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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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