Novel Oral Antihypertensive Gets FDA's Blessing
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved aprocitentan (Tryvio), making it the first endothelin receptor antagonist for the treatment of high blood pressure (BP), Idorsia Pharmaceuticals announced on Wednesday.
The once-daily oral medication is... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
A data duel over U.S. maternal mortality
Experts agree that the U.S. maternal mortality rate is unacceptably high. And year after year of data show that disadvantaged groups, particularly Black and Native American women, die at even higher rates than women in the United States overall during pregnancy and childbirth.
But controversy broke out last week over just how bad the situation is, when a paper by academic epidemiologists published in the
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
(
AJOG
) provoked unusual pushback from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The paper suggested a widely reported tripling in t...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Higher Polygenic Risk Score Tied to Increased Risk for Glaucoma
(MedPage Today) -- Higher polygenic risk score (PRS) was associated with an increased risk for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in patients with ocular hypertension, according to a post-hoc analysis of the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 19, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
How to Stop Procrastinating at Bedtime and Actually Go to Sleep
Once I finally tuck my kids into bed, clean the kitchen, and shoot off my last work email of the night, it’s “me” time. It’s also, cruelly, bedtime. I know I should sleep, but instead I stay up way too late binge-watching Love Is Blind or mindlessly scrolling on Reddit. I need rest, but I push it off. This is my only uninterrupted time, and I want to maximize it.
This phenomenon is so universal that there’s a scientific name for it: “bedtime procrastination.” According to the researchers who coined it in a 2014 study, bedtime procrastination is “failing to go to bed at th...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Friedlander Serrano Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
EHR Alerts Trigger Primary Care Clinics to Improve Hypertension Care in CKD
(MedPage Today) -- A computerized clinical decision support (CDS) tool for primary care helped lower blood pressure (BP) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and uncontrolled hypertension, a cluster-randomized trial found.
When primary... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 15, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
MRI shows effects of high blood pressure on the brain
High blood pressure has a negative effect on the brain's white matter -- and not just in older adults but in younger ones as well, researchers have reported.
A study conducted by a team led by Junyeon Won, PhD, of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas found that diffusion-weighted MRI brain white matter metrics showed a connection between hypertension and white matter abnormalities. Their results were published March 15 in Hypertension.
"[We found that] high blood pressure and high hypertension stage were associated with [diffusion-weighted MRI white matter brain characteristics]," the group wrote.
High blood pre...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD
Detecting breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms could identify women at a higher risk of future cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study published March 13 in Clinical Imaging found.
Researchers led by Shadi Azam, PhD, from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York found links between such calcifications and older age, diabetes, parity, younger age at first birth, and hypertension in women who underwent both screening mammography and cardiac CT angiography (CCTA).
“Additionally, we found that when neither breast arterial calcifications nor coronary arterial calcifications were present, the estimated 10-year risk o...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Chart Flag Boosts BP Control in Kidney Patients Chart Flag Boosts BP Control in Kidney Patients
Clinical decision support systems could be a promising tool to help clinicians control hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
The Risks of Belly Fat
Got a big belly? You may be at risk for heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and cancer. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prevalence of Self-Reported Hypertension 30 Percent in 2017 to 2021
MONDAY, March 11, 2024 -- The overall age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was about 30 percent in 2017 to 2021, according to research published in the March 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hypertension Stable in US, Antihypertensive Med Use Rises Hypertension Stable in US, Antihypertensive Med Use Rises
After updated guidelines lowered the threshold for hypertension in 2017, prevalence remained stable through 2021, and the use of antihypertensive medications rose by 3%.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Pathology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Over-40s urged to get free blood pressure checks
Millions of people do not realise they have dangerously high blood pressure that needs treating, says NHS England. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Four million Brits are living with the 'silent killer' of high blood pressure, the NHS warns
High blood pressure affects an estimated 32 per cent of adults, but approximately three in ten of these remain undiagnosed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2 Medical Device Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in March
A good way to invest in the healthcare industry's continued growth is by targeting businesses that make medical devices. Such equipment aids physicians in surgery, helps patients recover, and can assist people in staying on top of chronic conditions, including hypertension and diabetes. This…#medtronic #dexcom #dxcm #fda #g7 #davidjagielski #motleyfool #2medicaldevicestocks #buyhandoverfist (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wegovy Is Good for More Than Just Weight Loss
The obesity drug Wegovy can now claim to lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular issues in people who are overweight or who have obesity, and also have cardiovascular disease. It’s the first weight-loss drug to carry an indication for heart benefits.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the addition to the label on March 8 based on a study from Wegovy’s manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, showing that the drug lowered the risk of heart attack, stroke, or dying of heart-related issues in this population by 20% compared to people receiving placebo.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
