Inhaling large amounts of salt can cause hypertension
Mathematical models have become invaluable decision-making tools for public health officials. As demonstrated during the United Kingdom's foot-and-mouth epidemic of 2001, models can be useful in two ways: they can reveal the underlying characteristics of an infection and they can allow the comparison of alternative control measures. Often, however, such models make implicit assumptions that may s...New lifespan extension genes found
New genes tied to lifespan extension in yeast have been identified by researchers from UC Davis and Harvard Medical School. Drastically reducing calorie intake, or caloric restriction, is known to extend the lifespan of species including yeast, worms and rodents. Previous research linked a gene called Sir2 with lifespan extension due to caloric restriction, but worms and yeast that lack Si...Researchers develop gene therapy to reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension
A University of Alberta research team has discovered important new information they hope will lead to more effective treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)--a deadly form of high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries caused by uncontrolled cell growth. Therapies are currently limited for a disease that can lead to heart failure and death within a few years. The researchers...Enzyme affects hypertension by controlling salt levels in body
An enzyme known to cause hypertension increases blood pressure by activating tiny pores, or channels, in kidney cells that allow increased levels of sodium to be reabsorbed into the blood, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The findings shed light on the underlying mechanisms that cause hypertension, and may also help explain why patients with hypertension linked to salt in...Acid water in East Java threatens biodiversity and local welfare
She went to investigate the local ecology. Yet during her field work on East Java, Dutch biologist Ansje Lohr became increasingly involved with the local residents, whose harvests failed and whose health was deteriorating due to extremely acidified and polluted river water. Lohr has recently received a second grant to help the Javanese population. Lohr's Ph.D. study was part of a larger pr...Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Colorimetric Assay Kit from Alpco Diagnostics
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The discovery of the gene associated with the inherited form of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) by Drs. Jane H. Morse of Columbia University and James A. Knowles of the Columbia Genome Center is indeed a major breakthrough. Their study, funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health and published in the September issue of th...Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery
Thyroid hormone treatment after surgery requiring heart bypass speeds recovery in children undergoing correction of congenital heart defects, according to a clinical trial published in The Lancet. The effects were greatest in the patients who underwent long and difficult surgeries. Following trauma or surgery or during a critical illness, thyroid hormone concentrations plummet. Ma...Hypertensive Drug Improves Sexual Dysfunction in Hypertensive Men
Losartan, a new anti hypertensive drug appears to improve sexual function among the hypertensive men with erectile dysfunction. As the cause of impotence, really it is the disease process itself, probably from reduced vascular compliance. According to American Journal of Medical sciences, a study evaluated hypertensive men with erectile dysfunction and found that their overall sexual sat...Hypertensives could benefit regular alcohol consumption
A recent study reported by researchers in the Journal of Hypertension indicates that hypertensive patients could reduce their cardiovascular morbidity and improve their atherosclerotic risk profile by consuming alcohol on a regular basis. The researchers indicated that serum lipoprotein(a), a powerful predictor of organ damage, was reduced with regular alcohol consumption. The researchers...Intense Pulsed Light GP Flash 1
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - CytRx Corporation(NASDAQ:CYTR), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in thedevelopment and commercialization of human therapeutics, todayannounced promising data from the six-month, open-label extensionof its completed Phase IIa clinical trial with arimoclomol in ALSvolunteers. While the clinical trial was not placebo-controlled,arimoclomol at a 1...New Data Presented on Micardis (Telmisartan) Tablets in Hypertensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., June 18, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, resultsfrom AMADEO*, one of a series of studies comparing two angiotensinreceptor blockers (ARBs) in hypertensive patients with diabeticnephropathy, were presented at the 17th annual European Meeting onHypertension in Milan, Italy. The randomized, double-blind, forced titration, parallel group,multicenter study included 860 hy...