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Fluctuations in blood pressure portend future stroke
Clinical Last Updated: 2010-03-17 16:27:25 -0400 (Reuters Health) By Fran Lowry ATLANTA (Reuters Health) - Wide fluctuations of systolic blood pressure from hour to hour and day to day are powerful predictors of stroke and acute coronary events, according to a...
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Measuring BP variability could improve stroke risk prediction
MedWire News: Visit-to-visit variability in blood pressure (BP) is a powerful predictor of peoples stroke risk, and may help to guide antihypertensive prescribing, shows research.Guidelines regard visit-to-visit variability in BP as noise that has to be...
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Getting serious about high blood pressure
Hypertension is boring.Although roughly one in three adults has high blood pressure, most people don't get very excited about it. But they should. A new report from the prestigious Institute of Medicine says that hypertension is one of the nation's...
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Hypothesis Links Blood Pressure Variability to Stroke Risk in Hypertension
Stroke risks in hypertension seem more related to the variability of a patient's systolic pressure than to mean pressure, according to studies in the Lancet and Lancet Neurology.One study, examining stroke risk in cohorts comprising some 25,000 hypertensives...
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Getting serious about high blood pressure
Hypertension is boring.Although roughly one in three adults has high blood pressure, most people don't get very excited about it. But they should. A new report from the prestigious Institute of Medicine says that hypertension is one of the nation's...
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Get Serious About High Blood Pressure!
Hypertension is boring.Although roughly one in three adults has high blood pressure, most people don't get very excited about it. But they should. A new report from the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) says that hypertension is one of the nation's...
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Anti-Hypertensive Drugs To Enhance Esophageal Contraction
Nifedipine, a calcium-channel blocker, was shown to decrease lower esophageal sphincter pressure and increase esophageal acid exposure time, while atenolol, a b1 blocker, was shown to inhibit relaxation of the smooth muscle of the esophagus.However,...
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Medical News: Anti-Hypertensive Drugs To Enhance Esophageal Contraction
Nifedipine, a calcium-channel blocker, was shown to decrease lower esophageal sphincter pressure and increase esophageal acid exposure time, while atenolol, a b1 blocker, was shown to inhibit relaxation of the smooth muscle of the esophagus.Medical...
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Hypertension: Regular nifedipine administration may lead to development of GERD
Nifedipine, a calcium-channel blocker, was shown to decrease lower esophageal sphincter pressure and increase esophageal acid exposure time, while atenolol, a b1 blocker, was shown to inhibit relaxation of the smooth muscle of the esophagus.However,...
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The quantal secretion of catecholamines is impaired by the accumulation of -adrenoceptor antagonists into chromaffin cell vesicles
Background and purpose: The delayed onset of certain effects of antagonists of [beta]-adrenoceptors ([beta]-blockers), such as lowering arterial blood pressure (several days), cannot be explained solely by their effects on [beta]-adrenoceptors, an action that...
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New standards in hypertension and cardiovascular risk management: focus on telmisartan
Galzerano D et al.Telmisartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) displaying unique pharmacologic properties, including a longer half life than any other ARB, that result in large and sustained reductions of blood pressure. In patients with...
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Procoralan: First rate-limiting anti-anginal / beta-blocker combination to benefit patients with chronic stabl
Let the jobs come to you!Wexham - The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has approved a new indication for Procoralan (ivabradine) as the first and only rate-limiting anti-anginal licensed for use in combination with beta-blockers in chronic stable angina...
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Grand Rounds: Girl, 6, With Rapid Heart Rate
A 6-year-old girl was brought by her parents to the emergency department (ED) with an elevated heart rate.According to the parents, the girl was carrying her younger sister when they both fell, landing on their buttocks. The child told them that her heart...
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Looking for Safe Diet Pill
If you have more to say, post a comment below!I take atenolol for high blood pressure. I would like to take something to help me lose weight, and I have seen that I can buy Meridia online. When I looked for more information, I read it should not be...
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