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Treat High Blood Pressure
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new medication called Teklamo to treat high blood pressure. Teklamo is a combination of Tekturna (the successor to the drug Diovan) and the widely used calcium channel blocker Norvasc (amlodipine). The FDA's approval was based on clinical trial data that showed Teklamo significantly reduced blood pressure compared to Tekturna or Norvasc alone.
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Treating High Blood Pressure in the Elderly
If you're around my age (early 50s), then you are probably old enough to remember the days when standard advice for blood... Read more »
Treating High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Pays Off
An important study suggests that aggressively treating cholesterol levels and blood pressure improves the cardiovascular health of... Read more »
Medication Used in Treating High Blood Pressure
There are dozens of different medications used to treat high blood pressure. Any questions about your high blood pressure and the... Read more »
7 Steps to Treating and Preventing High Blood Pressure
If you have slightly raised blood pressure thankfully you may not need aggressive treatment because there are a number of lifestyle... Read more »
Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
A newly published study, The Role of Clinical Uncertainty in Treatment Decisions for Diabetic Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Pressure,... Read more »
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Brazil Health Official Recommends Sex to Treat High Blood Pres...
The health minister of Brazil says the answer to the country's problem with high blood pressure is for its citizens to have more sex. Minister Jose... Read more »
High Blood Pressure Treatment: Lifestyle Changes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Healthy lifestyle changes are an important first step for lowering blood pressure. Current guidelines recommend that people should:Exercise at least... Read more »
Study: Elderly benefit from high blood pressure treatment
Many doctors have been reluctant to treat hypertension in the elderly, believing that treatment in these patients may do more harm than good. But... Read more »
PCBs Linked to High Blood Pressure
A study of more than 700 residents of Anniston, Alabama has found that people with higher levels of chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls... Read more »
High blood pressure, smoking account for 1 in 5 U.S. deaths
Although both smoking and hypertension had previously been shown to be linked with premature death, the magnitude of the effect found in a recent... Read more »
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