Many of my colleagues around the office as well as a few readers I have talked to on the street are aware by now that there is a subject in my life right now that I'm a little uneasy about: my blood pressure.
Rasilez HCT is a single-pill combination of two high blood pressure medicines - first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez [*] and the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide .
When Yolanda Myers was diagnosed with diabetes at age 17, she was living a lifestyle similar to many Americans a lifestyle high in calories and low on exercise.
The findings are part of an evidence review that was led by Melinda A. Maggard , M.D., of the University of California at Los Angeles and the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA , and performed by AHRQ's ...
The temperature might not be the only thing plummeting this winter. Many people also will experience a decrease in their vitamin D levels, which can play a role in heart disease, according to a new review ...
Severely obese patients who underwent two different gastric bypass techniques had lost up to 31 per cent of their Body Mass Index after four years, with no deaths reported among the 50 study subjects, according ...
DEAR DR. GOTT: Fifty years ago, my sister developed toxemia while pregnant. Both she and the baby nearly died, but, thankfully, they are still with us.
Oral version of blood-pressure drug doesn't do the trick. United Therapeutics has what seems like an embarrassing problem: an oral form of its blood-pressure drug turns out not to have worked as expected, and, ...
Lower blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a protein that provides an acquire measure of vitamin D in the blood, are independently associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, according ...
Young and healthy African-American men have higher central blood pressure and their blood vessels are stiffer compared to their white counterparts, signs that the African American men are developing ...
Two studies in the current issue examine ethnic and racial disparities in hypertension care and control, and accompanying commentaries from three distinguished editorialists amplify and elucidate this important ...
New clinical data presented show first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez , known as Tekturna in the US, provides significantly greater blood pressure reductions in patients with high blood pressure aged ...
Researchers have found that low potassium levels correlate with high blood pressure, regardless of salt intake or cardiovascular risk factors, and the association is stronger among blacks, according to a study ...
New AGELESS data show Rasilez lowers systolic blood pressure by additional 2.3 mmHg in patients aged 65 and over compared to ACE inhibitor ramipril1 70% of people over 60 have high blood pressure2, a condition ...
Despite their large body size, former professional football players aren't at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study that looked at 201 retired NFL players.
