Caffeine and Incident Hypertension in Women
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - May 9, 2006To the Editor: Dr Winkelmayer and colleagues 1 found an inverse U-shaped relationship between habitual caffeine consumption and incident hypertension in a …
Sleep breathing problems affect blood pressure
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breathing problems during sleep appear to affect blood pressure in shift workers 40 years of age or older, according to findings published in the American Journal of Hypertension. Sleep-disordered breathing describes a …
Medicinal calcium said to treat kidney failure
Philippine Star, Philippines - 17 hours ago… Most are the result of another disease or condition, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries -all of which …
Novartis files hypertension drug for US approval
Swiss drugmaker Novartis has filed for regulatory approval of its novel hypertension drug Rasilez in the United States, its co-developer Speedel said on Thursday.
New Once-a-Day Blood Pressure Drug Effective
Forbes - 5 hours agoWEDNESDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Two studies find that the new blood pressure drug aliskiren is effective in controlling high blood pressure, either alone …
Do You Have High Blood Pressure?
Southern Illinoisan - Nearly one in three Americans has high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. Although it usually lasts a lifetime, it can be controlled and treated. Blood pressure measurements gauge the force of blood against artery walls. A certain level of …
Ube Industries, Santen Pharmaceutical To Co-develop Rho-kinase …
Medical News Today - Tokyo - On May 9, Ube Industries and Santen Pharmaceutical jointly announced that they have basically agreed to develop DE-104, a compound that inhibits the activity of Rho-kinase (ROCK). Through collaboration, the two companies aim to develop an …
Hypertension drug may help sickle cell patients
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - 10 hours ago… pain. But add the common complication of high blood pressure in the lungs, and you’re talking about a potential death sentence. St. …
New Once-a-Day Blood Pressure Drug Effective
Aliskiren is first new type of antihypertensive in a decade.
Study Puts Focus on American Indians’ Hypertension
Forbes - May 19, 2006… The overall annual incidence rate of hypertension was 6.4 percent — 6.7 percent in men and 6.2 percent in women. Prehypertension …
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