What Doctors Don't Tell YouIndividuals who have systolic hypertension and high levels of blood cholesterol in midlife appear to have a significantly increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in later life, report Fin ...
Fish oil reduces blood pressure in those whose levels are raised, according to an analysis of 31 placebo controlled trials involving 1356 people (Circulation, 1993 August, 88: 523-33). ...
With atrial fibrillation, a high pulse rate and elevated blood pressure, I’ve gone through at least seven different medications, prescribed by my GP, over the last two years. I’m 71 and could not tolerate any of them due to side-effects that I’d...
Accutane (generic name: isotretinoin; also sold as Rocaccutane) is medicine’s biggest gun in the war on acne. A prescription acne medication derived from vitamin A, it’s been distributed by Hoffmann-La Roche Pharmaceuticals since its approval in...
Drugs for high blood pressure may be overprescribed, if the results of a review of the latest way of measuring hypertension are anything to go by. ...
GPs are overdiagnosing and overtreating hypertension in normal patients because of defective testing equipment, according to a report in GP magazine (4 January 1993). ...
The high incidence of hypertension high blood pressure in the West and its virtual absence in many developing countries has been attributed to a number of bad Western dietary habits. As soon as th ...
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The newer anti hypertensive drugs, such as the ACE inhibitor, do not produce significantly better results than older style heart drugs, especially in the elderly, according to new research. ...
Despite the massive assault of medicine, cases of hypertension (high blood pressure) just aren't going down. A 36 year follow up by the Framingham study reveals that one in four Americans has high ...
