Hypertension

Friday, September 09, 2005

Unrecognized hypertension is common among emergency room patients

Unrecognized hypertension is common among emergency room patients
News-Medical.net, World - Sep 1, 2005 Unrecognized and poorly controlled hypertension is common among emergency room patients, especially African Americans, according to a Temple University study

New Type of Hypertension Treatment Effective and Well Tolerated
I-Newswire.com (press release) - Sep 3, 2005 Data emerging from early studies of aliskiren, a new type of treatment for hypertension, indicate that the new drug is effective as a single treatment for

Landmark hypertension study shows reductions in mortality and
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - Sep 4, 2005 4 /CNW/ - Results from the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT), a landmark hypertension study, were presented today at the European Society of

Thursday, September 08, 2005

ER a Good Setting to Detect Undiagnosed Hypertension

ER a Good Setting to Detect Undiagnosed Hypertension
MedPage Today, NJ - Sep 1, 2005 School of Medicine here. Of these, more than half said they were not under care for hypertension. A cross-sectional, observational

FDA Taken to Task, Again
Forbes - Sep 7, 2005 That drug was approved by the FDA despite concerns that it might cause potentially fatal pulmonary hypertension. It turned out the

Encysive Pharmaceuticals Presents Thelin(TM) Data at European
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 6, 2005 ENCY) today announced data presentations of Thelin(TM) (sitaxsentan) from the Company's STRIDE clinical trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) at the

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

NICE and British Hypertension Society in joint collaboration

NICE and British Hypertension Society in joint collaboration to
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Sep 4, 2005 The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today announced that it is to work with the British Hypertension Society (BHS) in a

Newer drugs fight hypertension better
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Sep 4, 2005 are fewer side effects. The study involved 19,257 patients with hypertension, or high blood pressure. Giving heart attack patients

Montana throws attention to hypertension
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Sep 4, 2005 But he's not as perfect as he looks, or as he was when he played during his Hall of Fame career in the NFL. He has hypertension, or high blood pressure.

Expert links kidney failure with HIV, hypertension, diabetes
Vanguard, Nigeria - Sep 5, 2005 Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command, he said further that "for now, HIV is the third commonest cause of Chronic Kidney Disease after hypertension, diabetes and

Diabetes cases worry doctors
Fiji Times, Fiji - Sep 6, 2005 He said 16 per cent of the population had diabetes and 19 per cent had hypertension. Hypertension sufferers were broken into 21

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

New Type of Hypertension Treatment Effective and Well

New Type of Hypertension Treatment Effective and Well Tolerated
I-Newswire.com (press release) - Sep 3, 2005 Data emerging from early studies of aliskiren, a new type of treatment for hypertension, indicate that the new drug is effective as a single treatment for

OBJ raises alarm over rising cases of blindness
Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria - 18 hours ago than 1.2 million Nigerians are reported to be blind and the figure may be doubled before 2020 if diseases such as diabetes, glaucoma and hypertension are not

Hypertension & Minorities
WFMY News 2, NC - Aug 30, 2005 Doctors call blood pressure in the range of 140 over 90 high. Another word for it is hypertension, and the number of minorities with it is staggering.

Pfizer, Solvay Hypertension Drugs Recommended in 5-Year Study
Bloomberg - Sep 4, 2005 The two drugs, when combined with cholesterol reduction, may prevent most major cardiovascular events associated with hypertension, Bjoern Dahloef the study's

Expert links kidney failure with HIV, hypertension, diabetes
Vanguard, Nigeria - Sep 5, 2005 Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command, he said further that "for now, HIV is the third commonest cause of Chronic Kidney Disease after hypertension, diabetes and