In the largest randomized controlled trial of treatment for high blood pressure ever conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, two frontline two-drug combinations that included the long-acting calcium channel blocker, amlodipine, ...
Mar 18, 2019
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Experts already know there's a link between high blood pressure and stroke, but a growing body of research suggests yo-yoing blood pressure also might play a role.
Feb 6, 2019
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Patients who arrive at the hospital with heart-attack-like symptoms have had little recourse for their chest pain if scans came back clear, with no signs of blocked coronary arteries. Some of these cases are caused by a little-known ...
Dec 17, 2018
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New, improved ways to fight hypertension and low blood pressure may be in the offing, thanks to a discovery of how blood pressure is controlled. National University of Singapore researchers have found a new means of controlling ...
Jun 1, 2018
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In findings with potentially broad implications for the public's health, new research has found that some women who treat their high blood pressure with a class of drugs that relaxes the blood vessels were more likely to ...
Apr 20, 2018
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Older adults often receive drugs of questionable benefit during their last months of life, according to the first study conducted on the burden of end-of-life medications across an entire population. The authors advocate ...
May 15, 2017
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(HealthDay)—An experimental nasal spray helped treat a common rapid heart rate condition, researchers report.
May 12, 2017
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(HealthDay)—High blood pressure and high cholesterol are known risk factors for heart attacks and strokes, but it's unclear who needs medication to help manage these conditions, a new report suggests.
Apr 6, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland have identified a new way of blocking the spread of cancer. Calcium channel blockers, which are used to lower blood pressure, block breast and pancreatic cancer invasion by ...
Dec 16, 2016
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Researchers at the University at Buffalo have identified a critical step in myelination after birth that has significance for treating neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis, in which myelin is lost or damaged. ...
Dec 8, 2016
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