BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING

This study offers a free 3-month diabetes education program at a local faith-based organization for adults with diabetes or prediabetes in Jefferson County, Alabama. Participants attend group sessions on diet, exercise, and coping, and are paired with a community health worker fo…

This study tests whether adding a 10-week health coaching program from a community health worker to remote blood pressure monitoring helps women who had high blood pressure during pregnancy. 240 women will be followed for 6 months after delivery. The goal is to see if the combine…

This study looks at what happens when people stop taking the weight-loss drug semaglutide. Researchers want to see if slowly reducing the dose over 16 weeks helps maintain weight loss and heart health better than stopping all at once. The study involves 98 adults with obesity who…

This study is testing a chest-patch that uses light to measure blood pressure without a traditional arm cuff. Researchers will compare its readings over 24 hours to the standard cuff-based method in 600 adults with or without high blood pressure. The goal is to see if the patch i…

This study will check if the HUAWEI D2 smartwatch gives accurate blood pressure readings compared to the standard arm-cuff method. High blood pressure is a major health problem, and easy-to-use devices like smartwatches could help more people monitor it at home. The watch has alr…

This study looks at whether a 10-minute, non-invasive electrical stimulation on the outer ear can temporarily affect lung function in healthy adults aged 18-40. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either real stimulation or a sham (fake) version, and will do breathi…

This study tests a new pressure sensing sheath that measures blood pressure during heart or brain procedures. It compares this new method to the standard arterial line and arm cuff. The goal is to see if the new sheath is just as accurate and safe, while possibly being more comfo…