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Arterial stiffness was better able to predict diabetes than hypertension was, according to results of a study published in the journal Hypertension. Data for this analysis were sourced from the Kailuan study, which is an…
Investigators have quantified the lag time to benefit after intensive blood pressure treatment in older adults aged 60 years and older with hypertension. In analyses of data from 6 randomized trials involving 27,414 older patients,…
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are comprised of 4 diseases: preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome, and eclampsia.1 These diseases complicate approximately 5% to 10% of pregnancies.2 Clinical guidelines…
A cross-sectional study found that diabetes was an independent predictor for hypertension but that a healthy lifestyle attenuated some of the risk. These findings were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Workers (N=451,157)…
Use of the Vanderbilt Emergency Room Bundle (VERB) intervention has been proposed as an accessible means of engaging patients in the emergency department (ED) on hypertension control. A randomized trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02672787) was conducted…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to a health claim petition submitted on behalf of The Center for Magnesium Education and Research requesting that the Agency authorize a health claim characterizing the relationship…
A workplace-based multicomponent hypertension management program was found to reduce blood pressure (BP) and risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and mortality among men with hypertension, according to a study published in the journal…
Chlorthalidone, a drug approved by the FDA in 1960, significantly improves systolic blood pressure (SBP) control at 12 weeks compared with placebo in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and poorly controlled hypertension, according…
CaroSpir (spironolactone oral suspension) 25mg/5mL is now available in a unit dose cup. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved CaroSpir in August 2017 for adults who have difficulty swallowing or who cannot swallow tablets.…
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) event risk in adults with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the lowest at systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) less than 130 mm Hg and less than 80 mm Hg,…
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