http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Large fluctuations in blood pressure from day to day are a warning sign for African Americans with kidney disease, indicating that they may face an increased risk of dying prematurely. That is the conclusion of a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The findings highlight the importance of routine blood pressure monitoring in patients with kidney disease, and they suggest that treatments that address large fluctuations may improve health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-blood-pressure-premature-death-african.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:00:04 EST news282498068 Efforts to reduce underage exposure to alcohol advertising by implementing time restrictions have not worked, according to new research from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy. The report, published in the Journal of Public Affairs, confirms what Dutch researchers had already learned in that country: time restrictions on alcohol advertising actually increase teen exposure, because companies move the advertising to late night. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-restrictions-tv-advertisements-ineffective-youth.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:42:07 EST news274628516