- Adoption Of Hypertension Treatment Device Accelerates -- Now In 50,000 Homes Worldwide By : Hypertension News
InterCure, Ltd., today announced that its RESPeRATE(R) guided breathing technology, clinically-proven in numerous peer-reviewed studies to significantly lower blood pressure, is now in use in more than 50,000 homes worldwide. This milestone caps a year of explosive growth for RESPeRATE, doubling its sales over the prior year period, largely via sales through its website, http://www.resperate.com. - Anxiety Disorders And Physical Conditions Linked By : Anxiety News
Anxiety disorders appear to be independently associated with several physical conditions, including thyroid disease, respiratory disease, arthritis and migraine headaches, according to a report in the October 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This co-occurrence of disorders may significantly increase the risk of disability and negatively affect quality of life. - Anxiety Sensitivity Linked To Future Psychological Disorders In FSU Study By : Anxiety News
People who get scared when they experience a pounding heart, sweaty palms or dizziness -- even if the cause is something as mundane as stress, exercise or caffeine -- are more likely to develop a clinical case of anxiety or panic disorder, according to a Florida State University researcher in Tallahassee, Fla. - Black Tea Soothes Away Stress By : Anxiety News
Daily cups of tea can help you recover more quickly from the stresses of everyday life, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers. New scientific evidence shows that black tea has an effect on stress hormone levels in the body. - Black Tea Soothes Stress, UCL Study By : Anxiety News
Daily cups of tea can help you recover more quickly from the stresses of everyday life, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers. New scientific evidence shows that black tea has an effect on stress hormone levels in the body. - Branded Fish Oil Supplement Reduces Anxiety In Adults With History Of Substance Abuse By : Anxiety News
A branded fish oil supplement has been shown to reduce anxiety measures in men with a history of substance abuse. - Children With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Helped By Cognitive Behavioral Therapy By : Anxiety News
Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces the severity of obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents, according to a new review. This form of treatment helps relieve the overall distress and reduces the interference that OCD symptoms can cause in young people's lives. - CMS Maintains Current Hypertension Coverage For CardioDynamics' BioZ(R) ICG Technology By : Hypertension News
CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC), the innovator and leader of BioZ(R) impedance cardiography (ICG) technology, today announced that The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final version of its national coverage decision (NCD) maintaining coverage for high blood pressure (also known as hypertension). - EDDA Receives FDA Clearance For Its IQQA(R)-Liver Software For Multiphase MDCT By : Hepatitis News
EDDA Technology today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its IQQA(R)-Liver software, an image analysis system that provides diagnostic decision support for physicians' evaluation of hepatic lesions using multiphase Multi-Detector CT (MDCT). - Exforge® Receives Positive European Union Regulatory Opinion Supporting Approval As Effective By : Hypertension News
Novartis announced today a positive opinion supporting European Union approval of Exforge® (valsartan/ amlodipine besylate) as a new treatment option for patients with high blood pressure. - High Blood Pressure In Children Linked With Sleep Breathing Problems By : Hypertension News
Children with high blood pressure may be at risk for sleep breathing disorders, according to a small study reported at the American Heart Association's 60th Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research. - Holiday Season Got You Down? Blood Pressure Going Up? By : Hypertension News
With the start of the holiday season just days away, the cold weather moving in -- not to mention the in-laws -- dinners to prepare, shopping lists to fulfill, bills to pay and all the other stressful activities on tap for the holidays, it's no wonder stress levels and blood pressure are on the rise. - How to combat high pressure and cholesterol with soybeans. By : Parveen
You may have heard of the “Portfolio Diet” wherein it has been clinically accepted that increasing the intake of soy based foods can reduce levels of LDL cholesterol as much as some statin drugs. - Hypertension Cure by Ayurveda By : Dev_Sri
Hypertension or high blood pressure is so common today that at least one in ten people aged 40 or above has high BP related problems. - Implantable Device System Provides Significant Reduction In Blood Pressure By : Hypertension News
A device first implanted in the United States at the University of Rochester Medical Center as part of a clinical trial is showing a significant reduction in blood pressure in patients who suffer from severe hypertension and cannot control their condition with medications or lifestyle changes. - Integrium Awarded Two Hypertension Studies by a Major Pharmaceutical Company By : Health News
Integrium, a leading contract research organization (CRO) in the cardiovascular and metabolic areas, today announced that the company was awarded workscopes for two large hypertension studies by a major pharmaceutical company. This follows a number of trial workscopes previously managed by Integrium for this client. - Is Credit Card Debt Bad For Your Health? By : Anxiety News
Several features of credit cards make them different from traditional forms of lending and encourage high levels of consumer debt by taking advantage of "consumers' cognitive and behavioral vulnerabilities," Adam J. Goldstein wrote in the latest issue of the University of Illinois Law Review. Goldstein is a former editor at the review who now works for a Chicago law firm. - Lifton Honored By Two Medical Societies For Work On Hypertension By : Hypertension News
Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Sterling Professor and chair of the Department of Genetics at Yale and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute received the 2006 Robert Tigerstedt Award at the 21st Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension in Fukuoka, Japan. - Lupin Receives Final Approval For Lisinopril-HCTZ Tablets By : Hypertension News
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Lisinopril and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets in 10mg/12.5mg, 20mg/12.5mg and 20mg/25mg strengths. - Medwave's Fusion(TM) Granted 510(k) Clearance By FDA By : Hypertension News
Medwave Inc. (Nasdaq: MDWV), the innovator in sensor-based, non-invasive blood pressure measuring solutions, announced today that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Fusion(TM), the first completely sensor-based blood pressure with vital signs options monitor. - New Insight About The Source Of Anxiety In Rett Syndrome By : Anxiety News
A peptide known to play a role in anxiety is overly plentiful in a mouse model of the inherited neurological disorder Rett syndrome and appears to underlie the anxiety-like behavior in these mice, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The finding could provide a clue to treatment for this symptom. - New Study Demonstrates CardioDynamics' ICG Cost-Effectiveness In Uncontrolled Hypertension By : Hypertension News
CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC), the innovator and leader of BioZ(R) impedance cardiography (ICG) technology, today announced the publication of a cost-effectiveness study in the American Heart Hospital Journal's Fall 2006 edition. The study showed that use of ICG was cost-effective in both the short- and long-term when compared to standard care treatment of patients with uncontrolled hypertension. - New Study Demonstrates Universality Of Blood Pressure Reduction With Device-Guided Breathing By : Hypertension News
InterCure, Ltd., today announced new study findings that demonstrate RESPeRATE, the FDA-cleared, CE marked hypertension treatment device, has been shown to effectively treat Asian and non-Asian patients with similar benefits. - NicOx ABPM Trial Shows Favorable Blood Pressure Profile For Naproxcinod By : Hypertension News
NicOx S.A. (Eurolist: NICOX) today announced top-line results from a pharmacodynamic clinical study utilizing Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM), which demonstrated a differentiated and favorable 24 hour blood pressure profile for naproxcinod, compared to naproxen, in hypertensive subjects after two weeks. - Prominent Hypertension Specialists Question Results Of TROPHY Study On Hypertension By : Hypertension News
There may be as many as 70 million Americans with prehypertension. If these people can be treated pharmacologically to avoid or delay progression to clinical hypertension, there would be significant benefits to them and the overall health of the population. The recent TROPHY study seems to lead to that conclusion. However, two editorials published in the November issue of the American Journal of Hypertension emphatically argue that the study is flawed and the conclusions reached are misleading. - Stress, Childhood Trauma Linked To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In Adults By : Anxiety News
Traumatic events in childhood and stress or emotional instability at any period in life may be associated with the development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to two articles in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The findings suggest that CFS and similar illnesses may result from the brain's inability to cope with challenging experiences. - The Troubles of High Blood Pressure By : Michael Bollinger
Don't ignore hypertension for too long or your life may be at stake. The trouble with high blood pressure is that its symptoms are known to be traitors; they don’t really appear until the condition is extremely triggered by underlying factors. - Uric Acid And Hypertension In Blacks Linked By Study By : Hypertension News
New research shows that higher levels of uric acid are strongly associated with high blood pressure in blacks, suggesting that a simple blood test could predict risk and that treatments to lower uric acid may be a novel way to reduce hypertension-related complications in this population. - VCU Researchers Develop And Patent Novel Method For Measuring Blood Pressure In The Heart By : Hypertension News
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have developed and patented a new, noninvasive means of measuring blood pressure inside the heart.
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