Personal stigma associated with depression is higher among men and the less well educated, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry. The findings by the Australian team highlight the importance of developing programs to tackle the stigma associated with depression.
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Researchers at The University of Nottingham have shown an association between certain past diagnostic radiation procedures and an increased risk of young-onset prostate cancer - a rare form of prostate cancer which affects about 10 per cent of all men diagnosed with the disease.
The study, the Read more…
Leadership from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology released the following statement in response to the Thursday announcement of a Food and Drug Administration Read more…
The air people breathe while walking in the park, working in the garden or shopping downtown may be unhealthy enough to seriously spike their blood pressure, a new study suggests.
Cardiovascular researchers at The Ohio State University Medical Center are the first to report a direct link between air pollution and its impact on high blood pressure, or hypertension. If the results from Read more…
The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) announced that its investigational agent, CleviprexTM (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion was well tolerated in elderly patients and rapidly achieved and maintained blood pressure control in patients presenting to the emergency department or intensive care unit with acutely elevated blood Read more…
Despite the well-known dangers of high blood pressure, major shortfalls still exist in the screening, treatment and control of the disease even when patients are getting a doctor’s care, according to a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
In a unique look at how blood pressure, or hypertension, is being addressed once a patient steps into a doctor’s Read more…
While penile prosthesis devices are the most invasive and least chosen treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED), the devices garner the highest patient satisfaction rates. In the April 2008 issue of Urologic Nursing, Annette Liechty and Susanne A. Quallich review a teaching process that nurses can use to show a patient to successfully operate the Read more…
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation of the new powerful strength of their fixed dose combination antihypertensive drug MicardisPlus® 80/25 in all 27 EU member states. It will be launched in Germany and Read more…
A history of abuse of neglect in childhood could be associated with
depression and inflammation when reaching adulthood. According to a
report in the April 2008 issue of the Archives of General
Psychiatry, a JAMA/Archives journal, not only is this
association possible but this could also increase cardiovascular risk.
Major depression can affect many parts of the body, according to the
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Interim results from the ACCOMPLISH
(Avoiding Cardiovascular Events through COMbination Therapy in Patients
LIving with Systolic Hypertension) trial demonstrate that high-risk, high
blood pressure patients treated with Lotrel(R) (amlodipine besylate and
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A therapy that involves depriving the prostate gland the male hormone androgen is not associated with improved survival for elderly men with localized prostate cancer, compared to conservative management of the disease, according to a study in the July 9 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Prostate cancer is the most common nonskin cancer and Read more…
Reduction of blood pressure could reduce the risk of dementia for
patients aged 80 years or more, according to research released on July
8, 2008 in The Lancet Neurology.
The Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) was established to
observe the benefits and risks of hypertension in the very elderly, and
includes several subdivisions in various areas of health and
development. The dementia sub-study Read more…
Greer, a leading developer and provider of allergy immunotherapy products and services, has completed enrollment for its pivotal Phase III clinical trial designed to study the efficacy of sublingual-oral immunotherapy (SLIT) as a treatment for adults with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis caused Read more…
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generic clomid online buy Men who exercise often are less likely to die from cancer than those who don’t, new research published in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals today (Tuesday).
A team of scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden looked at the effect of physical activity and cancer risk in 40,708 men aged between 45 and Read more…
Technology can send a man to the moon, help unlock the secrets of DNA and let people around the world easily communicate through the Internet. But can it substitute for nature?
Apparently not, according to a new study that measured individuals’ heart recovery rate from minor stress when exposed to a natural scene through a window, the same scene shown on a high-definition plasma screen, or a blank wall. The heart rate of people who looked at the Read more…
The brain is the key organ in the response to stress. Brain reactions determine what in the world is threatening and might be stressful for us, and regulate the stress responses that can be either adaptive or maladaptive. Read more…
Recent studies have shown that bosentan therapy greatly improves the quality of life for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). According to a study in Respirology published by Wiley-Blackwell, treatments with oral Bosentan reduces resistance in blood flow - allowing the heart and lungs to work more efficiently and in turn, enables Read more…
Varicoceles are relatively common, affecting approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of the adult male population in the U.S. According to the National Institutes of Health, most cases occur in young men between the ages of 15 and 25. Many varicoceles cause no symptoms Read more…
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A study published in the May 2008 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Urology demonstrates that the prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3) can be used to detect and stratify stage and grade of prostate cancer.(1)
Following recent calls for a more accurate test for the detection of prostate cancer,(2)(3) the results of this study indicate the PROGENSA(TM) PCA3 gene-based urine test may be clinically useful in identifying Read more…
The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) today announced that data from two post-hoc analyses of the ECLIPSE trial showed that use of Cleviprex™ (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion to control blood pressure during cardiac surgery may be associated with a reduced risk of heart attack compared to two of three currently used IV antihypertensive agents. Buy Read more…
Prehypertension during young adulthood is common and is associated with subsequent coronary atherosclerosis, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed blood pressure measurements of 3,560 adults aged 18 to 30 from seven examinations over the course of 20 years. Nearly 20 percent (635) of the study participants developed prehypertension (systolic Read more…
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have found that rare mutations in three genes contribute to blood pressure variation in the general population.
The scientists had previously shown that mutations in the three "salt handling" genes cause several rare diseases that are characterized by low blood pressure. By sequencing DNA samples obtained from 3,125 people who Read more…
A research project at the University of Leicester in conjunction with the University of East Anglia, indicates that early reduction of high blood pressure following stroke is feasible and safe, and both Labetalol & Lisinopril were found to be suitable a medications for this purpose.
Larger studies will now be necessary to confirm this result and test the effects on recovery Read more…
Researchers in Germany are reporting an advance toward development of technology that could make life easier for millions of people allergic to plant pollen. It could underpin the first automated, real-time systems for identifying specific kinds of allergy-inducing plant pollen circulating in the air. Their study is in the current issue of ACS’ Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal.
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New research, funded in part by the Canadian Cancer Society, shows that men suffering from prostate cancer are up to 2 1/2 times more at risk of dying from the disease if they are overweight or obese. The men who participated in the study had been weighed prior to being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Dr. Michael Pollak, senior Read more…