Archive forDecember, 2009

Study tests blood pressure drugs for diabetics - WCAX

Study tests blood pressure drugs for diabetics - WCAX
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - A Swiss pharmaceutical company is financing a Michigan study of the effectiveness of drug combinations in treating high blood pressure among diabetics. Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis AG is giving $440,000 for the research …

With Mayo Clinic emeritus hypertension specialist - MayoClinic.com

With Mayo Clinic emeritus hypertension specialist - MayoClinic.com
Dr. Sheldon Sheps, emeritus professor of medicine and former chair of the Hypertension Division in the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, has been with Mayo Clinic since 1960. Dr. Sheps, a Winnipeg, Manitoba, native, is board certified in …

Genetic variation of NEDD4L is associated with essential hypertension … - BioMed Central

Genetic variation of NEDD4L is associated with essential hypertension … - BioMed Central
Hypertension affects > 18.8% of adults in China. Indeed, hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. Genetic variation is thought to contribute to the etiology of hypertension. NEDD4L is a …

How You Can Normalize Your Blood Pressure Without Drugs - Food Consumer

How You Can Normalize Your Blood Pressure Without Drugs - Food Consumer
If you are not already one in three U.S. adults with high blood pressure, the odds are that without intervention, you will be, at some point in your life. In fact, the risk of becoming hypertensive is greater than 90 percent for indi viduals in …

High blood pressure and naproxen - HealthCentral.com

High blood pressure and naproxen - HealthCentral.com
I have high blood pressure. I have an ankle injury that happened in 2004. I have had 3 surgeries and have taken naproxen off and on since 2005. I don’t take it everyday. Since I don’t take naproxen everyday, Could it still be a cause of my high blood …

FDA Warns Docs About Tainted Hypertension Drug - ABC News

FDA Warns Docs About Tainted Hypertension Drug - ABC News
Federal health regulators are warning doctors about 11 recalled lots of an intravenous hypertension drug made by the Medicines Co. that are contaminated with bits of steel. The company, based in Parsippany, N.J., recalled the affected lots of …

Swindler suffering from dizziness, high blood pressure in NC prison - Wbt.com

Swindler suffering from dizziness, high blood pressure in NC prison - Wbt.com
The federal Bureau of Prisons says Bernard Madoff is being treated at a prison medical center for dizziness and hypertension. Spokeswoman Traci Billingsley says Madoff is being treated at a hospital at the Butner federal prison in North Carolina. The …

Losing Sleep Over Blood Pressure Monitors - HealthScout

Losing Sleep Over Blood Pressure Monitors - HealthScout
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — A device used to measure nighttime blood pressure may interfere with patients’ sleep, thus affecting the accuracy of the test results. “Blood pressure (BP), measured during sleep correlates better with heart attacks and strokes …