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| Some African-Americans With Chronic Kidney Disease Benefit From Lower Blood Pressure Goal | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| On average, a lower blood pressure goal was no better than the standard blood pressure goal at slowing progression of kidney disease among African-Americans who had chronic kidney disease resulting from high blood pressure, according to results of the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK), the largest and longest study of chronic kidney disease (CKD) ... | |
| Lower Blood Pressure May Preserve Kidney Function In Some Patients | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Intensively treating hypertension in some African Americans with kidney disease by pushing blood pressure well below the current recommended goal may significantly decrease the number who lose kidney function and require dialysis, suggests a Johns Hopkins-led study publishing in the New England Journal of Medicine Thursday. "This is not a panacea. We have a lot more to figure out... | |
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| Potential For New Antihypertensives From Study Of System For Eliminating Salt | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| A study of the body system that deals with Americans' love affair with salt may yield more insight into why so many end up hypertensive and how to better treat them. A team of scientists from the Medical College of Georgia, the University of Utah and the University of Texas at San Antonio is looking at how the kidneys know you've eaten too much salt and what they do to eliminate it... | |
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| Award-Winning Study: Hardening Of The Arteries Doubles The Risk Of Mortality | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 |
| Research prize for Bochum's medics They also pointed out that the disease can be diagnosed and counteracted by means of a simple comparison between arm and ankle blood pressure carried out by a GP. Their highly regarded work has now been conferred the Best PAD Research Award 2010 by the Peripheral Arterial Disease Coalition... | |
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| Hypertension Drug Tekamlo (Aliskiren And Amlodipine) Approved By FDA | Sat, 28 Aug 2010 |
| Novartis' single pill combination of aliskiren and amlopidine - Tekamlo - has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of hypertension. Data revealed that Tekamlo significantly reduced blood pressure compared to amlodipine or aliskiren (Tekturna) alone. The medication has been approved in tablet form... | |
| Most Salads Have Too Much Salt, UK Study | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| A British study of 270 salads and pasta bowls purchased from retail outlets, supermarkets, cafes and fast food restaurants revealed that a surprising number of them contained more than half of our daily recommended salt intake... | |
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| NICE Guideline To Drive Down A Leading Cause Of Maternal Death - Hypertension In Pregnancy | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 |
| A small amount of aspirin a day could help certain groups of pregnant women keep a potentially serious and sometimes fatal condition at bay. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says this is just one of a number of ways to help prevent and treat hypertension (high blood pressure) before, during and after pregnancy... | |
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| The Lethal Mix Of Binge Drinking And High Blood Pressure | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| People with hypertension (high blood pressure) who binge drink are much more likely to die than other individuals, says a study published in the medical journal Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. The definition of hypertension in this study was blood pressure of at least 168 /100 millimeters of mercury... | |
| Health Disparities Exist Among Black And Hispanic Kidney Donors | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| Black and Hispanic kidney donors are significantly more likely than white donors to develop hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, according to new Saint Louis University research published in the August 19, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "We've long known that diabetes and hypertension disproportionately affect blacks and Hispanics... | |
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| Generics As Good As Expensive New Blood Pressure Meds | Sat, 14 Aug 2010 |
| Expensive brand-name medications to lower blood pressure are no better at preventing cardiovascular disease than older, generic diuretics, according to new long-term data from a landmark study. Paul Whelton, MB, MD, MSc, reported the results on Aug. 13 at the plenary session of the China Heart Congress and International Heart Forum in Beijing... | |
| Potential Treatment For Pulmonary Hypertension | Fri, 13 Aug 2010 |
| Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta are one step closer to a treatment for a deadly disease. Pulmonary arterial hypertension, which is high blood pressure in the lungs, currently has only a few treatment options but most cases lead to premature death. It is caused by a cancer-like excessive growth of cells in the wall of the lung blood vessels... | |
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| Hypertension And Chili Peppers | Thu, 05 Aug 2010 |
| For those with high blood pressure, chili peppers might be just what the doctor ordered, according to a study reported in the August issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. While the active ingredient that gives the peppers their heat - a compound known as capsaicin - might set your mouth on fire, it also leads blood vessels to relax, the research in hypertensive rats shows... | |
| Risk Of Dying From Coronary Heart Disease Drops By 50% In USA | Tue, 03 Aug 2010 |
| Americans have halved their risk of dying from coronary heart disease over the last two decades by smoking less, watching their cholesterol and reducing their high blood pressure. Even though current therapies for heart disease have also contributed towards the drop, by far the biggest factor has been preventing heart disease from developing in the first place... | |
| Treating Multiple Sclerosis With Antihypertensive Drug | Thu, 29 Jul 2010 |
| Researchers in Heidelberg and Stanford have discovered a new signalling pathway of brain cells that explains how widely used antihypertensive drugs could keep inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) in check. The peptide angiotensin not only raises blood pressure but also activates the immunological messenger substance TGF beta on a previously unknown communication pathway in the brain... | |
| Researchers Identify Risks Of Hypertension In Young Adults | Wed, 28 Jul 2010 |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers reveal in a new, large-scale study that "normal" blood pressure at age 17 can still predict hypertension at early adulthood and that teenage boys are three to four times more likely to develop high blood pressure in early adulthood than girls... | |
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