http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A study published today, in JAMA (October 21) by Nancy M. Albert and colleagues, exploring aldosterone antagonist usage among US patients hospitalised with heart failure, found that only one-third of patients meeting current US Clinical Practice Guidelines criteria were actually being treated (1). http://www.physorg.com/news175338357.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:02 EST news175338357 Consuming an amino acid commonly found in vegetable protein may be associated with lower blood pressure, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news166117631.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:50:10 EST news166117631 Pediatricians now have a new and simple way to diagnose a serious problem facing our nation's children - thanks to David Kaelber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., MetroHealth System pediatrician, internist, and chief medical informatics officer and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher and faculty member. Nearly 75% of cases of hypertension and 90% of cases of prehypertension in children and adolescents go undiagnosed. http://www.physorg.com/news162541832.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 07:31:25 EST news162541832 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, along with an international team of collaborators, have identified common genetic changes associated with blood pressure and hypertension. The study, reporting online next week in Nature Genetics, breaks new ground in understanding blood pressure regulation and may lead to advances in hypertension therapy. http://www.physorg.com/news161182734.html Medicine & Health Sun, 10 May 2009 14:01:16 EST news161182734 New data published in the March 31, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology show that patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who achieve very low levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol along with normal systolic blood pressure have the slowest progression of CAD. The results suggest that patients with CAD should be treated to the most stringent target levels so that they can achieve optimal results from their lipid lowering and antihypertensive therapies. http://www.physorg.com/news157048445.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:34:38 EST news157048445 Individuals with diastolic blood pressure under 70 mm Hg coupled with an elevated systolic blood pressure may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke than indicated by the systolic blood pressure values alone, according to a UC Irvine study. http://www.physorg.com/news154201804.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:51:34 EST news154201804 A French study reported in the 12th January issue of Archives of Internal Medicine has found a strong correlation between blood pressure and outdoor temperature in a large sample of the elderly.(1) As a result, the investigators advise that, during periods of extreme temperatures, careful monitoring of blood pressure and antihypertensive treatment "could contribute to reducing the consequences of blood pressure variations in the elderly". http://www.physorg.com/news151325578.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:52:58 EST news151325578 An audio relaxation program lowered blood pressure more than a Mozart sonata in a group of elderly people with high blood pressure, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 62nd Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research. http://www.physorg.com/news140885721.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:55:21 EST news140885721 The pace of weight gain in early childhood may be associated with increased blood pressure in adulthood, according to a report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news139590862.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:14:22 EST news139590862