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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 ...
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Blood pressure drug combination reduces heart attack deaths
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Thousands of patients with high blood pressure could benefit from changing their drug treatment regimen to reduce their risk of cardiac death.
Diuretics associated with bone loss in older men
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Older men who take loop diuretics, commonly prescribed drugs for heart failure and hypertension, appear to have increased rates of hip bone loss than men who are not taking this medication, according to a report in the April ...
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 ...
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 ...
2-drug blood pressure therapy lowers cardiovascular risk
Mar 31, 2008 |
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An international blood pressure study comparing two single-pill drug combinations has yielded results so significant that the study has been stopped early – and the researchers say their findings might alter the way high ...
Potassium loss from blood pressure drugs may explain higher risk of adult diabetes
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretics commonly prescribed for high blood pressure could be the reason why people on those drugs are at risk for developing type ...
New chimeric mouse model for human liver diseases, drug testing
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Cells cultured in the lab are like a fish out of water. Often, their behavior does not reflect their biological function within an entire organ or organism, which, for example, turns studying human liver cells into a big ...
Licorice compound offers new cancer prevention strategy
Mar 23, 2009 |
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A chemical component of licorice may offer a new approach to preventing colorectal cancer without the adverse side effects of other preventive therapies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report.
High blood pressure in the doctor's office may not predict heart risks
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Continuously measuring blood pressure may help predict heart disease and related deaths among individuals with treatment-resistant hypertension, while blood pressure readings taken in a medical office do not appear to predict ...
Unusual three-drug combo inhibits growth of aggressive tumors
Sep 08, 2006 |
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An experimental anti-cancer regimen combined a diuretic, a Parkinson's disease medication and a drug ordinarily used to reverse the effect of sedatives. The unusual mixture inhibited the growth of aggressive prostate tumors ...
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