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25 Research Groups From 15 Countries Will Study A Severe Complication Of Diabetes And Hypertension
Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2010.02.24]
SysKid, a large-scale integrating European research project, aims at understanding chronic kidney disease in the context of diabetes and hypertension...
Statement By American Heart Association President Clyde Yancy, M.D. On IOM Report On Hypertension
Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2010.02.23]
Millions of Americans are living with hypertension -- a ticking time bomb. From the age of 50 and onward, Americans have a 90 percent chance of developing hypertension. That is a startling risk for a condition that strongly predisposes to heart disease and stroke...
Experts: U.S. Is Neglecting Hypertension
Source: MedicineNet Kidney Failure Specialty [2010.02.23]
Title: Experts: U.S. Is Neglecting Hypertension
Category: Health News
Created: 2/23/2010 10:50:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/23/2010 10:50:22 AM
IOM Report On Reducing Hypertension Releases Feb. 22
Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2010.02.18]
High blood pressure is the second leading cause of death in the United States, triggering more than one-third of heart attacks and almost half of heart failures each year even though it is relatively easy to prevent and inexpensive to treat...
Hypertension Drugs May Cut Alzheimer's Risk
Source: MedicineNet ACE Inhibitors Specialty [2010.01.13]
Title: Hypertension Drugs May Cut Alzheimer's Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 1/13/2010 9:57:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/13/2010 9:57:27 AM
Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension
Source: MedicineNet Edema Specialty [2009.09.14]
Title: Drug Offers Hope Against Tough-to-Treat Hypertension
Category: Health News
Created: 9/13/2009 6:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 9/14/2009
Hypertension Linked to Thinking Problems in Middle Age
Source: MedicineNet Low Blood Pressure Specialty [2009.08.25]
Title: Hypertension Linked to Thinking Problems in Middle Age
Category: Health News
Created: 8/24/2009 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2009
Portal Hypertension
Source: MedicineNet Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Specialty [2008.09.13]
Title: Portal Hypertension
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/31/2005 8:20:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/13/2008
Preeclampsia (Pregnancy Induced Hypertension)
Source: MedicineNet Hydronephrosis Specialty [2008.05.07]
Title: Preeclampsia (Pregnancy Induced Hypertension)
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 11/14/1998 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/7/2008
ACC: Dual Action Antihypertensive Outperforms ARB Alone (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology [2010.03.16]
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- A novel agent that counteracts vasoconstriction as both an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) and neprilysin inhibitor appears to fight hypertension better than an ARB alone, researchers found.
ACC: ACCORD Vindicates Patient-Centered Cardiac Care in Diabetes
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology [2010.03.14]
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Individualized care is again the message in the wake of lipid and hypertension results from the ACCORD trial presented here at the American College of Cardiology meeting, leading cardiologists suggest in this exclusive InFocus™ report.
Growth Of Chronic Kidney Disease Highlights Need For Early Detection, Greater Knowledge Of Treatment Options
Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2010.03.12]
As the incidence of diabetes and hypertension continues to grow worldwide - and increasing numbers of patients progressing to kidney disease and kidney failure place a financial strain on public health systems - the need for early patient education about kidney disease and treatment options, including home-based treatments, has become critical...
Medicine To Lower Blood Pressure Significantly Decreases Risk For Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke
Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2010.03.09]
A long-acting ACE inhibitor used to reduce blood pressure significantly decreased the risk for cardiovascular disease, including stroke, in normal weight, overweight and obese patients, according to research reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
DASH Diet, Exercise, Calorie Restriction May Help Improve Mental Function, Heart Health In Overweight, Hypertensive Adults
Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2010.03.09]
The DASH diet, combined with exercise and calorie restriction, improved mental functioning by 30 percent in overweight adults with high blood pressure compared to those who didn't diet or exercise, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
Effectively Evaluating The Hemodynamics Of Gastric Varices
Source: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News From Medical News Today [2010.03.08]
Gastric varices (GV) are an important complication of portal hypertension. As an almost atraumatic method, computed tomography (CT) angiography has been used widely to show the portal vein system. However, the collateral circulation of GV in different locations has been reported only rarely...
Pycnogenol Lowers Elevated Urinary Protein Levels And Improves Blood Flow To The Kidneys
Source: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News From Medical News Today [2010.03.05]
An estimated one in ten adults suffers from kidney disease, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. A leading cause of kidney disease is hypertension, which effects one out of every four U.S. adults...
Children Of Assisted Reproductive Technology Face Genetic Health Risks
Source: Fertility News From Medical News Today [2010.02.23]
More than three million children have been born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies since the birth of the first "test tube baby" in 1978. While the majority of these children are healthy and normal, as a group they are at greater risk of certain kinds of birth defects and being low birth weight, which is associated with obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes later in life...
Shock wave therapy for kidney stones linked to diabetes
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Urology
Mayo Clinic researchers are sounding an alert about side effects of shock wave lithotripsy such as diabetes, hypertension.
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