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Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Plus Web-Based Pharmacy Care Helps Improve Blood Pressure Control
June 24, 2008 Patients with hypertension who monitored their blood pressure from home and received Web-based pharmacist care showed greater improvement in blood pressure control than patients who received usual ... > full story -
Hypertension Treatment Effective In Reversing Vascular Damage, Study Suggests
June 17, 2008 A hypertension medication called olmesartan medoxomil is effective in reversing the narrowing of the arteries that occurs in patients with high blood pressure. One of the study's lead investigators ... > full story -
Blood Pressure Levels In Childhood Track Into Adulthood
June 16, 2008 High blood pressure in childhood is associated with higher blood pressure or hypertension in adulthood, according to a new ... > full story -
Precision Blood Pressure Measurement To Improve Heart Health
June 13, 2008 Researcher are trialling new, cutting-edge technology for measuring blood pressure and the health of the ... > full story -
Serum Sodium Predicts Mortality 10 Times Higher In PAH Patients
June 13, 2008 Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension -- chronically high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs -- whose serum sodium levels are low have a very poor chance of survival and a high ... > full story -
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Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Affect Children's Blood Pressure During Sleep
June 12, 2008 All severities of sleep-related breathing disorders in children are associated with elevated blood pressure during sleep compared with non-snoring control ... > full story -
High Blood Pressure Patients Advised To Use Home Monitors
May 22, 2008 People with hypertension should routinely monitor their blood pressure at home to help manage the disease, according to a new joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American ... > full story -
Doctors Not Always Sure When To Treat BP In People With Diabetes
May 20, 2008 For people with diabetes, high blood pressure poses a special threat, multiplying their risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney problems. But a new study finds that even when people with diabetes ... > full story -
Hypertension Treatment With Diuretics Recommended In New Guide
May 20, 2008 A thiazide-type diuretic is the best first-choice drug for hypertensive patients according to recent research. According to the American Heart Association, about one in three U.S. adults has high ... > full story -
Treatment Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With CPAP May Lower Blood Pressure
May 18, 2008 Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure may also lower blood pressure among hypertensive adults, according to new ... > full story
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