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Chronic hypertension, diabetes and blood clots are more likely in otherwise healthy women who experienced complications due to hypertension such as preeclampsia in their first pregnancies, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers working in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, and ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Francisco, have announced that they have demonstrated that a specific inhibitor of the protease plasma kallikrein, ASP-440, developed by ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, may provide a new therapeutic approach for treatment of diabetic retinopathy, the most common eye-related complication of diabetes. The study, which

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A plague of obesity in the United States already is known to increase the risk of illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and joint problems. Now, an infusion of $6.4 million in grant support from the National Institutes of Health will enable researchers at the University of Pittsburgh-affiliated Magee-Womens Research Institute to investigate what role […]

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Individuals who have persistent high blood pressure are at increased risks of a number of serious medical conditions, including heart failure. One of the factors that contributes to such heart failure is thickening of the muscle wall of the heart. Such thickening (known as hypertrophy) is a compensatory response of the

Rasilez HCT® (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide) received a positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommending marketing authorization as a new treatment for high blood pressure. Rasilez HCT is a single-pill combination of two high blood pressure medicines - first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez®[1] (aliskiren)

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Bayer Schering Pharma was granted European marketing authorization for its new antihypertensive fixed dose combination drug PritorPlus® 80/25 and Kinzalkomb® 80/25 (80 mg telmisartan/25 mg hydrochlorothiazide) by the European Commission. The new formulation will be launched in Germany later this month, to be followed soon by selected

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Several factors, such as older age and high weight gain, are known risk factors for pre-eclampsia and other pregnancy-related blood pressure disorders. Now a new report suggests that social factors - including living in a rural county - may also increase the risk of pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), according to research presented at the […]

A new genome-wide study examines genetic variants associated with nine metabolic traits and is the first to draw out novel variants from a population unselected for current disease. The traits are indicators for common disease such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, inflammation and lipid levels.
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To find a cure for cancer, haemophilia and other diseases, researchers need to be looking for complex, interacting genetic factors, according to the authors of a new study.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two single-pill combination medications, Diovan HCT® (valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide) and Exforge® (amlodipine and valsartan), as initial or ‘first-line’ therapies in patients likely to need multiple drugs to achieve their blood pressure goals.
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New clinical data presented show first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez® (aliskiren), known as Tekturna® in the US, provides significantly greater blood pressure reductions in patients with high blood pressure aged 65 and over, compared to the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor ramipril[1].
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A medication used for high blood pressure does not improve a common form of heart failure, according to new results from a large, international study.
The study, which included researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in key leadership positions, appears in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The findings are disappointing […]

Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now an international team of scientists has discovered that cells inside the blood vessels of mice - as well as in people, no doubt - naturally make the gassy stuff, and that it controls […]

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