Blood Pressure Drugs' Benefits Similar for Blacks
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NEW YORK  - As a treatment for high blood  pressure in black patients, no drug is really better than  another at reducing the risk of death and pressure-related  problems -- provided that the patient's goal blood pressure is  reached. That's where the drugs differ: it may be easier to  reach this goal with certain drugs rather than with others.
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Taking vitamin C or a blood pressure lowering drug could help some of the complications associated with diabetes.
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NEW YORK  - A dose of long-acting diltiazem  at bedtime is more effective than a morning dose of amlodipine  in reducing high blood pressure in black patients, new study  findings suggest. The drug works best at reducing blood  pressure in the morning -- the time of day when heart attacks  and strokes are most likely to occur.
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A GlaxoSmithKline  blood pressure medicine proved significantly better in keeping blood sugar levels from rising in diabetics than another widely used member of the beta blocker family of hypertension drugs, according to a large clinical trial.
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NEW YORK  - Unlike earlier beta-blocker drugs used to treat high blood pressure, the newer drug carvedilol does not cause weight gain in people with diabetes, according to findings from a new study.
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Drinking caffeinated beverages  on a regular basis may provide significant protection against  death from heart disease in the elderly who have normal levels  of blood pressure, according to data from a large U.S. health  and nutrition study.
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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.
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A number of studies have shown that African Americans are more likely than Caucasians to have high blood pressure. Although genetic factors are often blamed, new research suggests that this racial gap is largely due to environmental -- and potentially preventable -- factors.
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A leading drug used by millions of  people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from  heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as well as other  treatments, researchers said on Friday.
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Women treated for high blood pressure  with a drug combination that included a calcium channel blocker  had a higher risk of death than those given other drug  therapies, a study said on Tuesday.
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Marion Williams knows she has a hard time relaxing. She leads a busy life as a traveling nurse, grandmother of 10, and advocate for nursing home residents, and for years she had high blood pressure. "It was due to the stress," said Williams, one of many black Americans who has battled high blood pressure.
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A long-acting form of Bayer's blood  pressure drug Adalat prevents heart attacks and strokes in  angina patients and cuts the need for operations to treat blood  vessel blockages, a study showed on Sunday.
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A major trial looking at the best drugs to treat high blood pressure has been stopped early because the results were so good. Experts believe this could have major implications for the treatment of millions
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Women treated for high blood pressure with a drug combination that included a calcium channel blocker had a higher risk of death than those given other drug therapies, a study said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Adding the drugs isosorbide  dinitrate and hydralazine to conventional therapy for advanced  heart failure increases survival and improves quality of life  in black patients, according to results of the African-American  Heart Failure Trial (dubbed A-HeFT).
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Drugs usually used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure may also be helpful for Alzheimer's patients, Japanese researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - A number of studies have shown  that African Americans are more likely than Caucasians to have  high blood pressure. Although genetic factors are often blamed,  new research suggests that this racial gap is largely due to  environmental -- and potentially preventable -- factors.