Special Considerations in the Treatment of Diabetic Hypertensive Patients • Systemic Hypertension • Jul 20 07 Hypertensive patients with diabetes are at particularly high risk for cardiovascular events. More aggressive treatment of hypertension in these patients prevents progressive nephropathy, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Treatment… Hypertension - Developing an Antihypertensive Regimen • Systemic Hypertension • Jul 20 07 Historically, data from a number of large trials support the overall conclusion that antihypertensive therapy with diuretics and β-blockers has a major beneficial effect on a broad spectrum of cardiovascular outcomes.… Complications of Untreated Hypertension • Systemic Hypertension • Jul 20 07 Complications of hypertension are related either to sustained elevations of blood pressure, with consequent changes in the vasculature and heart, or to atherosclerosis that accompanies and is accelerated by long-standing hypertension. Most of… Goals of Hypertension Treatment • Systemic Hypertension • Jul 20 07 Treatment should ideally be offered to all persons in whom blood pressure reduction, irrespective of initial blood pressure levels, will reduce overall cardiovascular risk (see above). Blood pressure targets for hypertensive patients at… Hypertension Nonpharmacologic Therapy • Systemic Hypertension • Jul 20 07 Lifestyle modification may have an impact on morbidity and mortality. A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy foods and low in saturated and total fats (DASH diet) has been shown to… High Blood Pressure May Mask Potentially Deadly Heart Condition • High Blood Pressure news • Jul 10 07 New research published in Psychophysiology finds a relationship between increased blood pressure and decreased pain perception in a variety of circumstances, including among individuals with heart disease. This… Consumption of small amounts of dark chocolate associated with reduction in blood pressure • High Blood Pressure news • Jul 04 07 Eating about 30 calories a day of dark chocolate was associated with a lowering of blood pressure, without weight gain or other adverse effects,… Personalized Medicine for High Blood Pressure • High Blood Pressure news • Jun 21 07 “One important characteristic of biology is its diversity, its variation. It’s why personalized medicine is so important.” Personalized medicine refers to the use of diagnostic and screening methods that exploit knowledge… Release of new guidelines on the management of arterial hypertension • High Blood Pressure news • Jun 13 07 Sophia Antipolis, France: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) have released new Guidelines on the management of Arterial Hypertension, which… Researchers discover link between common sleep disorder and high blood pressure • High Blood Pressure news • Jun 12 07 An international team of researchers, led by Emory University clinician scientists, has found evidence that people suffering from moderate to severe cases of restless legs syndrome… Exercise training helps control blood pressure • High Blood Pressure news • Jun 12 07 Exercise training helps patients with high blood pressure, or “hypertension,” control their heart rate and reduce their blood pressure, new research shows. In the study, Dr. Mateus C. Laterza of… Home blood pressure monitoring deemed very useful • High Blood Pressure news • Jun 08 07 For tracking heart risk, taking blood pressure readings regularly at home beats out measurements in the doctor’s office, or even expensive 24-hour blood pressure monitoring with a portable recorder, according… To Get BP Under Control, Combination of Medicines May Be Best • High Blood Pressure news • May 21 07 Single tablets containing two drugs may be the key to increasing blood pressure control rates from 36 percent to over 80 percent in the U.S. ANN… One pill may be better than two for treating patients with high blood pressure • High Blood Pressure news • May 14 07 Adults with high blood pressure and additional risk factors for heart disease may benefit more from taking one tablet rather than two, if… Cocoa, not tea, calms blood pressure, study says • High Blood Pressure news • Apr 10 07 Some may see a cup of tea as soothing but chocolate is more likely to lower one’s blood pressure, German researchers reported on Monday. Foods rich in cocoa appear… Study identifies steps to improve safety of renal artery stenting • High Blood Pressure news • Mar 26 07 High blood pressure is the most common chronic medical condition in the United States, and the most common identifiable cause is narrowing of a kidney artery, called… Heavy coffee drinkers show no blood pressure rise • High Blood Pressure news • Mar 21 07 Coffee lovers who are in good health may have little reason to cut back, at least as far as their blood pressure is concerned, a new study suggests. Because… New research finds that cholesterol busting statins also reduce blood pressure • High Blood Pressure news • Mar 09 07 A new study led by researchers at Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick reveals that patients using cholesterol busting statins get a bonus benefit… Body’s Internal Clock Controls Blood Pressure • High Blood Pressure news • Feb 22 07 It has been known for decades that heart attacks and strokes occur most frequently in the early-morning hours. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have provided the… Child’s trauma may affect parents’ health • High Blood Pressure news • Feb 20 07 The stress of having a child go through a life-threatening event may have long-term health consequences for parents, a new study suggests. Researchers in the Netherlands found that parents of teenagers… Common Blood Pressure Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy in Mice • High Blood Pressure news • Jan 22 07 Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents… Hypertension, prehypertension in young linked with heart enlargement • High Blood Pressure news • Jan 08 07 Hypertension and prehypertension in adolescents and young adults was associated with a higher risk of having an abnormally enlarged heart, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart… A drink may help high blood pressure risk • High Blood Pressure news • Jan 03 07 Men with high blood pressure are usually advised to avoid alcohol, but U.S. and Dutch researchers said on Tuesday that a drink or two every day may reduce their… Risk factors for hypertension start young • High Blood Pressure news • Dec 22 06 By age 10, some black children already have high nighttime blood pressure, an early signal of impending cardiovascular disease, a new study shows. As they grow up, black children also show… Surprising Interaction between Genes, Gender, and Hypertension • High Blood Pressure news • Dec 16 06 In surprising results, a study of more than 1,200 patients with extremely low or high blood pressure by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine… Page 12 of 17 pages « First < 10 11 12 13 14 > Last » << Back to main
