News articles tagged with 'angiotensin'
Combination ACE inhibitor therapy increases risk of kidney failure and death
— 28 Mar 2011 18:52 | HealthElderly patients prescribed combination angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) had a higher risk of kidney failure and death, according…
Young rats given polyphenols show less endothelial function deterioration with aging
— 1 Feb 2011 20:48 | HealthThe endothelium is the inner lining of our blood vessels and normal functions of endothelial cells include enabling coagulation, platelet adhesion and immune function. Endothelial dysfunction…
Controlling the rising costs of cardiovascular care
— 25 Jan 2011 18:20 | HealthCanada's health care system could have saved $77 million in 2006 if it had adopted a more restrictive policy on the cardiovascular drugs angiotensin receptor blockers without a negative…
Peptide delivers 1-2 punch to breast cancer in pre-clinical study
— 4 Jan 2011 22:51 | HealthResearchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre (WFUBMC) have discovered what may become a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. For the first time, a peptide…
Patients receiving dialysis are at a heightened risk for sudden cardiac death
— 15 Nov 2010 17:36 | HealthApproximately 500,000 Americans require dialysis to treat kidney disease; of that population nearly half of the deaths that occur are caused by cardiovascular disease. Dialysis patients…
Novel approach yields new insights into the causes of pre-eclampsia
— 7 Oct 2010 16:42 | HealthAn exciting collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Nottingham has resulted in new insights into the hypertension that frequently blights pregnancy…
Blood pressure breakthrough holds real hope for treatment of pre-eclampsia
— 7 Oct 2010 16:24 | HealthScientists have discovered a mechanism which raises blood pressure in pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly condition which occurs during pregnancy…
Lower blood pressure goal benefits some African-Americans with chronic kidney disease
— 2 Sep 2010 15:40 | HealthOn average, a lower blood pressure goal was no better than the standard blood pressure goal at slowing progression of kidney disease among African-Americans who had chronic kidney disease…
Multiple sclerosis - antihypertensive drug ameliorate inflammation in the brain
— 29 Jul 2010 11:28 | HealthResearchers in Heidelberg and Stanford have discovered a new signalling pathway of brain cells that explains how widely used antihypertensive drugs could keep inflammation in multiple…
Connection elucidated between obesity, salt sensitivity and high blood pressure
— 18 Jun 2010 13:53 | HealthOne way obese people become salt sensitive and hypertensive has been identified by Medical College of Georgia researchers…