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...No link found between caffeine intake and development of hypertension in women
Habitual coffee drinking is not associated with an increased risk of hypertension in women, although an association was found with the consumption of sugared or diet colas, according to a study in the November 9 issue of JAMA. Approximately 50 million people in the United States have hypertension, and the prevalence is increasing, according to background information in the article. Hyperte...No word on NASDAQ extension for Merge
Chairman Michael Dunham, joined by interim co-CEOs Brian Pedlar and Robert White, said...PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION GENE DISCOVERED
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...Hypertension drugs could lower Disability
According to reseasrches, drugs used to treat hypertension could delay muscle loss and disability in seniors. Dr.Graziano Onder, research associate at University of Hopkins has suggested new, beneficial effects of (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme) ACE-inhibitor //drugs, which are widely used for hypertension, beneficial effects on muscle strength and overall physical performance in older adults. Th...Preventing 'white coat' hypertension
Researchers at the University of Southampton say that docotors are not the best people to assess blood pressure. White coat hypertension is a well-known problem - it means that your blood pressure //may go up when it's measured by a doctor (the 'white coat') but be lower if a practice nurse measures it, or if you measure it yourself. Researchers in, England, have been looking at the white coat e...ACTH EIA Hypertension / Cardiac Evaluation, Cardiovascular 021-SDX018
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Description:Troponin I EIA Hypertension/ Cardiac Evaluation 025-BC-1105...Speedel Reports Successful SPP635 Phase IIa Trial in Hypertension
Next Generation Renin Inhibitor to Continue Phase II Profilingin Diabetic Patients BASEL/Switzerland and BRIDGEWATER NJ/USA, 28 June 2007-Speedel(SWX: SPPN) today announced that it has reached another significantmilestone in the development of its family of renin inhibitors withthe successful completion of a Phase IIa proof-of-concept clinicaltrial with SPP635 for the treat...CytRx Reports Promising Data from Its Open-Label Extension Clinical Trial of Arimoclomol in ALS
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...