Medications
The lowdown on COVID-19 treatments
(HealthDay)—There's a lot of confusion about medications and COVID-19, so experts offer some answers.
Apr 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How do blood pressure medications affect outcomes among patients with COVID-19?
A new trial led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will evaluate whether the use of medications to treat high blood pressure affect outcomes among patients who are prescribed the medication ...
Apr 16, 2020
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Medical research
Changing what heart cells eat could help them regenerate
Switching what the powerhouses of heart cells consume for energy could help the heart regenerate when cells die, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The finding, published in the Feb. 20, 2020, Nature ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Cardiology
Common heart drugs linked with less heart damage from cancer therapy
Cancer patients receiving common heart drugs have less heart damage from cancer therapy, according to research presented today at EuroEcho 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). For every ...
Dec 4, 2019
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Cardiology
Most prescribed blood pressure drugs may be less effective than others
A new multinational study shows that the most popular first-line treatment for hypertension is less effective and has more side effects than an alternative that's prescribed much less often.
Oct 24, 2019
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Medications
Certain blood pressure meds tied to suicide risk in study
(HealthDay)—A common type of blood pressure medication might be associated with an increased risk of suicide, a new study suggests.
Oct 17, 2019
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Diabetes
Both natural variation in ACE concentrations and lowering BP with ACE inhibitors associated with lower risk of T2D
New research presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 September) shows that usage of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to ...
Sep 20, 2019
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Cardiology
Women missing out on the best heart care
The large-scale analysis carried out by La Trobe University researchers and published in Heart found that many Australians living with CHD are under-prescribed recommended medications, are not monitored for major risk factors ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Medications
Making sense of the recent blood pressure drug recalls
(HealthDay)—People taking blood pressure medications have faced a frightening and bewildering series of pharmaceutical recalls in recent months, as trace amounts of cancer-causing chemicals have been discovered in individual ...
Mar 8, 2019
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Cardiology
Clinical trial enrollment favors men
Clinical trial enrolment favours men, according to a study presented today at Heart Failure 2018 and the World Congress on Acute Heart Failure, a European Society of Cardiology congress. The study found that fewer women meet ...
May 28, 2018
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