News tagged with arterial hypertension


Activated carotid bodies key in metabolic disruption

(HealthDay)—Activation of carotid bodies (CB) by insulin may account for increased sympathoadrenal activity that results in insulin resistance (IR) and arterial hypertension, according to an experimental ...

Diabetes created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamin D supplements may help African Americans lower blood pressure

Vitamin D supplements significantly reduced blood pressure in the first large controlled study of African-Americans, researchers report in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

Cardiology created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Erectile dysfunction drug fails for diastolic heart failure patients

Despite high expectations for a commonly used erectile dysfunction drug to treat patients with diastolic heart failure, no beneficial effects were found in a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd ...

Cardiology created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sildenafil for heart failure does not result in significant improvement in exercise capacity

Among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (a measure of heart function), administration of sildenafil (commercially known as Viagra) for 24 weeks, compared with placebo, did not result in significant ...

Cardiology created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breathtaking: New treatments for a fatal lung disease

Research paves the way for new approaches in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a progressive lung disease that can lead to heart failure within three years.

Medical research created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research shows commonly prescribed medications could have adverse effects

A research team with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta reported findings that significantly improve understanding of how widely used drugs in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) affect the ...

Medications created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds Nutrisystem improves arterial function in obese, postemenopausal women

(Medical Xpress)—Arturo Figueroa, a researcher in the Florida State University College of Human Sciences, has confirmed with a team of researchers that Nutrisystem, with or without low intense resistance exercise, improves ...

Health created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study links low wages with hypertension, especially for women and younger workers

Workers earning the lowest wages have a higher risk of hypertension than workers with the highest wages, according to new research from UC Davis.

Health created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Disruption of cellular signaling identified in pulmonary arterial hypertension

(Medical Xpress)—Impairment of a key signaling cascade in the pulmonary blood vessels plays an important role in pulmonary arterial hypertension, a Yale study has found. The study appears in the advance ...

Medical research created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Radio waves to kidneys lower persistent high blood pressure

Directing short bursts of radio waves at nerves surrounding the kidneys lowered blood pressure for at least six months and up to one year among patients with hypertension that persists regardless of taking multiple medications ...

Cardiology created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Liver transplant outcomes no worse with echo abnormalities

(HealthDay)—Intracardiac shunts (ICSs), diagnosed using an echocardiogram, or mild or moderate pulmonary hypertension (PH), do not affect short- or long-term mortality in liver transplant candidates, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HTN risk up for african-american live kidney donors

(HealthDay)—African-American live kidney donors have a significantly increased risk of hypertension compared with non-donors, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in the American Journal of Tr ...

Other created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pulmonary hypertension combination therapy may lead to greater disease burden

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) receiving combination therapy with intravenous (IV) PGI2 may suffer from greater disease burden compared with those receiving monotherapy or combination therapy, excluding ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breakthrough could help sufferers of fatal lung disease

Pioneering research conducted by the University of Sheffield is paving the way for new treatments which could benefit patients suffering from the fatal lung disease pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Medical research created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hypertension not so simple

A recently published editorial in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (JASH), "Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Should Be Included in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES)," re ...

Cardiology created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0