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Taking the drugs at night controls blood pressure better and reduces risk of heart problems     Patients who take at least one blood pressure-lowering medication at bedtime have better control of their blood pressure and are less likely to experience heart problems than patients who take medications in the morning     Sleep-time blood pressure is a better measure of heart health than wake-time blood pressure     About one out of three U.S. adults has high blood pressure It's...

Online tool motivates patients to maintain a healthier lifestyle, leading to a twofold decrease in blood pressure compared to those who didn't participate E-counselling can significantly lower blood pressure, improve lifestyle and enhance quality of life, says Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. Robert Nolan. "E-counselling has the potential to strengthen the effects of medical treatment for high blood pressure," Dr. Nolan told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, which is...

Women with high blood pressure (hypertension) during early pregnancy are more likely to have babies born with major birth defects, regardless of their use of prescribed medications to control the condition, according to new research published in the online edition of the British Medical Journal on Oct. 18. Pregnant women have been warned for years to avoid angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors during the later stages of pregnancy to avoid the possibility of birth defects. But...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women who take angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to treat high blood pressure in the first trimester of their pregnancies are at no greater risk of having babies with birth defects than are women who take other types of high blood pressure medication or who take no blood pressure drugs, according to a new study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)....

For years, those involved in cardiac care viewed the diagnosis and treatment procedures for cardiovascular disease as applicable to both men and women, despite the fact that heart disease kills 200,000 women each year, five times the rate of breast cancer.  Today, thanks in part to physiology -- the study of how the body works -- physicians now know that instead of developing blockages in the arteries supplying blood to the heart, a common occurrence with men, women accumulate plaque more...

CLEVELAND, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- From wearable bionic devices to a concussion management system for athletes, Cleveland Clinic's Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2012 showcase new techniques, therapies and approaches to treating a host of medical conditions. The list of breakthrough devices and therapies was selected by a panel of Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists and unveiled during Cleveland Clinic's 2011 Medical Innovation Summit. The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2012...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If your children are overweight or obese, their risk of having high blood pressure is almost three times higher than children at normal weight. A study of 1,111 healthy Indiana school children over a period of 4.5 years revealed that when the children's body mass index (BMI) reached or passed the 85th percentile — the beginning of the overweight category — the adiposity effect on blood pressure was more than four times that of normal weight children. Adiposity is...

GRAZ, Austria, September 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The well-established high tech company CNSystems once again attracts international attention with a big mile stone. The Bordeaux University Hospital (France) confirms that the validated CNAP blood pressure wave offers the possibility of precise therapy control during surgery. Already today, the recently released product innovation CNAP-PPV, proves to be a sensational, noninvasive alternative solution to the standard high-risk...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Even people with blood pressure that is slightly above normal may be at an increased risk of stroke, according to this study. "With an estimated one out of three people in the United States having slightly elevated blood pressure levels, which is known as prehypertension, further studies are needed to look at whether reducing blood pressure in this group can help lower the risk of stroke," study author Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, of the University of California, San...

A new study, published in the September 28, 2011 online issue of the journal Neurology shows that patients that exhibit pre-hypertension in their blood pressure readings have a 55 percent higher risk of a future stroke than people without prehypertension. Prehypertension is a clinical term that describes patients who have normal blood pressure that reads on the high side of the scale. Prehypertension is defined as a systolic pressure reading between 120 and 139 mmHg( the top number) and a...