Renal Denervation Safe, Effective for Moderate Resistant Hypertension in Pilot …
Catheter-based renal denervation substantially reduces moderate treatment-resistant hypertension, achieving the therapeutic target of blood pressure (BP) below 140/90 mm Hg in about half of patients. Results of a small pilot study, published online …
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Poor adherence to hypertension drugs may raise stroke risk
In the study of more than 73,500 hypertensive patients, those who did not adhere to their medication had a nearly fourfold higher risk for stroke-related mortality in the second year after being prescribed antihypertensive medication and a threefold …
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Cut down on salt and increase exercise to keep hypertension at bay
Hypertension Shruti Jain was a busy working mother juggling children, work and household chores with aplomb, until she suddenly collapsed in office one day. Diagnosed with a stroke, she had to undergo a six-month recuperation and paid a hefty fee at a …
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White Coat Hypertension: Take It Home
Hi. I'm Dr. Henry Black. I'm a clinical professor of internal medicine at the Langone New York University School of Medicine, former president of the American Society of Hypertension, and a member of the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular …
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People need to take hypertension more seriously: Dr Vijay Surase
People often don't take hypertension or high blood pressure seriously. This is perhaps because this disease shows no symptoms in the early stages and is fairly common among Indians. Asian Indians are in general more susceptible to cardiovascular …
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