Archive forSeptember, 2009

Worse Patient-Doctor Communication With Blacks Who Have High Blood … - Medical News Today

Worse Patient-Doctor Communication With Blacks Who Have High Blood … - Medical News Today
Black patients with high blood pressure experience poorer communication with their doctors than white patients do, a study led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher has found. “This is an important finding because poorer …

Road noise link to blood pressure - BBC Health

Road noise link to blood pressure - BBC Health
A Lund University team found risk rose above an average daily exposure of 60 decibels, which accounts for about one in four people in western Europe. They said it was likely noise caused stress - and maybe sleep disruption - leading to blood pressure …

Study seeks high blood pressure origins - United Press International

Study seeks high blood pressure origins - United Press International
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Sept. 16 (UPI) — U.S. medical scientists say they have started a five-year study designed to determine how high blood pressure develops and the effects it has on the body. Pennsylvania State University and Johns Hopkins …

What’s happening Friday: Check blood pressure; donate blood - Grand Rapids Press

What’s happening Friday: Check blood pressure; donate blood - Grand Rapids Press
The Active Older Adults Program of the Kalamazoo County Family YMCA is sponsoring a blood-pressure-reading clinic at the YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo, 1001 W. Maple St. People age 21 and older may participate. The clinic is free and open to members and …

Photo: Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Valturna(R), a Single-Pill … - PR Newswire

Photo: Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Valturna(R), a Single-Pill … - PR Newswire
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Valturna(R) (aliskiren and valsartan) tablets, the first and only medicine to target two key points within the renin system, also known as the renin …

Photo: Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Valturna(R), a Single-Pill … - PR Newswire

Photo: Novartis Receives FDA Approval for Valturna(R), a Single-Pill … - PR Newswire
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Valturna(R) (aliskiren and valsartan) tablets, the first and only medicine to target two key points within the renin system, also known as the renin …

Mayo Clinic Health Manager Now Includes Features for People Managing … - PR Newswire

Mayo Clinic Health Manager Now Includes Features for People Managing … - PR Newswire
ROCHESTER, Minn. and REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ — As part of Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Corp.’s shared vision to help families take better care of their health, the two companies have made enhancements to Mayo Clinic Health Manager , a …

High blood pressure cause of boy’s death - News-Leader.com

High blood pressure cause of boy’s death - News-Leader.com
St. Louis — The St. Louis County medical examiner said Wednesday that a 13-year-old football player who collapsed during practice died as a result of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, or high blood pressure. Anthony Troupe Jr. was 6-foot-2 and …

Low vitamin D linked to high blood pressure in women - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Low vitamin D linked to high blood pressure in women - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Younger women with low levels of vitamin D in their blood were much more likely to develop high blood pressure 15 years later than women with sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to new research. The study involved 559 white women in Michigan …