News tagged with hypertensive disorder

Children with high blood pressure more likely to have learning disabilities

Children who have hypertension are much more likely to have learning disabilities than children with normal blood pressure, according to a new University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) study published this week in the ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researcher identifies links between hypertension, bipolar disorders

Nearly half of patients hospitalized with bipolar disorder may suffer from hypertension, and the younger a person is diagnosed with the psychiatric condition the more likely they are to develop high blood pressure, according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin C and E supplements do not reduce risk for blood pressure disorders of pregnancy

Taking vitamin C and E supplements starting in early pregnancy does not reduce the risk for the hypertensive disorders and their complications that occur during pregnancy, according to a study by a National Institutes of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Book demystifies psychiatry for the general public

Psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed, poorly treated and highly stigmatized, according to psychiatrists Charles F. Zorumski, M.D., and Eugene H. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. So these Washington University physicians ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers identify key contributor to pre-eclampsia

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals a key component in the development of preeclampsia in pregnant women, a condition that can result in miscarriage and maternal death.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NHLBI stops study of pulmonary hypertension treatment in sickle cell patients

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped a clinical trial testing a drug treatment for pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle cell disease nearly one year ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pregnancy complications are a stress test for future maternal health and pregnancies

Predicting whether pregnancy complications affect long-term maternal health as well as future pregnancies is at the heart of two studies conducted by researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hypertensive kids more likely to have learning/attention problems

Children who have high blood pressure are more likely to have learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than children who are not hypertensive. They are also more likely to have a higher body ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple new way to analyze sleep disorders

Sleep is such an essential part of human existence that we spend about a third of our lives doing it -- some more successfully than others. Sleep disorders afflict some 50-70 million people in the United States and are a ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0