Hypertensive women may benefit most from drugs that directly block the action of the hormone aldosterone Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Aug 2017 10:00 AM ISTWhen women are hypertensive their physicians should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that at high levels damages the...
AAP guideline updates practice for pediatric hypertension Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Aug 2017 2:05 PM ISTThe first new national guidelines since 2004 on identifying and treating high blood pressure in children and adolescents (aged 3-18 years old) have...
Ibuprofen Elevates Blood Pressure in Arthritis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Sept 2017 9:00 AM ISTIbuprofen is associated with increased blood pressure and hypertension compared to celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis...
Lower BP Targets preserve Cognitive Power in Elderly : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 Sept 2017 9:00 AM ISTIn older hypertensive patients, aged 70 years or older, on treatment, a SPRINT systolic BP level of 120 mm Hg or lower was not associated with...
Triple vascular screening for AAA, PAD and HT reduces death in older men Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Sept 2017 9:20 AM ISTA novel screening programme for vascular disease saves one life for every 169 men assessed, according to late-breaking results from the VIVA trial...
Copanlisib, found useful for relapsed follicular lymphoma now approved Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Sept 2017 2:03 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Aliqopa (copanlisib) for the treatment of adults with relapsed follicular...
Does artificial sweetener stevia help in treatment of metabolic syndrome? Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli27 Sept 2017 10:10 AM ISTIn an article in Journal of Medicinal Food, a peer-reviewed journal in studies on Stevia rebaudiana, SR have demonstrated that besides being suitable...
Renal denervation with procedure improvement found effective-new trial challenges simplicity HTN-3 supriya kashyap kashyap5 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTThe results from the SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED study a multicentre, prospective, randomised presented in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress and have...
Pharmacological treatment must in older adults if SBP persistently ≥150 mm Hg Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTThis joint guideline presents evidence on benefits and harms of treating to higher versus lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) targets in older adults...
Now a beam of light can check your blood pressure more accurately Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli20 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTA device that monitors blood pressure by shining beam of light along the skin could be available in the next few months.The measurement of blood...
How low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure in primary prevention of CVD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli22 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTHong KN et al. in his review article enumerated some points regarding how low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure (BP) in primary...
Current anti-hypertensive medicines control BP but don’t restore microvascular function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Nov 2017 7:45 PM ISTTreatments for high blood pressure do not totally reverse its damaging effects on the vascular rhythms that help circulation of the blood say...
