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High Blood Pressure In Children Linked With Sleep Breathing Problems
Categorie : HypertensionChildren with high blood pressure may be at risk for sleep breathing disorders, according to a small study reported at the American Heart Association's 60th Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research.In the study, 60 percent of hypertensive children had a condition called ...
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Tue Oct 2006
The Lower The Better Where Blood Pressure Is Concerned
Categorie : HypertensionThe Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, today launched a new book showcasing the best in Australian health research from recent years. The '10 of the Best' book highlights ten world-leading medical research projects and includes the largest ever study of the effects of blood pressure loweri ...
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Wed Sep 2006
Hypertension News from Medical News Today
Categorie : HypertensionLatest Hypertension news updated throughout the day, every day ...
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Tue Aug 2006
Medscape Review Supports Effectiveness And Safety Of New Non-drug Blood Pressure Treatment
Categorie : HypertensionInterCure, Ltd., today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed clinical overview of seven clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of device-guided breathing. The study's authors conclude that RESPeRATE, an FDA-cleared over-the-counter therapeutic device, is an effective non-pharmacologic treatm ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Medscape Clinical Review Supports Effectiveness And Safety Of New Non-Drug Blood Pressure Treatment Option
Categorie : HypertensionInterCure, Ltd., todayannounced the publication of a peer-reviewed clinical overview of sevenclinical trials evaluating the efficacy of device-guided breathing. Thestudy's authors conclude that RESPeRATE, an FDA-cleared over-the-countertherapeutic device, is an effective non-pharmacologic treatment ...
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Mon Aug 2006
NicOx Completes Enrolment Ahead Of Schedule In ABPM Trial For Naproxcinod In Hypertensive Subjects
Categorie : HypertensionNicOx S.A. (Eurolist: NICOX) today announced that it has successfully completed subject enrolment in the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) trial for naproxcinod (HCT 3012). The randomization of 120 volunteer subjects with stable essential hypertension at 16 clinical centers in the United S ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Higher Blood Pressure Associated With Decline In Walking Ability In Older Persons
Categorie : HypertensionDecline in lower limb function is common in older people, and worsening gait is associated with increased risk of dementia and death. However, factors contributing to gait difficulties in older persons are not well understood. A study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggests that hi ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Enters Into Partnership Agreement On Anti-Hypertension And Hepatocellular Cancer Drugs
Categorie : HypertensionDainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP) and Bristol-Myers K.K. (BMKK) have concluded an agreement on the marketing rights of anti-hypertension and hepatocellular cancer drug. Under the agreement terms, BMKK will sublicense to DSP the development, manufacturing/marketing and marketing rights of irbesartan, ...
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Mon Aug 2006
NicOx Completes Enrolment Ahead Of Schedule In ABPM Trial For Naproxcinod In Hypertensive Subject
Categorie : HypertensionNicOx S.A.(Eurolist: NICOX) today announced that it has successfully completedsubject enrolment in the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) trialfor naproxcinod (HCT 3012). The randomization of 120 volunteer subjectswith stable essential hypertension at 16 clinical centers in the UnitedState ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Living Kidney Donors Have Higher Than Expected Blood Pressure Years After Kidney Donation
Categorie : HypertensionAn analysis of data from published research found that, after at least five years from donation, the blood pressure of kidney donors was 5 mm Hg higher than would be expected with normal aging (Article, p. 185).The authors note important problems with available studies such as lack of uniform defini ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Takeda Pharmaceutical Initiates Phase II Clinical Test For Compound TAK-491 For Treatment Of Hypertension
Categorie : HypertensionTakeda Pharmaceutical has announced that its investigational compound TAK-491 has entered into the Phase II clinical stage in the US and Europe. An angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) discovered by Takeda, TAK-491 helps lower blood pressure by suppressing the action of vasopressor hormone Angiotensi ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Food Standards Agency Salt Awareness Campaign Continues, UK
Categorie : HypertensionThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) will run a series of 10-second television adverts throughout the summer, in order to maintain momentum and consumer awareness of its salt public health campaign's key messages. The advert, which will be aired from 10 July through to October, is a shortened version of ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Takeda's Investigational Compound TAK-491 For Treatment Of Hypertension Enters Into Phase 2 Clinical Stage In The U.S. And Europe
Categorie : HypertensionOsaka, Japan, July 2006 --- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that its investigational compound TAK-491 has entered into Phase 2 clinical stage in the U.S. and Europe. TAK-491 is an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) discovered by Takeda and its mechanism of action is to lower bl ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Mylan Announces Tentative Approval For Amlodipine Besylate And Benazepril Hydrochloride Capsules
Categorie : HypertensionMylan Laboratories Inc.(NYSE: MYL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hasgranted tentative approval for Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Abbreviated NewDrug Application for Amlodipine Besylate and Benazepril HydrochlorideCapsules, 2.5 mg (base)/10 mg, 5 mg (base)/10 mg, 5 mg (ba ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Aortic Dissection: High Survival Seen For Patients With Condition That Killed John Ritter
Categorie : HypertensionNearly three years ago, actor John Ritter collapsed on the set of his sitcom, the victim of a rare but often deadly condition called aortic dissection -- a tear in the largest blood vessel in the body. His death brought international attention to the catastrophic condition, which strikes 10,000 Amer ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Hypertension Provokes Cardiac Insufficiency
Categorie : HypertensionThe Journal of the American College of Cardiology has just published, in its electronic edition, an article by researchers from the CIMA of the University of Navarra and the Hospital Donostia of San Sebastian. The article describes a newly-discovered mechanism through which the hearts of persons wit ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Ciphergen Reports Discovery Of Novel Biomarkers Linked To Pre-Eclampsia
Categorie : HypertensionCiphergenBiosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CIPH) announced the discovery of a panel ofbiomarkers present in urine that could distinguish pregnant women withpre-eclampsia from healthy pregnant women. The results were presented atthe 15th World Congress of International Society for the Study ofHypertension i ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Headway For Hydrocephalus: When Cerebrospinal Fluid Can't Go With The Flow
Categorie : HypertensionHydrocephalus occurs when there is an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain, usually due to a blockage of CSF outflow. In a study appearing in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Sanbing Shen and colleagues from the University of Aberdeen uncover how CS ...
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Mon Aug 2006
BioMarin Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Study Of 6R-BH4 In Poorly Controlled Hypertension
Categorie : HypertensionBioMarinPharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq and SWX: BMRN) today announced that the firstpatient has initiated treatment in the Phase 2 clinical study of 6R-BH4 forthe treatment of poorly controlled hypertension. The company expects toannounce data from this study in early 2007. "6R-BH4, commonly known ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Regenerating A Cerebellum
Categorie : HypertensionThe cerebellum arises from the anterior hindbrain according to signals from isthmic cells of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary (MHB). In this week's Journal, Köster and Fraser follow the remarkably plastic regeneration of cerebellar neurons after ablation. To track the neurons, the authors used transg ...
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Mon Aug 2006
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