Blood pressure checks key to health Asahi.com
Even individuals with symptoms that could lead to illnesses dubbed the "metabolic syndrome" can cut their risk of hardening of the arteries by maintaining a healthy level of blood pressure, research suggests.
If you're healthy, stay the course Boston Herald
Q. I am confused. I like my doctor and take medication for high cholesterol, blood pressure and one aspirin a day. I just read in a magazine that all the medicine I am taking is bad for me. I am 77
More Treatment Options for Diabetes Means Few Excuses for High Blood Sugar Newswise
A generation ago, there was just one kind of pill that could help people with diabetes keep their blood sugar levels down. Today, there are a variety of options to keep blood sugar low enough to prevent or delay long-term problems like heart attacks, blindness, amputation and kidney failure.
Basic Mechanism Found In How Aging Blood Vessels Lose Their Elasticity Science Daily
Researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have discovered a fundamental mechanism that causes aging blood vessels to lose their elasticity -- a literal "hardening of the arteries" that is often a prelude to high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. An understanding of this mechanism provides an important new target for both drugs and dietary changes that might
Chrysler Group Launches 'BP Success - You Auto Know' to Improve Blood Pressure Control Among Employees The Auto Channel
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 1, 2006 -- The Chrysler Group recently launched a new national workplace wellness program called the "BP Success Zone - You Auto Know" to help its employees better understand the importance of having their blood pressure under control and then maintaining it.
Scientists: Do we understand love? CNET
Blog: Do we understand love?That was the question posed to two professors of medicine this weekend at Wonderfest, a San Francisco Bay
Takeda Cuts Profit Forecast; 2nd-Qtr Earnings Fall Update4 Bloomberg.com
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Japan's largest drugmaker, said full-year earnings may fall amid slower sales of its Actos diabetes medicine, and after a tax cost caused second-quarter profit to drop 47 percent.
Reuters Summit - Amgen says cancer drug prices under scrutiny Yahoo! India News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amgen Inc., which last month launched its new cancer drug Vectibix at a 20 percent discount to rival product Erbitux, said on Monday cancer companies were under mounting pressure to prove the value of their medicines.
Hardening of the Arteries Caused by a Communications Failure Senior Journal
November 6, 2006 – A diagnosis feared by senior citizens – "hardening of the arteries" – may be caused by a lack of communications, says new research. The old blood vessels still have the ability to relax, much as they did when they were younger, but they are not getting the message.
Heart research shifts to early detection Boston Globe
It is one of the most enduring and intractable problems in medicine: In half of men and two-thirds of women who die abruptly from heart disease, there is no warning, no symptom of a problem brewing.

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High Blood Pressure: Things You Can Do to Help Lower Yours
Many different types of medicine can be used to treat high blood pressure (see the box below). These are called antihypertensive medicines.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: High blood pressure
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is when your blood pressure frequently U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
Types of Blood Pressure Medications: Guide to Lowering HBP
Brief overview of the different types of drugs prescribed to treat hypertension.
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