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Association Of Breast Arterial Calcifications With Diabetes And Hypertension

...estigate the relationship between BAC and systemic hypertension (HT) and diabetes mellitus (DM). For the study co... as use of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin and hypertension was defined as use of antihypertensive agents. The prevalence of BACs among diabetics (25.4) was h...

Impotence drug such as Viagra may cause Vision Loss

... Pharmaceutical Company: Pfizer Inc.'s pulmonary hypertension drug Revatio, which has the same active ingredient as its impotence drug Viagra, should also carry a similar black box warning, the strongest warning the agency can require, the advocacy group said. Viagra, Cialis, sold by Eli Lily & Co. and Icos Cor...

Viagra Halves Effect Of Hormonal Stress On Heart

...ly, the drug has also been used to treat pulmonary hypertension or the increased pressure of the blood within the lungs. But until now there were no known effects on the heart. In an earlier study, Kass' team had found that Viagra exerted beneficial long-term cardiac effects of chronic high blood pressure in la...

Evidence against use of Beta blockers as first choice in the treatment of primary hypertension

...blockers have been used widely in the treatment of hypertension and are still recommended as first-line drugs in hypertension guidelines. Moreover, after myocardial infarction and in patients with heart failure, treatment // w...

Persons With Fatty Liver More Prone For Hypertension

... fatty liver may be more predisposed to developing hypertension than alcoholics. The study was conducted among a...ibution. Infact GGT was a significant predictor of hypertension only among overweight participants with increased central body fat. Alcohol consumption was initia...

Taurine May Help Delay Diabetic Complications

...rtriglyceridemia, other diabetic complications and hypertension in rats. Taurine is one of the most abundant amino acids in the plasma and cytosol. Besides its role in bile acid conjugation, taurine has been shown to be involved in various important physiological functions, such as cell membrane stabilization, ...

The Exposure Of Cadmium And Its Effects On Kidneys

...tory, lead exposure, and incidence of diabetes and hypertension to control for potential confounding factors. Cadmium concentrations were similar or slightly higher compared with previous data from Sweden and much lower than concentrations reported for populations in highly polluted areas in Europe and Japan. Cu...

Nine Major Culprits For Tooth Loss Identified By Researchers

... was diabetes mellitus at 19.2 percent followed by hypertension at 13.6 percent. Men lost their teeth due to perio... was diabetes mellitus at 19.2 percent followed by hypertension at 13.6 percent. Men lost their teeth due to periodontal reasons more than women, with 33 and 27 per...

Colas, Not Coffee, Linked To Hypertension In Women

...onsumption is associated with an increased risk of hypertension in women." Previous studies have offered confli... study. However, a relationship was found between hypertension and consumption of caffeinated colas, independent of whether the soft drinks were sugared or diet. T...

Women Get A Raw Deal In Treatment of Heart Disease

... study had significantly higher rates of diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol levels, while the men were mainly smokers. The researchers found that less than 15 percent of the women were given adequate tests including coronary angiography -- an imaging technique that visualizes the blood vessels or chambers o...

Patients recover fast when kept in rooms with medicated coir mats

Treatment of ailments such as skin diseases, hypertension and rheumatoid complaints may become as simple as spreading ‘Medicated coir mats’ across the walls of a patient's room in the near future according to a recent// study. Students of the Government Ayurveda College in Thiruvananthapuram have found out ...

Now medicated coir to cure ailments

...ve acious in treating ailments like skin diseases, hypertension and rheumatic complaints, a study says.//A study group attached to the Government Ayurveda College here said patients kept in medicated rooms were cured in shorter less time than those staying in normal rooms. The study involved 36 patients, of whom...

Clinical Renal Trails Do Not Have Sufficient Women Participants

...that pathogenesis of progressive renal disease and hypertension is dependent to some extent on sex hormones and ignoring these potentially harmful effects could adversely impact the health of women. Dr. Lewis is scheduled to speak at length on a topic titled “Gender Issues in Large Clinical Renal Trials,” during ...

Alcohol: Liver's worst enemy

...t it is the third biggest killer after tobacco and hypertension that is high blood pressure. 'Alcohol is a major risk to public health. Smoking causes more deaths, but the number of smokers is on the decrease,' said Colin Drummond, professor of addiction psychiatry at St George's Hospital Medical School in south ...

Identification Of Gene Sequence To Promote Growth Of New Arteries

...cigarette smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes, and hypertension in relation with vascular diseases according to the researchers. The research teams intend to study the same genetic mechanisms in humans, with the tissue samples taken from patients during surgery. It is hoped that this research would eventually p...

Skimmed Milk Scales Down Hypertension Risk

...aluated the connection between developing arterial hypertension and consuming milk products. The research covered 6,000 people over a period of two years. Those persons with an elevated consumption of skimmed milk and milk products showed a reduction of 50 percent in their risk of developing hypertension, compar...

Blood Pressure Later Leads to Cognitive Problems

...bstantial number of older people with uncontrolled hypertension will experience significant cognitive declines, especially because with age, hypertension becomes more common and harder to control. Researchers at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Health...

Fructose is a tricker and not all that sweet!

...e professor of nephrology and chief of nephrology, hypertension and transplantation at UF's College of Medicine. "And although genetic predispositions are obviously important, there's some major environmental force driving this process. Our data suggest certain foods and, in particular, fructose, may actually spe...

Shanghai To Tackle Hypertension

China’s first trial program with regard hypertension intervention is being launched at Shanghai at thre...recognizes the need to tackle the problem posed by hypertension among its people, as a sick state ends up as a poor state. But very little is being done in reality ...

US life expectancy climbs to a new high

...s for the elderly. Risk factors like obesity and hypertension are going in the wrong direction and things are being squeezed. As many as 40 percent of 55- to 64-year-olds were obese, up from 31 percent in the 2003 report. People within the 55-to-64 range also had more frequent and more severe health problems,...

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