
Study Topics
Heart Health
Blood Pressure
The purpose of this study is to learn more about different blood cell counts among people from Africa or the Middle East. People from these areas have fewer white blood cells because they don't have a certain red blood cell marker called the Duffy marker. This is normal and not harmful. The goal of this study is to find better blood count ranges for these people to improve their medical care.
Study Topics
Healthy Volunteers
Minority Health
Blood Pressure
The purpose of this study is to compare two ways to improve care for non-Hispanic Black patients with high blood pressure. The first way provides care to patients electronically through phone and video visits. The second way is in person, at a doctor's office, the way someone might normally seek care. All patients will receive a cuff to self-monitor their blood pressure at home. We want to see which way would work better.
Study Topics
Minority Health
Blood Pressure
