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American Journal of Medicine

Antihypertensive therapy: persistence and compliance factors

8 March 2010 – Persistence and compliance with antihypertensive therapy have improved since the late 1990s among elderly patients residing in Ontario, Canada, show results of a study published in the American Journal of Medicine that also found the rates of each were highest when patients were initiated on an ACE inhibitor. Conversely, persistence and compliance were lowest with beta blockers and diuretics, respectively, report Oded Friedman, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada) and co-workers.

Archives of Internal Medicine

BP-lowering diet appears more effective when combined with other interventions

5 March 2010 – Combining an anti-hypertension diet with exercise and weight loss counselling may result in increased reduction in high blood pressure (BP) along with other benefits. James A. Blumenthal, PhD (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA) and colleagues studied 144 overweight or obese patients with high BP.

Archives of Internal Medicine

Low-carbohydrate diet effective in lowering BP

2 March 2010 – In a head-to-head comparison, two popular weight loss methods proved equally effective in helping participants lose significant amounts of weight. But, in a surprising twist, a low-carbohydrate diet proved better at lowering blood pressure (BP) than the weight-loss drug orlistat, according to researchers at Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center (USA) who have published a new study in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

FDA

FDA approves olmesartan medoxomil for hypertension in children, adolescents

1 March 2010 – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved olmesartan medoxomil, alone or with other antihypertensive agents, for use in children and adolescents aged 6 to 16 years with hypertension.

Stroke

ARIC study: BP and white-matter disease progression

27 February 2010 – Blood pressure (BP) is a predictor of concurrent and subsequently measured white-matter hyperintensity (WMH), but longitudinal studies of WMH changes and data in black participants are lacking. A new study published in the journal Stroke hypothesized that WMH progression would be strongly related to BP in blacks and whites and predicted more strongly by earlier (midlife) or cumulative BP measurements than by measures at older ages.

Annals of Family Medicine

Incidence and predictors of hypertension among rural Chinese adults

26 February 2009 – Chinese researchers have determined the incidence of hypertension and its risk factors among rural Chinese adults, and the study results are published on the journal Annals of Family Medicine.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Beta-blockers effective in combination therapies

24 February 2009 – Using beta-blockers as a second-line therapy in combination with certain anti-hypertensive drugs significantly lowers blood pressure (BP) in patients with hypertension, according to a systematic review by Cochrane Researchers. This review also goes some way to explaining the differences in the way that patients respond to beta-blockers and other classes of BP lowering drugs.

Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

Dementia linked to high BP years earlier

22 February 2010 – High blood pressure (BP) may put women at greater risk for dementia later in life by increasing white matter abnormalities in the brain, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in a study published online in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

American Journal of Hypertension

Copenhagen City Heart Study: leptin, not adiponectin, predicts hypertension

19 February 2010 – Results from the Copenhagen City Heart Study (CCHS) published in the American Journal of Hypertension show that leptin, but not adiponectin, levels are significantly associated with new-onset hypertension.

British Medical Journal

Use of angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of dementia in a predominantly male population: prospective cohort analysis

17 February 2010 – New research published in the British Medical Journal shows that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), commonly used to treat high blood pressure (BP) and heart disease, could protect against Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

PNAS - Proceedings from the National Academy of Sciences

Engineering skin grafts to treat high BP

12 February 2010 – Researchers (lead team: Jonathan C. Vogel, Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA) have created bioengineered human skin grafts that may be able to treat high blood pressure (BP) and have also designed an approach that could be used to produce and deliver therapeutic molecules for a variety of other systemic genetic diseases.

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Raising kids may lower BP

10 February 2010 – A new study found that parenthood is associated with lower blood pressure (BP), particularly so among women. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a Brigham Young University in Provo (Utah, USA) psychologist who studies relationships and health, published her report in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Journal of Proteome Research

More evidence on benefits of high BP drugs in diabetic eye disease

8 February 2010 – Scientists in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain high blood pressure (BP) drugs may be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. The study, the largest to date on proteins in the retina, could lead to new ways to prevent or treat the sight-threatening disease, they say. The findings are in the Journal of Proteome Research.

Hypertension

Effect of intensive vs. standard BP lowering on diastolic function in patients with uncontrolled hypertension and diastolic dysfunction

6 February 2010 – Patients with hypertension who achieve greater reductions in systolic blood pressure (SBP) show improved left ventricular (LV) diastolic function relative to their peers who achieve more modest SBP reductions, research write in the journal Hypertension.

Stroke

Iran: poor compliance for BP and high stroke rate

5 February 2010 – The epidemiology of stroke and its subtypes in the Middle East is unclear. But people in Iran appear to suffer strokes more often and at younger ages than those in many Western countries, according to a new report published in the journal Stroke.

Hypertension

BP control abnormal in newborns of smoking mothers

3 February 2010 – Newborns of women who smoked during pregnancy show signs of circulatory dysfunction in the first few weeks of life that get worse throughout the first year, Swedish researchers reported in the journal Hypertension.

Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg

Young Swedish men consume an alarming amount of salt

2 February 2010 – People who consume a lot of salt run a greater risk of developing high blood pressure, which in turn is one of the key causes of heart problems and stroke. In Sweden the National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket) recommends that Swedish women consume no more than 6 grams of salt a day, and Swedish men no more than 7 grams, but the authority would ideally like to see us consuming between 5 and 6 grams a day. The National Food Administration would also like to see children consuming less salt.

National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI)

New York: health group asks for lower salt limits

1 February 2010 – A New York City-based health organization is proposing that restaurants and packaged food manufacturers lower sodium levels by 25% over 5 years to greatly reduce preventable health risks

Neuron

Study shows a key protein helps BP control

29 January 2010 – University of Iowa researchers have shown that a protein channel helps nerve sensors in blood vessels keep blood pressure (BP) in check. Without the protein channel, known as ASIC2, the sensors are unable to send the brain the signals it needs to properly control blood pressure.

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

PAH drug outperforms expectations

22 January 2010 – The pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drug treprostinil may be more effective than it’s given credit for, researchers write online in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

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