Treatment Of Lung Hypertension Does Not Help Patients With Chronic Bronchitis (Medical News Today)

Patients with chronic smoker's bronchitis often suffer from increased pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lung (pulmonary hypertension). The blood pressure increases further during exercise and can lead to severe limitation of physical activity.

Olive Leaf to Treat Hypertension (WebMD)

A study shows olive leaf extract is effective in lowering blood pressure.

Allopurinol May Lower Blood Pressure In Teens With Hypertension (Medical News Today)

The drug allopurinol, which lowers uric acid levels, appears to reduce blood pressure in adolescents with newly diagnosed hypertension, according to a preliminary report in the August 27 issue of JAMA. Hypertension is commonly associated with hyperuricemia (elevated blood level of uric acid, a by-product of normal chemical processes in the body and found in the urine and blood).

Blood pressure pill works well in kids, study shows (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The blood pressure drug valsartan (sold as Diovan) safely and effectively lowers blood pressure in youngsters aged 1 to 5 years who have high blood pressure (also called hypertension), a study shows.

CORRESPONDENCE: Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly (New England Journal of Medicine)

To the Editor: In his editorial accompanying the article by Beckett et al.1 on the results of the Hypertension in ...

Drug Designed To Lower Uric Acid Levels May Be Useful For Hypertension (Medical News Today)

According to a report published in the August 27 issue of JAMA, a drug that lowers uric acid levels, allopurinol, also seems to lower blood pressure in adolescents with newly diagnosed hypertension (high blood pressure).

Study shows Cleviprex is safe & effective for hypertension (PharmaBiz)

The Medicines Company announced that the results of Velocity, a pivotal phase-3 safety and efficacy trial of its new intravenous (IV) therapy Cleviprex (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion, were published in the August issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Allopurinol May Lower Blood Pressure in Teens With Hypertension (Newswise)

The drug allopurinol, which lowers uric acid levels, appears to reduce blood pressure in adolescents with newly diagnosed hypertension, according to a preliminary report in the August 27 issue of JAMA.

Possible Association Between High Levels Of Uric Acid And Hypertension (Medical News Today)

Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Fight Obesity or Overweight With Hoodia Gordonii (Turks.US)

Obesity is continuous concern not only to adults but also to children and adolescence in the US. Obesity increases the risk of having many diseases and health conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides), osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a joint), type 2 ...

Blood Pressure Pill Works Well In Kids, Study Shows

The blood pressure drug valsartan safely and effectively lowers blood pressure in youngsters aged 1 to 5 years who have high blood pressure , a study shows.

Guideline On Diagnosis And Treatment Of Primary Aldosteronism Released By Endocrine Society

Main Category: Endocrinology Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology ; Hypertension Article Date: 29 Aug 2008 - 4:00 PDT The Endocrine Society has released a new clinical practice guideline for the ...

Treatment Of Lung Hypertension Does Not Help Patients With Chronic Bronchitis

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Patients with chronic smoker's bronchitis often suffer from increased pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lung .

Congo-Brazzaville: Campaign Highlights Importance of Testing Diabetes, Hypertension

A campaign to test for the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, considered as growing causes of mortality in the Republic of Congo , has been launched in the main cities of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire. ...

Hypertension and Disrupted Blood Pressure Circadian Rhythm in Type 2 Diabetic db/db Mice

Db/db mice have been used extensively as a model of type 2 diabetes but their BP is not well characterized.

[Scientific Contribution] Impact of High-Normal Blood Pressure on the ...

From the Department of Preventive Cardiology , and the Division of Hypertension and Nephrology , National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; The Suita Medical Association , Osaka, Japan; and the Japan ...

Epsom salts prevent fatal convulsions in pregnancy: study

Injections of an inexpensive drug can halve the risk of life-threatening convulsions in pregnant women with a high blood pressure condition, an international study has found.

[Molecular Medicine] Corin Variant Associated With Hypertension and...

From the Molecular Cardiology and Nephrology/Hypertension , Cleveland Clinic, Ohio; Bayer HealthCare , Richmond, Calif; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia; and Soochow University, Suzhou, ...

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CONGO: Campaign highlights importance of testing diabetes, hypertension

BRAZZAVILLE, 28 August 2008 - A campaign to test for the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, considered as growing causes of mortality in the Republic of Congo , has been launched in the main cities of ...