News tagged with 'Hypertension'

Loud snoring, interrupted breathing and sleep disruption – classic signs of sleep apnea – raise the risk of premature death in men by 40 percent.

The National Institutes of Health stopped a drug trial when it was found that the drug, marketed as Viagra, and known as sildenafil, caused serious medical problems in sickle cell patients suffering from pulmonary hypertension.  

Regular physical activity can help to reduce a woman’s overall risk of cancer, but only if she gets a good night’s sleep, according to findings presented at the meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) this week.

The Commonwealth Fund's survey of 7,500 from eight countries finds the U.S. spends the most and offers the least for chronic conditions.  82 percent of the uninsured go without care because of the cost, half of the insured. Patients raise the cost for all when they go without care. 

A new study finds grapes may help fight the battle on heart disease and hypertension, for those people that consume a diet high in salty foods. Scientists suggest that flavonoids, a beneficial chemicals found in grapes, may be the substance that provides beneficial effects found in a study of lab rats.

Despite public efforts to promote good nutrition and physical activity, Americans are getting fatter. Adult obesity rates have surged across 37 states during the last year, according to an annual state-by-state report.

Teens that sleep fewer than 6 1/2 hours per night are at twice the risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure) and those with troubled sleep habits are at triple the risk, according to researchers at Western Reserve University.

Diet is a four letter word. The DASH Diet is an eating plan for life. That's why the National Institutes of Health originally promoted the plan to lower blood pressure without medication. Hypertension affects one in four Americans over the age of 60. Now researchers say the DASH diet also lessens your risk for coronary heart disease and stroke.

According to a new report published in this week's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, middle-aged men and women face a high risk of developing hypertension. Doctors with the Framingham Heart Study in Massachusetts examined nearly 1,300 men and women age fifty-five to sixty-five who, until that t

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Tracleer, a new oral medication for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare but fatal type of high blood pressure. PAH causes abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries connecting the heart and lungs. Tracleer, made by Actelion Pha