Study Shows Strong Link Between Uric Acid/hypertension in Blacks
Newswise (press release) - 5 hours ago… suggesting that a simple blood test could predict risk and that treatments to lower uric acid may be a novel way to reduce hypertension-related complications …
Pfizer cholesterol drug raises blood pressure-study
Reuters - Last: NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) on Tuesday said preliminary results of a late-stage study found its experimental torcetrapib “good” cholesterol drug, when combined with its Lipitor drug, raised …
Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment in Children and Thyroid …
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Oct 30, 2006A new study shows that inhaled iloprost, recently introduce to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), can lead to acute lower airway obstruction in …
Viagra For Babies? Sildenafil Found To Prevent Rebound Pulmonary …
Science Daily (press release) - Nov 2, 2006… dose of sildenafil, a blood vessel widening vasodilator (also sold under the brand name Viagra), prevented rebound pulmonary hypertension and significantly …
Children suffer increased blood pressure due to salt in junk food, say doctors
Big-selling salty snacks and breakfast cereals are in the dock amid fears of a link to raised blood pressure in children. New research reveals that cutting children’s salt consumption by half can virtually immediately lead to a fall in blood pressure.
St. Kitts Cooperative Credit Union celebrates week of activities
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - 4 hours ago… After participants got back from the walk they had checked their blood pressure as well as their sugar levels and this was followed by servings of light …
Viagra For Babies? Sildenafil Found To Prevent Rebound Pulmonary Hypertension In Infants
A single dose of sildenafil, a blood vessel widening vasodilator (also sold under the brand name Viagra), prevented rebound pulmonary hypertension and significantly reduced the duration of mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU) infants being withdrawn from inhaled nitric oxide therapy. This research appears in the first issue for November 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory
Central H.S. Freshman Get Hypertension Screenings
The problem of childhood obesity makes it seem like a lot of health conditions that plague adults in this country — are finding younger and younger victims.
Philippine hypertension patients take side of government agencies …
International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 14, 2006MANILA, Philippines: Four Filipinos suffering from hypertension on Tuesday asked a court to allow them to join the government’s defense in a lawsuit lodged by …
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in Sickle Cell Disease
Medscape (subscription) - Nov 13, 2006… Jr, MD, Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC, presented the session on pulmonary hypertension in sickle …
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