News tagged with receptor blocker
FDA finds no cancer link with blood pressure pills
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says there is no link between a popular group of blood pressure medications and cancer, despite a recent paper suggesting a slightly higher risk in patients taking the drugs.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Adrenaline receptor 'frozen in action'
Adrenaline, the hormone that prepares our body to fight or flight, acts on a hyperdynamic receptor. This molecule switches so fast between several positions, that it was impossible to image it. Until now. Scientists, including ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Comparison of medications for heart failure finds difference in risk of death
In a comparison of the angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) candesartan and losartan, used by patients with heart failure, candesartan was associated with a lower risk of death at 1 and 5 years, according to a study in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Angiotensin receptor blockers associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) -- a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines -- are associated with a striking decrease in the occurrence ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Common blood-pressure drug also combats dementia
A widely-prescribed drug to tackle high blood pressure and heart disease also appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to a large US study published on Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Bundling 2 low-cost heart drugs prevents heart attack and stroke in large, diverse population
A program that bundled two generic, low-cost drugs - a cholesterol-lowering statin and a blood pressure-lowering drug - and gave daily doses to 68,560 people with diabetes or heart disease for two years is estimated to have ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 01, 2009 |
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'Less is more' when it comes to treating high blood pressure
A newly published study found patients actually have more control of their high blood pressure (hypertension) when treated with less medication. The study led by Dr. Ross D. Feldman, a clinical scientist with the Robarts ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 19, 2009 |
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