After using beta-blockers as the drug of choice to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) for 30 years, doctors have finally been warned that the drugs are ineffective and dangerous.
AND YOU THOUGHT THE AMERICANS WERE HEADING FOR THE HEART ATTACK: Well
HEALTHY TEETH: Healthy body
Conventional treatment of high blood pressure is failing to prevent men from dying from heart disease in fact, it may even be increasing the risk of heart problems. ...
GPs are overdiagnosing and overtreating hypertension in normal patients because of defective testing equipment, according to a report in GP magazine (4 January 1993). ...
WHICH HEART DRUG?: Diuretics win the day
There are literally scores of ways to reduce high blood pressure (BP) without having to take recourse to drugs.
HEART RISKS: Is another urban myth toppled?
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 ...