Category Archives: Hypertension

A large recall of contaminated medications appeared to spark confusion among many hypertension patients who were forced to give up the drug last year, with many turning to hospital emergency departments for medical help, a new study says. Continue reading →

John Witherspoon was so full of life. But a death certificate revealed that he suffered heart problems, that ultimately contributed to his death at the vivacious age of 77. READ MORE: John Witherspoon leaves one last laugh in hilarious YouTube video According to TMZ, the comedian suffered a fatal heart attack, likely because of coronary artery disease, which he was fighting. Continue reading →

The screening is being done as part of the Centres project on population-based screening for five common Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which includes diabetes, hypertension and cancers of oral cavity, breast and cervix, Dr Sadhana Tayade, Director of Health, Maharashtra, said. An exercise to estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases in the state has detected 58,652 people with diabetes and 98,989 with hypertension in the last six months. Continue reading →

What should providers do about intentional nonadherence, and what strategies should they try to get their patients to take their hypertension medicine? Continue reading →

Continuous use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases the risk of hypertension by 12% in people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a prospective study suggests. The study, Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug use is Associated with Incident Hypertension in Ankylosing Spondylitis, was published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research Continue reading →

WASHINGTONPatients on hemodialysis (HD)patients who experience an increase in their extracellular water to total bodywater ratio (ECW/TBW) tend to develop post-dialysis hypertension and, in turn, heightentheir risks for early death, investigators reported at the American Society ofNephrologys Kidney Week 2019 meeting. Of 254 prevalent HD patients (mean age 59years; 38% female), 29.1% had an increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) of10 mm Hg or more after a midweek dialysis session based on bioimpedance analyses,Hyeong cheon Park, MD, of Gangnam Severance Hospital in South Korea, andcolleagues reported. Compared with the nonhypertensive group,the hypertensive group was significantly older (64.3 vs 56.8 years) and morelikely to be using diuretics (45.9% vs 29.4%). Continue reading →

Severe and life-threateninghypertension is common in people with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), and Soliris(eculizumab) is a more effective than plasmapheresis in treating these patients, a Spanish study finds. The study, Severe and malignant hypertension are common in primary atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, was published in the journal Kidney International. aHUS belongs to a group of rare disorders called thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs), which are characterized by the presence of hemolytic anemia (destruction of red blood cells), low levels of platelets, and the formation of blood clots in small blood vessels that lead to organ damage Continue reading →

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the global idiopathic intracranial hypertension therapeutics market and the market is poised to grow by USD 15.34 million during 2019-2023, progressing at a CAGR of almost 3% during the forecast period. Request Free Sample Pages Read the 153-page research report with TOC on "Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Therapeutics Market Analysis Report by Geography (Asia, Europe, North America, and ROW), by Product (Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and Other drug classes), and Segment Forecasts, 2019-2023" Continue reading →

Highlights It is not for nothing that oats have become a modern-day superfood. Continue reading →

More than one-third of the population-attributable risk (PAR) of cardiovascular disease (CVD)in the U.S. black adult population is associated with hypertension, according to a new analysis. The prevalence of hypertension and the risk for hypertension-related CVD are high among black adults the authors wrote in their study. Continue reading →