News tagged with antihypertensive drugs
Blood pressure targets: Aiming lower offers no benefit
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Aiming for lower than standard blood pressure targets offers no known clinical benefit, according to a Cochrane Review. In a systematic review of the evidence, researchers found that using antihypertensive drugs to reduce ...
Computer-based phone calls raise awareness, control of blood pressure
May 05, 2009 |
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A simple, automated feedback system made hypertension patients more aware of their potentially fatal or disabling disease and helped them significantly lower their high blood pressure, according to a report published in Circulation: Ca ...
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New treatment significantly slows progression of eye damage in persons with type 1 diabetes
Jul 01, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Michael Mauer, M.D., has found a treatment that significantly slows the progression of eye injury in people with type 1 diabetes, a common complication caused by this disease. ...
Blood pressure drug telmisartan shows powerful activity against stroke
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Telmisartan, a drug widely used to help control blood pressure, may have uniquely potent activity in preventing stroke, according to a new study conducted in an animal model.
Gene variations associated with effectiveness of blood pressure medications
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Patients with hypertension and certain gene variations experienced varying results with some blood pressure medications, suggesting matching a patient’s genotype with certain hypertension medications could result in more ...
Racialization of drugs mobilizes prior conceptions of identity
Oct 23, 2008 |
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If we want to fully understand the allure of pharmaceuticals, we need to look beyond both medical efficacy and profit motives. A new study in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics shows that when we use claims about drugs ...
Relaxation training may improve control of hard-to-treat systolic hypertension
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Adding the relaxation response, a stress-management approach, to other lifestyle interventions may significantly improve treatment of the type of hypertension most common in the elderly. Among participants in a study conducted ...
Genes and drugs team up to lower blood pressure
Sep 13, 2007 |
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Patients with high blood pressure respond very differently to antihypertensive medication, making treatment selection tricky for physicians. But new research published in the online open access journal, BMC Medical Genetics, pinpoi ...
New research confirms milestone study on blood pressure meds
May 13, 2009 |
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New research supports the findings of a landmark drug comparison study published in 2002 in which a diuretic drug or "water pill" outperformed other medications for high blood pressure. A scientific team including investigators ...
Wrong dose of heart meds too frequent in children
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Infants and young children treated with heart drugs get the wrong dose or end up on the wrong end of medication errors more often than older children, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center to be ...
Members of consumer-driven health plans choosing less care
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) -- hailed since their inception in 2000 as a tool to help control costs -- are resulting in members forgoing care and discontinuing drugs to treat chronic medical problems, according to ...
Protein target for diabetes drug regulates blood pressure
Mar 04, 2008 |
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University of Iowa researchers have identified a molecular pathway in blood vessels that controls blood pressure and vascular function and may help explain why certain drugs for type II diabetes also appear to lower patients' ...
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