Archive for the ‘Hypertension’ Category
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Researchers from the University of Leeds' Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine recently said they are closer to developing a test that can predict preeclampsia, BBC News reports. The researchers in a study recently published in the journal Hypertension in Pregnancy said they have identified different chemical levels in blood plasma ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Recordati announced the approval of Zan-Extra(R), a fixed combination of lercanidipine and enalapril indicated for the treatment of hypertension, in Australia. The Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) communicated its decision to approve the registration submitted by licensee Solvay Biosciences of Zan-Extra® in its two dosage forms containing lercanidipine ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG) announced the launch of its new ALTACE(R) Tablets (ramipril). King has received orders and initiated shipments of ALTACE(R) Tablets to many of its customers. The Company will continue to make available ALTACE(R) Capsules (ramipril). About ALTACE ALTACE is the leading branded ACE inhibitor with multiple ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Is your heart healthy? It's a good time to check because February is American Heart Month. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans has high blood pressure and many don't even know it.* Left uncontrolled, the condition can have deadly consequences. Now, a new device is being tested ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
A team at the University of Leeds has discovered a way of diagnosing pre-eclampsia, a condition which affects almost one in ten pregnant women and accounts for up to 15% of all premature deliveries.They now plan to develop a user-friendly diagnostic kit within five years which could be used in ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Uncontrolled hypertension rates in men and women vary across the country, but all states - especially in the south and including the nation's capital - should boost blood pressure control efforts, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.Uncontrolled hypertension in this study was defined as above 140 ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Most Americans say they are knowledgeable about high blood pressure, but less than 50 percent know that it's associated with heart attack and stroke, a survey by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) has found.The survey found that 72 percent of Americans are aware of the multiple ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Whether patients with an electronic handle on their health are more successful at beating one of the nation's leading chronic diseases is under study.The study, funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will give hundreds of patients with hypertension an electronic personal health record that enables them ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Researchers at Barts and The London School of Medicine have discovered that drinking just 500ml of beetroot juice a day can significantly reduce blood pressure. The study, published online in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, could have major implications for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.Lead by Professor Amrita Ahluwalia ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
High blood pressure may be one of the top killers in the country, but you'd never know it by the way we're behaving, say scientists attending the annual congress of the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)."Research shows that some 73 million people in the U.S. have high blood pressure, ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
New research shows that in people with high blood pressure as part of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increases the risk for heart disease, diuretics offer greater protection against cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, and are at least as effective for lowering blood pressure as newer, more expensive ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
About nine percent of teenagers may have metabolic syndrome, a clustering of risk factors that put them on the path toward heart disease and diabetes in adulthood. This shocking statistic represents some of the first concentrated efforts to define and measure metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents - a necessary ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Tekturna HCT (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a single-tablet combination of two high blood pressure medicines Tekturna (aliskiren), the first new type of high blood pressure medicine in more than a decade, and the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT)[1]. The two medicines ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Taking vitamins C or E during pregnancy will not reduce a woman's risk of experiencing pre-eclampsia, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded.Pre-eclampsia can occur during pregnancy when a woman develops high blood pressure and tests show that protein is appearing in her urine. The situation can be dangerous to both ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Speedel Holding Ltd (SWX: SPPN) announced that it is delighted by the FDA approval of a second product containing SPP100 (aliskiren) in the USA for the treatment of hypertension. The approval was announced by Novartis who is responsible for commercialisation of this first in class direct renin inhibitor. Tekturna HCT® ...
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