Combination Diuretic, ARB, and CCB Approved for Treatment of Hypertension
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MAy 02, 2009
A study in the April issue of the journal SLEEP is the first to demonstrate that chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep time is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension...[read article]
Insomnia with short sleep related for hypertension
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April 27, 2009
A study in the April issue of the journal SLEEP is the first to demonstrate that chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep time is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension...[read article]
New Calcium Channel Blocker Safe, Effective for Hypertensive Emergencies
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April 25, 2009
Clevidipine, an investigational dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, rapidly and safely reduced blood pressure in patients with severe acute hypertension, according to a report from investigators in the eValuation of the Effect of uLtra-shOrt-acting Clevidipine In the Treatment of patients with severe hYpertension (VELOCITY) trial...[read article]
Former Prisoners at Higher Risk of Future Hypertension
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April 22, 2009
a new prospective analysis of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study shows [1]. As a result, improved healthcare access and in particular the identification and treatment of high blood pressure should be a priority in formerly incarcerated individuals..[read article]
FDA Warns on Tysabri, Plavix Promotional Links
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April 09, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to Biogen Idec Inc and Sanofi-Aventis about sponsored links on Internet search engines for their most important drugs that fail to provide required safety information..[read article]
Hypertension Partially Explains Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Survival
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March 13, 2009
High blood pressure accounts for some of the disproportionately higher mortality rates among African American patients with breast cancer compared with Caucasian patients, according to an article in the International Journal of Cancer for March ..[read article]
New Steps Uncovered On Pathway To Enlarged Heart
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FEB 24, 2009
Researchers have new insight into the mechanisms that underlie a pathological increase in the size of the heart. The research, published by Cell Press the journal Molecular Cell, may lead to the development of new strategies for managing this extremely common cardiac ailment that often leads to heart failure..[read article]
Hypertension Disparity Linked To Environment
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FEB 23, 2009
Social environment may play a greater role in the disparity between the numbers of African Americans living with hypertension compared to non-Hispanic whites with the disease. A study by ...[read article]
More People Are Living With Rather Than Dying From Hypertension
Now, the good news: The percentage of those getting...
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FEB 22, 2009
First, the bad news: More American adults have hypertension (high blood pressure) and prehypertension than ever before. Now, the good news: The percentage of those getting...
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Hypertension Control Boosts Term Birth in Diabetics
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FEB 21, 2009
Intensive antihypertensive therapy leads to improved pregnancy outcomes in women with type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria or nephropathy, Danish researchers report in the January issue of Diabetes Care.
"Diabetic women with kidney involvement have an increased risk of complications in pregnancy leading to..[read article]
Blood Pressure Variability And Classification Of Prehypertension And Hypertension In Adolescence
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FEB 20, 2009
UroToday.com - A study by Dr. Bonita Falkner, et al., examined the presence and persistence of the prehypertension and hypertension classifications as well as the progression of prehypertension to hypertension in pediatrics. They analyzed the data from..[read article]
Menopause Does Not Cause Increased Blood Pressure, Studies Find
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FEB 18, 2009
Increases in blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk occurring in women after menopause do not result from menopause itself, according to two new studies reported in the October Journal of Hypertension. The journal is ...[read article]
Research On New Drug To Treat Retinopathy, Diabetes UK
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FEB 16, 2009
New research claims that blood pressure drug Candesartan could cut the risk of people with diabetes developing retinopathy, a condition that can lead to blindness.The study found that people with Type 1 diabetes who were given the drug were almost a fifth less likely to develop the condition...[read article]
Scientist Plans To Test For Blood Pressure Genes Affected By Age
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FEB 14, 2009
A geneticist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston plans to scan the genomes of about 4,000 people in the hopes of finding out why blood pressure often increases as young adults age....[read article]
Study Finds Antioxidant Deficiency Linked To Pulmonary Hypertension
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FEB 12, 2009
A recent study shows that a loss of antioxidants in the endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the lungs contributes to the loss of vasodilator effects and, ultimately, to the development of pulmonary hypertension. The findings appear in Clinical and Translational Science....[read article]
High Blood Pressure Takes Big Toll On Small Filtering Units Of The Kidney
But all bets are off in the face of high blood pressure.
"How does the kidney know how to do it and why does it break in hypertension?" says Dr. Edward W. Inscho...
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FEB 11, 2009
Take a kidney out of the body and it still knows how to filter toxins from the blood. But all bets are off in the face of high blood pressure.
"How does the kidney know how to do it and why does it break in hypertension?" says Dr. Edward W. Inscho...
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