New Medical Therapies -- Hypertension articles

Recent articles from New Medical Therapies -- Hypertension

Comparative study points to more adverse effects for enalapril. (News and Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... A comparative study of two antihypertensive medications--candesartan cilexetil (CC) and enalapril--showed that both reduced blood pressure. A group of 227 mild to moderate essential hypertensives were randomized to receive either four to eight mg of CC or 10 to 20 mg of enalapril. The study...

Stroke risk in hypertensive women. (News and Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Researchers have determined a link between women with high blood pressure who consume a diet very low in animal fat and hemorrhagic stroke. Hypertension is a key risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke, and doctors have promoted eating a diet low in animal fat to reduce the risk of heart...

Editor's note.(hypertension research reports)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... NewMedicalTherapies: REPORT ON HYPERTENSION focuses on investigational treatments that are currently in development by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in clinical trials. Use the News and Clinical Trial Results section for up-to-date research news on hypertension. In the...

Acurian. (About the Sponsor).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
December 22, 2001... Acurian is proud to be the sponsor of CenterWatch's New Medical Therapies Reports--a unique series of reports committed to providing current information on new therapies in clinical research. Acurian is based on the simple idea that the free flow of timely, accurate information...

New formulations of current drugs remain at the forefront of research.
December 22, 2001... Although there have been many advances in medical treatments for heart disease, controlling the risk factors remains the most important means of preventing illness and death from coronary heart disease. Top on the list of controllable risk factors is high blood pressure, also known as...