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HypertensionHypertension is a cardiovascular disease that is manifested with high blood pressure inside the blood vessels. More than 65 million Americans are prone to this disease. Usually most people do not experience any severe symptoms, so they can not pay attention to their condition. However, the constant hypertension may result in different health problems including heart attacks, stroke, kidney damage and eye diseases. Unfortunately, hypertension can not be cured. However it can be successfully controlled through a combination of medicines that reduce high blood pressure as well as life style changes that include:
A large number of medications that are used to control high blood pressure exist. There are several main types of antihypertensive medicines. They work in different ways and affect many biological structures that are responsible for controlling blood pressure. These types include:
If not treated hypertension can develop into a chronic form that is quite dangerous for human organism. The risk to die because of heart diseases, strokes and kidney failure increases if you experience chronic hypertension. Category News
04/24/09 - Grapes may prevent heart health risks beyond the simple blood pressure-lowering impact
Can a grape-enriched diet prevent the downhill sequence of heart failure after years of high blood pressure?
04/24/09 - Diabetes, obesity and hypertension increase mortality in hepatitis C patients
The specific impact of metabolic syndrome on mortality in hepatitis C patients has been revealed by new research to be presented on Sunday April 26 at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Copenhagen, Denm
11/14/08 - High blood pressure a looming problem for Europe
More than half of people diagnosed with high blood pressure do not have it under control and many more go undiagnosed, according to research carried out at the University of Warwick.
06/21/07 - Telmisartan May Significantly Slow The Progression Of Diabetic Kidney Disease In Hypertensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
New data presented today at the Annual European Society of Hypertension meeting in Milan reveals that the long-acting angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) telmisartan (MICARDIS®) may slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy in hypertensive type 2 d
06/21/07 - New Data Presented On Micardis(R) (Telmisartan) Tablets In Hypertensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Today, results from AMADEO, one of a series of studies comparing two angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) in hypertensive patients with diabetic nephropathy, were presented at the 17th annual... |
