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For High Blood Pressure Patients, Preventing Or Reducing Enlarged Heart Decreases Risk Of Heart Failure

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For high blood pressure patients, preventing or reducing enlarged heart (left ventricular hypertrophy or LVH) reduces risk of heart failure. The study is published in the Sept. 4 Annals of Internal Medicine and led by physician scientists at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center ...

read more For high blood pressure patients, preventing or reducing enlarged heart (left ventricular hypertrophy or LVH) reduces risk of heart failure. The study is published in the Sept. 4 Annals of Internal Medicine and led by physician scientists at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Pre-Eclampsia Linked With Low Vitamin D During Pregnancy

Categorie : Hypertension
Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, according to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. [click link for full article] ...

read more Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, according to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. [click link for full article] read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Death Rate In Type 2 Diabetes Reduced By Blood Pressure Drugs

Categorie : Hypertension
The largest-ever study of treatments for type 2 diabetes has shown that a combination of two blood pressure lowering drugs reduced the risk of death, as well as the risks of heart and kidney disease. The ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease) Study was led by researchers at The George ...

read more The largest-ever study of treatments for type 2 diabetes has shown that a combination of two blood pressure lowering drugs reduced the risk of death, as well as the risks of heart and kidney disease. The ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease) Study was led by researchers at The George read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

AZOR(TM) Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of High Blood Pressure

Categorie : Hypertension
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AZOR(TM) (amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil) for the treatment of hypertension, also known as high blood pressure. [click link for full article] ...

read more Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AZOR(TM) (amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil) for the treatment of hypertension, also known as high blood pressure. [click link for full article] read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Pharmacopeia Confirms Blockade Of Angiotensin II Response With First In Class PS433540 (DARA)

Categorie : Hypertension
Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced confirmation of the ability of PS433540 (DARA) to block the angiotensin II (AII) response in a Phase 1 trial in healthy volunteers. Numerous similar studies with other agents t ...

read more Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced confirmation of the ability of PS433540 (DARA) to block the angiotensin II (AII) response in a Phase 1 trial in healthy volunteers. Numerous similar studies with other agents t read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Hopes For Pre-Eclampsia Cure From Heart Drug

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Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are trying to determine whether a drug already available to heart patients can also be used to delay delivery in expectant mothers with severe preeclampsia. If so, this groundbreaking study would give hope to hundreds of thousands of ...

read more Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are trying to determine whether a drug already available to heart patients can also be used to delay delivery in expectant mothers with severe preeclampsia. If so, this groundbreaking study would give hope to hundreds of thousands of read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Pharmacopeia Initiates Phase 2 Hypertension Study With PS433540 (DARA)

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Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced the initiation of a Phase 2a clinical study of PS433540, the company's lead internal product candidate. PS433540 is a dual-acting angiotensin and endothelin receptor antag ...

read more Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced the initiation of a Phase 2a clinical study of PS433540, the company's lead internal product candidate. PS433540 is a dual-acting angiotensin and endothelin receptor antag read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Blood Pressure Control In The Brain Being Explored 25 Years After Discovery

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A discovery made 25 years ago about how the brain controls blood pressure regulation is only now being explored with the help of scientists from the Howard Florey Institute.Eminent German scientist, Prof Wilfrid Jänig, is in Melbourne this month to collaborate with Florey scientists, Dr R ...

read more A discovery made 25 years ago about how the brain controls blood pressure regulation is only now being explored with the help of scientists from the Howard Florey Institute.Eminent German scientist, Prof Wilfrid Jänig, is in Melbourne this month to collaborate with Florey scientists, Dr R read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs Taken By Only Half Of Hypertensive California Adults

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About half of California adults diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension, do not take medication to lower it, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 61st Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research.Of those who do, regularly seeing a doctor mak ...

read more About half of California adults diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension, do not take medication to lower it, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 61st Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research.Of those who do, regularly seeing a doctor mak read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Hypertension Study Finds Memory Tasks Require More Coordinated Brain Blood Flow

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Blood flow to the parts of the brain that support memory function differs between people with high blood pressure and those with normal blood pressure, and this difference seems to increase when high blood pressure is treated with medications, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's ...

read more Blood flow to the parts of the brain that support memory function differs between people with high blood pressure and those with normal blood pressure, and this difference seems to increase when high blood pressure is treated with medications, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Friedrich Luft Received Novartis Award For His Research On Hypertension

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Physician and hypertension researcher, Professor Friedrich C. Luft, from Berlin, Germany has received the Novartis Award for Hypertension Research from the American Heart Association in Tuscon, Arizona, USA. He was honored for his research on the genetic causes of hypertension, the effects of pertur ...

read more Physician and hypertension researcher, Professor Friedrich C. Luft, from Berlin, Germany has received the Novartis Award for Hypertension Research from the American Heart Association in Tuscon, Arizona, USA. He was honored for his research on the genetic causes of hypertension, the effects of pertur read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Low Levels Of Exercise Can Drive Down Blood Pressure

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Even low levels of weekly exercise can drive down blood pressure and boost overall fitness according to new research for the University of Ulster. The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, reveals that even 30 minutes of moderate exercise, three times a week, can si ...

read more Even low levels of weekly exercise can drive down blood pressure and boost overall fitness according to new research for the University of Ulster. The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, reveals that even 30 minutes of moderate exercise, three times a week, can si read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Patients Unable To Remember Which Medications They Use During Visits To Doctors

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Doctors rely on patients to accurately tell them what prescription medications -- and what dosages -- they are taking in out-patient visits. (A patient's chart may not always be available or complete.) That information is essential for physicians to monitor whether a drug is work ...

read more Doctors rely on patients to accurately tell them what prescription medications -- and what dosages -- they are taking in out-patient visits. (A patient's chart may not always be available or complete.) That information is essential for physicians to monitor whether a drug is work read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Women With High Or Increasing Blood Pressure Are Up To Three Times More Likely To Develop Diabetes

Categorie : Hypertension
One of the largest studies to investigate the relationship between blood pressure and type 2 diabetes has found that women who have high blood pressure levels are three times more likely to develop diabetes than women with low blood pressure levels. This effect was independent of body mass i ...

read more One of the largest studies to investigate the relationship between blood pressure and type 2 diabetes has found that women who have high blood pressure levels are three times more likely to develop diabetes than women with low blood pressure levels. This effect was independent of body mass i read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Receive Protection From Stroke And Heart Attacks

Categorie : Hypertension
New research, published in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology by The George Institute for International Health in Sydney, has found that lowering blood pressure protects stroke victims with Chronic Kidney Disease from further strokes or heart attacks. Given the high risk of cardiovascular ...

read more New research, published in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology by The George Institute for International Health in Sydney, has found that lowering blood pressure protects stroke victims with Chronic Kidney Disease from further strokes or heart attacks. Given the high risk of cardiovascular read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Combined Daytime And Night Time Blood Pressures Crucial Prognostic Indicators

Categorie : Hypertension
Blood pressure should be monitored throughout the whole 24-hour period, with the value of each daytime and night-time blood pressures dependent on outcome being measured, according to a report in The Lancet, this week's edition. Professor Jan Staessen, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, ...

read more Blood pressure should be monitored throughout the whole 24-hour period, with the value of each daytime and night-time blood pressures dependent on outcome being measured, according to a report in The Lancet, this week's edition. Professor Jan Staessen, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Vitae Pharmaceuticals And Boehringer Ingelheim Announce A Major Collaboration To Develop Novel Treatments For Diabetes And Metabolic Diseases

Categorie : Hypertension
Boehringer Ingelheim and Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that they have established a major collaboration to develop and commercialize 11beta-HSD1 inhibitors. Compounds which inhibit 11beta-HSD1, an enzyme involved in cortisol production, may have utility in the treatment of diabetes ...

read more Boehringer Ingelheim and Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that they have established a major collaboration to develop and commercialize 11beta-HSD1 inhibitors. Compounds which inhibit 11beta-HSD1, an enzyme involved in cortisol production, may have utility in the treatment of diabetes read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Cleviprex™ (Clevidipine Butyrate) Rapidly Reduced Blood Pressure And Maintained Control In Study Of Patients With Acute Hypertension

Categorie : Hypertension
The investigational antihypertensive drug Cleviprex™ (clevidipine butyrate injectable emulsion) rapidly reduced blood pressure and maintained blood pressure control in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute hypertension, according to data from the Phase III trial VELOCITY* ...

read more The investigational antihypertensive drug Cleviprex™ (clevidipine butyrate injectable emulsion) rapidly reduced blood pressure and maintained blood pressure control in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute hypertension, according to data from the Phase III trial VELOCITY* read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

MedImpact Study Highlights Treatment Challenges Among Those Suffering From Hypertension

Categorie : Hypertension
MedImpact, the nation's largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company that does not sell drugs, announced research findings showing that many individuals who suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension) don't always take important prescription medications that help control their condition. Und ...

read more MedImpact, the nation's largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company that does not sell drugs, announced research findings showing that many individuals who suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension) don't always take important prescription medications that help control their condition. Und read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Blood Pressure In Postmenopausal Women May Be Improved By Soy Nuts

Categorie : Hypertension
Substituting soy nuts for other protein sources in a healthy diet appears to lower blood pressure in postmenopausal women, and also may reduce cholesterol levels in women with high blood pressure, according to a report in Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.The American ...

read more Substituting soy nuts for other protein sources in a healthy diet appears to lower blood pressure in postmenopausal women, and also may reduce cholesterol levels in women with high blood pressure, according to a report in Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.The American read more Sun Jun 2007 Sun Jun 2007

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