Blood Pressure Control Curbs Diabetic Eye Problem
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People with diabetes are prone to develop damage to their retinas, but tight control of blood pressure slows the progression of this complication and helps prevent vision loss, UK researchers report.
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A common hypertension medication appears to dramatically reduce the risk of complications or death in patients with heart disease, but without the high blood pressure that often goes hand-in-hand with the condition, a study said.
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Cutting down on caffeine could help people with the most common form of diabetes better control their blood sugar levels, researchers said on Monday.
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A drug has been found to slow a common cause of vision loss - and even improve sight in some patients.
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NEW YORK  - Commercially available portion control plates and bowls can help obese individuals with type 2 diabetes lose weight and reduce their need for blood sugar-controlling medications, according to a Canadian study published today.
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NEW YORK  - In people with diabetes and  heart failure, treatment with the beta-blocker metoprolol CR/XL  (controlled release/extended release) safely reduces the risk  of hospitalization and death, research shows.
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NEW YORK  - A common type of disease that  involves the back of the eye, known as retinopathy, is a risk  factor for heart failure, even in the absence of preexisting  heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, according to a  new report.
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p2pnet.net News:- If you&#39;re short-sighted and you spend a lot of time in front of a computer, you could be opening yourself to glaucoma, an eye diseases in which the eye-ball swells because of increased fluid pressure.
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Giving a hypertension drug to people with heart disease saves lives even if they have normal blood pressure, and a calcium channel blocker drug is more effective than an ACE inhibitor, a new study finds.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Transcendental meditation (TM) reduces hypertension and cuts down on the need for blood pressure-lowering medications, according to a study in black Americans.
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NEW ORLEANS  - Cholesterol-lowering  'statin' drugs -- such as Lipitor or Zocor, for example -- also  lower blood pressure to a modest extent, according to a report  at the American Heart Association annual meeting.
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A new analysis of studies strongly suggests that people with diabetes keep tight reins on their blood sugar levels if they want to ward off heart disease.
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NEW YORK  - Biennial rather than annual eye screening in people with diabetes without signs of retinal disease is effective and does not lead to any undue delay in treatment, Icelandic researchers report in the December issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
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A new study, published in the November issue of the journal &quot;Diabetes Care&quot; has indicated that about 40 percent of diabetic patients can reduce their risk of heart attacks and of dying from heart disease by taking vitamin E supplements.
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Scientists in Singapore have invented a contact lens capable of releasing precise amounts of medication to treat glaucoma and other eye diseases so doing away with eye drops.
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levated blood sugar increases the risk of heart disease, not only in people with diabetes but also in those with high-normal readings not considered diabetic.
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People with hypertension who practice slow breathing with the aid of a regulating device find their blood pressure drops, according to a new study from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.