Hypertension News

Nearly all men will experience erectile dysfunction at some point in their lives.

More than half of people over age 60 have hypertension, and as the population ages, this "silent" disease will become a more frequent diagnosis for the primary care physician.

"I really didn't feel like I had it and I didn't want to take the time to go to the doctor." As a nurse, Steven Deford knows what can happen if you ignore symptoms of a serious disease.

Edgar Ray Killen was taken from court in an ambulance yesterday, and hospitalized for treatment of high blood pressure.

There are concerns this morning that some people may be taking a fake heart medication here in Hamilton.

Encysive Pharmaceuticals today announced plans to market Thelin directly in Europe.

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An 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman was taken from court on a stretcher and hospitalized with high blood pressure Thursday, the opening day of testimony at his murder trial in the 1964 killings of three ...

Imagine if you were taking a prescription medication for your heart that was helping to keep you alive.

Children suffering from a rare and fatal lung disease were able to walk farther and breathe easier after taking the impotence pill Viagra, a small study suggests.

One-time Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was removed from court on a stretcher Thursday on the opening day of testimony in his trial for the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers.

A tiny biotechnology company today will seek a crucial advisory panel endorsement for BiDil, a heart pill that could become the first drug approved for a single race.

A fierce, behind-the-scenes battle over how much influence drug companies exert on doctors is raising the blood pressure at the American Society of Hypertension.

You are a woman. Your waistline is above 34 inches. The big round belly may be a reservoir of metabolic risk factors and make you susceptible to various health disorders.

Black and white adolescent girls process sodium and calcium differently, and these differences can affect their health later in life.

Several recent articles in Clinical Chemistry have described the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms as markers in genetic linkage studies .

Florida - A four-year-old boy has died after passing out while aboard Walt Disney World's Mission: Space attraction - a ride that has caused previous concerns because of its intensity.

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Almost a quarter of people in England and Wales are suffering from high blood pressure which has not been diagnosed, campaigners have said.

Rosetter Jones has a lot of problems. "I have arthritis, high blood pressure, I'm a diabetic and I'm into early liver failure." And with every rise in the temperature, another problem becomes more and more ...

High blood pressure treatment isn't limited to drugs. Natural treatments such as meditation and diet can have a significant effect.

The 2005 Dietary Guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should have remained silent on the issue of lowering sodium intake, experts said, because of a lack of evidence that ...

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Viagra may come to the rescue of children with a rare and deadly lung condition, Canadian researchers report.

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston hope some common vitamins taken early in pregnancy will prevent high blood pressure in pregnancy.

A health fair will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Redmon and Lee Center at 815 Elm.

A survey by a pharmaceuticals giant suggests that 8 percent of Korean men in their 40s and 15 percent in their 50s suffer from erectile dysfunction.

If you're trying to reduce your salt consumption to control your blood pressure, you'll have to do more than just keep the salt shaker off the table.

Shares of Alteon fell more than 50 percent yesterday after the biotechnology company suffered a double dose of bad news about its lead drug.

Patricia Makovicka rang up a frightful balance on her credit cards buying medicines to keep her blood sugar and hypertension in check.

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