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Gender, age may affect treatment for hypertension, new study suggests
(7/18/00 HeartInfo)
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New research suggests that gender and age may affect the way people respond to treatment for high blood pressure. For instance, aggressive antihypertensive treatment with the long-acting calcium antagonist felodipine may be more effective and more tolerable in older people than in their younger counterparts, suggests a new analysis of the Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) study.
Diabetes has special heart risk factors
NEW YORK, Jul 17 (Reuters Health) - Researchers have identified risk factors
that may help explain why heart disease strikes so many people with diabetes.
Athletes' ECGs can be misleading
NEW YORK, Jul 17 (Reuters Health) - Elite athletes' hearts show abnormalities on
electrocardiograms (ECGs) that resemble those seen in various heart
conditions--but it usually does not mean they should retire. Instead, Italian
researchers report, abnormal heart tests are often an "innocent
consequence" of intense athletic training, a phenomenon called athlete
heart syndrome.
Intervention programs drop BP in at-risk patients
NEW YORK, Jul 17 (Reuters Health) - Intervention programs
that promote contact with healthcare professionals--including doctors, nurses,
pharmacists, and community health workers--help to reduce blood pressure (BP) in
at-risk African-American patients, according to the results of two new studies.
Suppressed anger may boost blood pressure in black women
NEW YORK, Jul 17 (Reuters Health) - Does suppressing anger
lead to high blood pressure? Yes, according to results of a study of
African-American women. And more evidence of a behavior-blood pressure link: The
study also found that women with better coping skills had lower blood pressures.
Meditation helps to lower blood pressure
NEW YORK, Jul 17 (Reuters Health) - Taking part in programs designed to modify
behavior, such as anger management training and transcendental meditation
sessions, seems to have a measurable impact on blood pressure in African
Americans, according to preliminary results of the Health Education and Diet,
Stress Management and Anger Reduction Therapy (HEAD SMART) study.
Drug reduces BP in black patients on high-salt diets
NEW YORK, Jul 17 (Reuters Health) - African Americans are especially prone to
high blood pressure (hypertension) and may not respond to many of the drugs
commonly used to control the disease.
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