Common Hypertension Drug Found To Reduce Cocaine Cravings

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have found that diltiazem, a drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure, reduces cocaine cravings in a rat model. These findings will appear in the March issue of the leading medical journal Nature Neuroscience. Previous work showed that ...

Highly Involved Patients Don’t Always See Better Health Outcomes

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Patients who prefer to be highly involved in their treatment don't necessarily have better luck managing chronic health conditions, a new study suggests. A research team based at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Iowa City Health Care System and the University of Iowa surveyed 189 veterans with high blood pressure to determine ...

Blood Pressure May Be Eased By Drinking Milk

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Women who drank more fat free milk and had higher intakes of calcium and vitamin D from foods, and not supplements, tended to have a lower risk for developing hypertension or high blood pressure, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association journal, Hypertension. After examining the diets ...

Lowering Soft Drink Consumption By Reducing Kids’ Salt Intake May Cut Obesity

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Children who eat less salt drink fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks and may significantly lower their risks for obesity, elevated blood pressure and later-in-life heart attack and stroke, researchers reported in the print and online issue of Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. Previous studies have shown that dietary salt intake ...

British Researchers Report Finding That Could Lead To Predictive Test For Preeclampsia

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Researchers from the University of Leeds' Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine recently said they are closer to developing a test that can predict preeclampsia, BBC News reports. The researchers in a study recently published in the journal Hypertension in Pregnancy said they have identified different chemical levels in blood plasma ...

Geisinger And Celera To Collaborate On Liver Disease Test

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Geisinger Health System and Celera (NYSE:CRA), an Applera Corporation business, has announced that they have entered into a research collaboration with the aim of developing a diagnostic assay for the increased risk of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The collaboration will evaluate Celera's numerous genetic findings in liver diseases, including the Cirrhosis ...

King Pharmaceuticals Announces ALTACE(R) Tablets Launch

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG) announced the launch of its new ALTACE(R) Tablets (ramipril). King has received orders and initiated shipments of ALTACE(R) Tablets to many of its customers. The Company will continue to make available ALTACE(R) Capsules (ramipril). About ALTACE ALTACE is the leading branded ACE inhibitor with multiple indications. ALTACE ...

New Finding May Help Explain Development Of Preeclampsia

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

In a study of pregnant women, those with pregnancy-induced high blood pressure were found to have higher levels of a peptide that raises blood pressure in the pieces of tissue linking mother and fetus, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The finding, reported online in the ...