FRIDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans who take vitamin D supplements may significantly lower their blood pressure, a new study suggests.
"Compared with other races, blacks in the United States are more likely to have vitamin D deficiency and more likely to have high blood p...Full Article
FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Black people are known to be at greater risk for high blood pressure, and now a new study suggests that this places them at an even higher risk for stroke.
"Blood pressure is a triple threat to African Americans," said study author Dr. George Howard, ch...Full Article
THURSDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat peripheral arterial disease of a particular artery in the thigh.
An arterial stent is a hollow mesh tube that's used to prop open an arter...Full Article
TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Updated two-year results from a small trial using cardiac stem cells to repair damaged hearts suggest the treatment's healing effect persists.
Patients with heart failure caused by prior heart attacks who got the treatment continue to see reductions in...Full Article
TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Seventy-five percent of patients taking the widely used blood thinners clopidogrel (Plavix) and prasugrel (Effient) are getting the incorrect dose and could be at risk for serious problems such as uncontrolled bleeding or blood clots, a new study contends.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Younger adults with high blood pressure are less likely than older adults with elevated blood pressure (hypertension) to be diagnosed during doctor visits, a new study says.
Researchers examined the health records of more than 13,000 men and women aged ...Full Article
MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- About a quarter of people who experience the dangerous blood clots in the legs or lungs known as venous thromboembolisms (VTEs) develop them for no discernable reason, and most will receive a powerful anti-clotting drug such as warfarin in the months after the c...Full Article
MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- People who faint shortly after air travel could have a potentially fatal blockage in their lung, known as a pulmonary embolism, a new study indicates.
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a clot formed in the deep veins of the leg tha...Full Article
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