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Scientists Find New Way to Detect, Treat Vitamin D Deficiency that Threatens Heart
Published December 2, 2008, 12:15 pm, Senior Journal
Dec. 2, 2008 – There is little doubt left that a deficiency of vitamin D is a warning sign for cardiovascular disease – as well as many other ailments from bone weakness to Parkinson’s disease.
If Cheaper is Better to Treat Hypertension Then Why Aren't More Patients Prescribed Low Cost Diuretics
Published December 2, 2008, 9:13 am, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- An independent study comparing a low cost diuretic to ACE inhibitors, calcium blockers and alpha blockers for the treatment of high blood pressure and hypertension was sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The study entitled Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) was conducted for the period of 1994 to 1998 with the last follow-up ...
Use Of Low-Cost Diuretics To Treat High Blood Pressure Did Not Increase After Study Showing Effectiveness
Published December 2, 2008, 6:14 am, Medical News Today
The use of low-cost, generic diuretics to treat high blood pressure did not increase significantly following a 2002 study that found the drugs were more effective at treating hypertension than newer drugs that were up to 20 times more expensive, the New York Times reports.
A very special Thanksgiving
Published December 2, 2008, 4:32 am, Foxboro Reporter
Susan Barry has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. Thanks to a relatively new stomach-banding technique designed for losing weight without major surgery, a forward-looking, confident Barry enjoys having lost close to 100 pounds since last year.
NicOx Signs Agreement With DSM for the Commercial Manufacture of Naproxcinod Drug Substance
Published December 2, 2008, 4:30 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
NicOx S.A. today announced it has signed an agreement with DSM for the commercial manufacture and supply of naproxcinod drug substance . Naproxcinod is NicOx' lead investigational product and the first compound in the Cyclooxygenase-Inhibiting Nitric Oxide-Donating class of anti-inflammatory agents, which recently achieved positive results in the third pivotal phase 3 study in osteoarthritis ...
PRESSURE POINTS
Published December 2, 2008, 3:59 am, The Buffalo News
Your blood pressure changes from hour to hour, sometimes even minute to minute. Standing up from a chair, watching an exciting show on television, eating a meal, listening to soothing music, being stressed -- even the time of day -- influence your blood pressure. It jumps around so much that you are more likely to get a “normal” reading if you check it at home rather than in the doctor's office.
Hormones: Learning the rules of attraction
Published December 2, 2008, 2:08 am, Independent
A woman's smile may not be all it seems. When her zygomaticus major cheek muscle moves the upper lip upward and outward to produce that warm smile, it may be more than a friendly gesture – it could be a sign of hormones at work.
NicOx signs agreement with DSM for the commercial manufacture of naproxcinod drug substance
Published December 1, 2008, 10:38 pm, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
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Dr. Paul Donohue: The lungs have their own kind of high blood pressure
Published December 1, 2008, 10:26 pm, Detroit News
Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 43-year-old woman and the mother of two young children. I have just been told I have pulmonary hypertension. According to my doctors, this has nothing to do with high blood pressure, which I do not have. This confuses me. I am slightly short of breath when I have to climb stairs from our basement to the second floor, but aside from that I feel OK. What is this thing?
Lungs have their own kind of high blood pressure
Published December 1, 2008, 10:01 pm, The Standard-Times
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 43-year-old woman and the mother of two young children. I have just been told I have pulmonary hypertension. According to my doctors, this has nothing to do with high blood pressure, which I do not have. This confuses me. I am...
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