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NicOx Announces U.S. Phase 2a Results For PF-03187207 And Gives An Update On Continuing NO-prostaglandin Program

07 May 2008

NicOx S.A. (Euronext Paris: COX) announced the results of a U.S. phase 2 study, conducted by its partner Pfizer Inc, which compared the safety and efficacy of various doses of PF-03187207 to Xalatan(R) (latanoprost) 0...
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Despite Therapy For Hypertension Kidney Disease Worsens In A Fourth Of African-Americans

06 May 2008

The best available treatment for chronic kidney disease from high blood pressure did not keep the disease from substantially worsening in about a fourth of African-Americans studied, according to long-term results of a...
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Loss Of Protective Heart Failure Protein Causes High Blood Pressure

06 May 2008

Scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found that a protein that appears to have protective and perhaps healing effects for failing hearts also plays a similar...
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Hypertension News Articles Archive - Page 1

06 May 2008

Need Blood Pressure Checked? You May Want To Sit Down For This News

05 May 2008

Study Finds Education, Simple Measures Keys To Improving Vets' Hypertension Care

Blood Pressure A Major Problem In Developing Countries

High Blood Pressure Still Sneaking Past Doctors, Stanford Study Shows

04 May 2008

GlaxoSmithKline's Volibris (ambrisentan) Receives Authorisation From The European Commission For The Treatment Of Functional Class Hypertension

Four-Fifths Of High Blood Pressure Related Deaths Occur In Developing World

02 May 2008

Discovery Of Compound Could Lead To New Blood Pressure Drugs

Doctors Still Missing High Blood Pressure, Stanford Study Shows

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - Gilead Initiates Letairis® (ambrisentan) Phase IV Program

Heart Disease Biomarker C-Reactive Protein Is Elevated 30 Years Following A Pregnancy Complicated By Eclampsia

Coversyl(R) Protects Hypertensive Patients Against New-Onset Diabetes

30 April 2008

Updated Guidance On Blood Pressure, UK

Hydrogen Sulphide May Be Involved In Regulating Blood Pressure

Chocolate May Be Boon To Pregnant Women, Yale Study Shows

Millions Of Patients May Find Hope In A New Implantable Device Designed To Lower High Blood Pressure In Drug Resistant Hypertension Patients

29 April 2008

The Genetic Background Of Heart Failure And The Role Of Hypertension - A Close Cooperation Between Basic Researchers And Clinicians In Berlin-Buch

Tight Blood Pressure Control Not Enough To Temper Kidney Disease In African Americans

28 April 2008

Glaxosmithkline's Volibris Receives Authorisation From The European Commission For The Treatment Of Functional Class II And III PAH

25 April 2008

European Medicines Agency Recommendation On Use Of Angiotensin IIreceptor Antagonists During Pregnancy

22 April 2008

CocoaVia Dark Chocolate Bars Shown To Lower Cholesterol

Electronic Handheld Blood Pressure Devices Market To Reach 793 Million Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

21 April 2008

New Powerful Antihypertensive MicardisPlus® 80/25 (80mg Telmisartan/25mg Hydrochlorothiazide) Approved By EU Commission

New Antihypertensive PritorPlus® 80/25 And Kinzalkomb® 80/25 Approved By EU Commission

17 April 2008

Vitamin D May Protect Against Peripheral Artery Disease

Pharmacopeia Announces Upcoming Late-Breaker Presentation Of Phase 2a Results For Its First-in-Class Investigational DARA Compound, PS433540

Link Between Bone Loss And Diuretics In Older Men

16 April 2008

Lower Blood Pressure Linked To Statins

15 April 2008

Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth Halted By Blood Pressure Drugs

Blood Pressure Lowered By Statins

High Blood Pressure Linked To Fewer Headaches

Many Doctors And Public Misunderstand Best Use Of Assessment Procedure For Coronary Artery Disease

New Powerful Antihypertensive MicardisPlus(R) 80/25 (80mg Telmisartan/25mg Hydrochlorothiazide) Approved By EU Commission

10 April 2008

Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Control May Reverse Atherosclerosis In Adults With Diabetes

09 April 2008

Microwave Treatments For Enlarged Prostate Cause Blood Pressure Surges

Lower Target Levels For Blood Pressure And LDL-Cholesterol Could Provide Early Cardiovascular Benfits But May Not Work Forever

08 April 2008

American Heart Association Issues New Guidelines For Treating Resistant Hypertension

Tumor-Sensing Role Found In Blood Pressure Enzyme

07 April 2008

Small Vessel Disease Responbsible For 1/3 Of Risk For Dementia, Autopsy Study Shows

Protection Against Hypertension From Rare Genetic Mutations

06 April 2008

Yale Study Shows How Rare Genes Have Big Impact On Blood Pressure

05 April 2008

Metabolic Syndrome More Predominant In East Germany Than West Germany

01 April 2008

Cardiovascular Risk Lowered By 2-Drug Blood Pressure Therapy

Using Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment In Very Elderly Shows Significant Reductions In Mortality

Fewer Side Effects With New Blood Pressure Medication According To Global Study

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine April 1, 2008

Diabetics Have Same Risk For Heart Attack, Stroke Or Death From Cardiovascular Diseases As People Who've Already Had A Heart Attack

Tai Chi Improves Diabetes Control

Landmark ONTARGET(TM) Trial Demonstrates Micardis(R) Is Equally Effective As Ramipril, With Fewer Discontinuations

Lotrel, A Single Pill Combination For Treating High Blood Pressure, Reduced Cardiovascular Events By 20% In High-Risk Patients

31 March 2008

Relaxation Training May Improve Control Of Hard-To-Treat Systolic Hypertension

LDL Particle Measurement By NMR Recognized By ADA, ACC

28 March 2008

Maximum Life's Product Navitol Clinically Proven To Reduce Systolic Blood Pressure

Stress-Management May Improve Control Of Hard-To-Treat Systolic Hypertension, Reduce Need For Medication, Cut Health-care Costs

27 March 2008

MSU Professor Earns Bowditch Award For Work On Hypertension

26 March 2008

2 Minority Outreach Fellows Named By APS

25 March 2008

Parents' High Blood Pressure Associated With Increased Risk Of Hypertension Throughout Life In Men

Dieting And Medication May Reduce Blood Pressure In Patients With Hypertension

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