American doctors have been warned to stop prescribing the calcium-channel blocker nifedipine, used to treat high blood pressure, angina and heart attack. ...
Cheaper antihypertensive drugs work better than expensive calcium channel blockers, according to a new metaanalysis carried out as a joint effort by investigators at three universities in North Ca ...
One of the most popular drugs for treating high blood pressure actually raises the risk of a heart attack by 60 per cent. ...
More evidence that exercise may help prevent the onset of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. ...
Here's a final list of our three part series on common drugs that deplete your body of essential minerals, co enzymes, vitamins and similar nutrients. If you need to take one of these medications, ...
None of the 66 pharmaceutical drugs currently licensed as treatment for high blood pressure, or hypertension, are any better than 'water pills', according to a new breakthrough study.
Antihypertensive drugs can affect the central nervous system of the brain, preventing it from functioning properly, reveals a recent study.
In 1993 I was a fit, healthy 40 year old professional woman busily and happily working full time and also enjoying home life with my husband and son. ...
The heart drug Posicor (mibefradil dihydrochloride) has been withdrawn by the manufacturer after it caused cardiogenic shock in four patients one of whom died. ...
Cozaar (losartan potassium) is heralded by its manufacturer Merck Sharp & Dohme as being "the first of a new class" for treating hypertension, or high blood pressure. ...