Rheumatoid arthritis tied to pregnancy complications

2010-03-17T12:30:11Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with rheumatoid arthritis may have increased risks of high blood pressure, having an underweight baby or needing a cesarean section, a new study suggests.</p><p>Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) arises when the immune system mistakenly attacks tissue in the joints, leading to inflammation, pain and progressive joint damage. The disease is more common in women than ...

Novartis drug fails to help after heart attack: study

2010-03-16T05:15:37Z

<div><p>ATLANTA (Reuters) - The addition of the Novartis blood pressure medicine Tekturna to current standard drugs in patients who had a heart attack failed to help prevent changes in the heart's shape and worsening of its blood pumping ability, according to data from a st...

Adding fat-lowering drug no help for diabetic hearts

2010-03-15T13:16:11Z

<div><p>ATLANTA (Reuters) - Adding a drug that lowers blood fats known as triglycerides to cholesterol-fighting statins provided no additional protection from heart attack, stroke and death from heart disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to data from a large study.</p><p>The study run by the Lancet Neurology, European researchers suggest cu...

High blood pressure in U.S. a "neglected disease"

2010-02-23T00:30:21Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - High blood pressure is a "neglected disease" and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must do more to fight it by helping Americans eat better and encouraging doctors to treat it more aggressively, an expert panel sai...

Report: US fails to fight high blood pressure

2010-02-22T09:45:09Z

<div id="subtitle">Report finds high blood pressure epidemic neglected, urges doctors, feds to be more aggressive</div><div><p>A critical new report declares high blood pressure in the U.S. to be a neglected disease — a term that usually describes mysterious tropical illnesses, not a well-known plague of rich countries.</p><p>The prestigious Reuters Health) - People with high blood pressure who want to drop some pounds may want to choose a low-carb diet, a new study shows.</p><p>In the study, overweight or obese individuals who went on a low-carb diet lost about the same amount of weight as those who cut down on their fat intake and took the weight-loss aid orlistat (sold as

More blood pressure worry: It's linked to dementia

2010-02-22T14:55:49Z

<div id="subtitle">HEALTHBEAT: Study will put to test growing evidence linking high blood pressure to dementia</div><div><p>If the cardiologist's warnings don't scare you, consider this: Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia.</p><p>In a flurry of new research, scientists scanned people's brains to show hypertension fuels a kind of scarring linked to later developm...

Mental Health - Self Improvement is Vital in Dealing With High Blood Pressure

2010-02-22T16:57:10Z

Information<br><br>The vital signs include body temperature, pulse (heart rate), respiratory rate (breathing), and blood pressure. The normal vital sign values convert with aging.<br><br>Aging changes<br><br>Normal blood heat doesn't modify significantly with aging. Temperature regularization, however, is a lot of difficult.<br><br>Because of modifies in the heart, the resting pulse...

What You Should Know About High Blood Pressure

2010-02-22T17:55:04Z

Blood pressure is the pressure exerted against the walls of our arteries. This definition is according to the National Heart Association (AHA). It affects tens of millions of people in this country and about a third of them are not aware that they have this condition. This is why it is often referred to as the ?silent killer?. When blood pressure is tested it is represented by two numbers called systolic and d...

Understanding the Risk Factors of High Blood Pressure

2010-02-22T20:33:59Z

High blood pressure, or hypertension, as it is commonly referred to, affects over 60 million Americans. Over the last decade it has seen a 30% increase in known cases. Because many people are unaware of their condition it is often termed the ?silent killer?. While in 90 to 95% of cases the exact cause goes unknown we do know that is associated with some other diseases such as diabetes. We do know that certain risk factors play a role in the development of high blood pressure.<br&gt...

Some Natural Ways to Control High Blood Pressure

2010-02-22T21:01:52Z

Definition of High Blood Pressure<br><br>One disturbing fact about high blood pressure is that people can have it for years and not be aware of it. The National Heart Association estimates that about 30% of the adults in the United States have high blood pressure and that one third of them are unaware of it.<br>...

Some blood pressure drugs may cut risk of dementia

2010-02-22T21:21:55Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Medicines commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease may cut the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and dementia, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday.</p><p>Researchers from Boston found that older people taking a certain type of blood pressure medication known as angiotensin receptor b...

FDA panel rejects new use for Forest heart drug

2010-02-22T22:02:27Z

<div id="subtitle">FDA experts unanimously oppose new heart failure indication for Forest Labs drug</div><div><p>Federal health advisers on Monday unanimously rejected a new use of Forest Laboratories' hypertension drug for patients at risk of heart failure.</p><p>The Pfizer receives European approval for intravenous version of high blood pressure drug Revatio</div><div><p>Drug developer Pfizer Inc. said Monday European regulators approved an intravenous version of its high blood pressure drug Revatio.</p><p>The drug was already sold in Europe as a tablet for a ...

10 Simple Home Remedies for Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

2010-02-23T07:42:58Z

Author: Ryan Mutt

Hypertension is a silent killer that kills a person very quietly many a time without even knowing it. Heart failure, heart attack, kidney infection, eye damage and loss of vision can be seen in the hypertensive patients. To avoid such complications, the patients should make more frequent blood pressure check-ups. BP should be checked at least once a week and treatment followed accordingly.

Hypertension Home Remedies

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How to Manage and Control High Blood Pressure Naturally?

2010-02-23T07:43:17Z