High Blood Pressure Treatment on the Rise
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Between 1996 and 2000, the annual number of Medicare patients who had renal artery interventional procedures, where angioplasty or a stent clears arteries connected to the kidneys, more than doubled.
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A common hypertension medication appears to dramatically reduce the risk of complications or death in patients with heart disease, but without the high blood pressure that often goes hand-in-hand with the condition, a study said.
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As Americans get older and heavier, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke
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A GlaxoSmithKline blood pressure  medicine proved significantly better in keeping blood sugar  levels from rising in diabetics than another widely used member  of the beta blocker family of hypertension drugs, according to  a large clinical trial.
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Several pain medicines in the United States have been linked to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Pfizer Drug Company says a new study shows that high levels of Celebrex increase the risk of heart attack.
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Patients taking modern blood pressure and cholesterol drugs significantly reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack within 90 days of starting treatment, researchers said on Monday.
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Some drugs that drop blood pressure can help prevent heart disease from getting worse in patients with lower blood pressure who would not routinely be given such medicine, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A popular class of blood pressure medicines may double a woman&#39;s risk of dying of heart disease, especially when given in certain combinations, a large study out today indicates.
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, a 12-week  program designed to change unhealthy lifestyles helped adults  with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood  sugar reach their goal risk-factor levels without using drug  therapy.
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A GlaxoSmithKline  blood pressure medicine proved significantly better in keeping blood sugar levels from rising in diabetics than another widely used member of the beta blocker family of hypertension drugs, according to a large clinical trial.
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Nearly a third of American adults have high blood pressure, putting them at greater risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and other problems, according to a new government analysis.
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The number of Americans who have high blood pressure has increased dramatically in the past decade, with almost one-third of adults now suffering from the life-threatening condition, federal researchers reported yesterday.
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Half of adults are at risk of developing high blood pressure, a survey by pharmacists suggests.
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Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceutical Inc.'s key cancer drug Nexavar significantly raises the risk of high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - High levels of lead in the   blood and in bone seem to raise the likelihood of developing   high blood pressure, but this may be related in part to low   levels of calcium in the diet, according to two studies.
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NEW YORK  - In African-Americans with poorly controlled high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol, treatment with a single pill containing a blood pressure-lowering drug and a cholesterol-lowering drug may prove particularly useful, researchers say.
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Some high blood pressure in persons  over the age of 60 should be treated more aggressively,  according to a study published on Tuesday.