March 18, 2011 – Researchers have found a link between high blood pressure and a greater drop in average walking ...
Hypertension
This page includes news and new technology on hypertension. The condition is caused by abnormally high blood pressure that causes excess force and pressure of the blood against the artery walls. Long-term, this can cause damage the vessels and contributes to heart disease. Therapies include antihypertensive medications such as diurestics and renal denervation therapy.
March 11, 2011 – Sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, has another ...
March 11, 2011
March 8, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced monthly liver enzyme tests are no longer ...
March 07, 2011
March 1, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved azilsartan medoxomil to treat high blood ...
March 01, 2011
December 27, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Amturnide (aliskiren, amlodipine and ...
December 27, 2010December 21, 2010 – A once-daily, three-in-one combination blood pressure treatment has been approved in Germany ...
December 21, 2010December 13, 2010 – Based on emerging safety information, the pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drug ...
December 13, 2010
Feature | Dave Fornell
For patients with severe hypertension that remains uncontrolled despite medical therapy, radiofrequency (RF) energy can ...
December 13, 2010
November 22, 2010 – Data presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2010 showed that ...
November 22, 2010
October 20, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug to help prevent stroke and ...
October 20, 2010October 15, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an abbreviated new drug application ...
October 15, 2010October 7, 2010 - Taking medication at night instead of in the morning significantly increases efficacy in ...
October 07, 2010
September 29, 2010 - Preclinical data of a therapy designed to treat drug-resistant hypertension was presented ...
September 29, 2010
August 30, 2010 – According to the results of a late-breaking analysis involving more than 200 000 patients in ...
August 30, 2010
August 18, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed to withdraw approval of the drug ...
August 18, 2010