Treatment Does Little to Prevent Hypertension and Microalbuminuria in Children …
Children with type 2 diabetes continue to develop hypertension and microalbuminuria at fast rates, regardless of treatment, according to the results of a study published in the June 2013 issue of Diabetes Care. The study included nearly 700 overweight …
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Is White – Coat Hypertension Harmless ?
Most people have heard about "white-coat hypertension" – it's when your blood pressure reading is raised at the doctor's office or in the clinic, but is normal when you measure it at home. It's also normal when measured by a monitor worn during the day …
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Annual pulmonary hypertension screening recommended for systemic sclerosis
MADRID – Patients with systemic sclerosis should undergo annual screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension using a combination of transthoracic echocardiography and pulmonary function tests, an international expert panel said. These are the first …
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Light drinking reduces hypertension risk
Those drinking a quarter to a half a standard drink per day had the lowest overall risk of hypertension – 14 per cent less than the abstainers. And women drinking more than two drinks a day had a 31 per cent increased risk. However, episodic drinking …
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New key to 'switching off' hypertension found
Washington : Researchers have designed new compounds that mimic those naturally used by the body to regulate blood pressure, paving way for a potential new class of drugs for hypertension, reports PTI. The most promising of them may literally be the …
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Fructose risk factor for metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension
Tuesday June 25, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) — A new report published in Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism suggests that eating foods or drinking beverages with fructose may increase risk of endothelial dysfunction, insulin resistance/diabetes mellitus …
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Hypertension Part 1
