Category Archives: Hypertension

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Lose Weight, regardless of Diet Intervention, can Shrink the Plague in Carotid Artery

Posted on March 7, 2010 by wngai

A study published in the March issue of the Circulation indicated that people who lost weight by one of the three diets 1) low fat, 2) Mediterranean or 3) low carbohydrate can have the plagues in their carotid artery (the … Continue reading →

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IVF May Raise Risk of Diabetes, Hypertension and Cancer in Later Life

Posted on February 27, 2010 by wngai

People who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) may be at greater risk of early-onset diabetes, high blood pressure, and certain cancers. A study comparing the genetic composition of 75 IVF-born children and 100 naturally born babies found that children who … Continue reading →

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Hypertension may lead to dementia in older adults

Posted on February 21, 2010 by wngai

Hypertension appears to predict progression to dementia in older adults with cognitive deficiency (ability to plan and initiate/inhibit complex behaviors), according to a report published in the February 2010 issue of the Archives of Neurology. The analysis was based on … Continue reading →

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Tight Target Control Prevents Diabetic Nephropathy in Asian Population With Type 2 Diabetes

Posted on February 18, 2010 by wngai

Tight achievement of multiple targets, recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), can delay diabetic nephropathy in Chinese with Type 2 diabetes. The study, involving 1,290 type 2 diabetic patients with normoalbuminuria, revealed that patients who received intensified treatment and … Continue reading →

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Low-carb diet has same weight loss but better BP control than drug/diet combo

Posted on February 17, 2010 by wngai

A new randomized study comparing 1) a low-carbohydrate diet with 2) combination of weight-loss drug, orlistat* (Xenical), and a low-fat diet has found that both strategies produced similar weight loss over a one-year period.  The low-carb diet, however, also produced … Continue reading →

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Hypertensive drugs effective in preventing dementia

Posted on February 15, 2010 by wngai

A new analysis reported patients who took the anti-hypertensive drugs(ARBs), have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia than patients who took other anti-hypertensive drugs such as ACE inhibitors. Furthermore, the rates of disease progression, indicated by the … Continue reading →

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