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Triple Pill: Cheap and Best Solution For Hypertension Over A Prolonged Period

Triple-pill approach is cheaper and more effective for patients with mild-to-moderate hypertension comparing to usual methods./br These are the




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Hypertension During Pregnancy can Raise Future Heart Disease Risk

Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy, including conditions like preeclampsia, have a raised risk of developing cardiovascular disorders later in life, including stroke, heart failure.




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Hypertension Among Children: New Insights

High blood pressure (hypertension) was found to be more common among overweight or obese children and those undergoing puberty, revealed new study. This




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Hypertension Treatment: Most Prescribed Blood Pressure Drugs may be Less Effective Than Others

ACE inhibitors, the most popular first-line treatment for hypertension were found to be not as effective and cause more side effects compared with thiazide




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Battling High Blood Pressure: Mindfulness Training can Keep Hypertension at Bay

Controlling high blood pressure (hypertension) becomes easy by engaging in mindfulness training, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in iPLOS One/i.




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Link Between Hypertension and Tissue-remodeling Enzyme Discovered

A link between MMP7 (tissue-remodeling enzyme) and the risk of hypertension has been identified by Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) researchers.




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Nearly 31% Goa IT Workers Battle Hypertension, 40% Overweight

Approximately 31 percent of the IT sector workforce in Goa suffer from hypertension, whereas over 40 percent are either overweight or obese, reveals a new study.




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Vitamin D Supplementation may Fight High Blood Pressure in Children

Vitamin D deficiency can ultimately affect blood pressure levels in kids. However, a new study suggests that taking vitamin D supplements daily can help




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Nutraceutical Formulation can Help Control High Blood Pressure

Nutraceutical formulation that combines three plant extracts along with standard hypertension treatments can keep your blood pressure in check, suggests a new study.




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Specific Gut Bacteria may be Linked to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Specific microbiota profile in the gut predicted the presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with 83 percent accuracy, reports a new study.




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Hypertension in Young Adulthood Tied to Cognitive Decline in Middle Age

People who experienced relatively high blood pressure during young adulthood also experienced significant declines in cognitive function and gait in middle age, according to a new study.




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New Insights into Childhood Hypertension

New study has provided insights on evaluating high blood pressure in children. One-quarter of the children had high blood pressure load. Having high




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Patients With Untreated Hypertension Effectively Treated Renal Denervation

After undergoing renal denervation, patients with untreated high blood pressure had statistically significant reductions in average blood pressure over 24 hours.




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Nicotine Exposure Alone can Lead to Pulmonary Hypertension

Chronic nicotine inhalation modifies both systemic and pulmonary blood pressure, with the latter accompanied by right ventricular remodeling, possibly




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Intensive Blood Pressure Control can Reduce Atrial Fibrillation Risk

Aggressive blood pressure control to a target of less than 120 mm Hg can help reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation, reports a new study. The findings




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New Interventions are Needed to End the HIV Pandemic: Study

Ending HIV pandemic will require optimizing treatment and prevention tools, reports a new study. Optimal implementation of existing HIV prevention and




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HIV Drug Suppresses Zika Virus Infection: Study

Drug used to treat HIV also suppresses Zika virus infection, according to a new study done by the Temple researchers, published in the journal iMolecular Therapy/i.




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HIV Infection Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

In people with HIV infections more disruptions of electrical resetting between heartbeats were observed, stated study conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and collaborators.




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Depression Puts South African Girls at Greater Risk of Contracting HIV

Teen girls in South Africa face an extraordinary threat of HIV. Experiencing depression can put these girls at even higher risk of HIV infection, reports a new study.




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Creating Viral Targets can Weaken HIV Vaccination: Study

Too many soft targets were found to weaken HIV vaccination that would otherwise provide protection against viral infection, stated scientists at Emory




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HIV Vaccine Under Investigation Reached a Vital Milestone

Experimental HIV vaccine successfully elicited broad antibodies that can neutralize a wide variety of HIV strains. The vaccine was developed by scientists




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New WHO HIV Testing Recommendations

New HIV testing recommendations have been issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries reach the 8.1 million people living with HIV




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Religiousness Tied to Improved Quality of Life for People With HIV

Adults living with HIV were more likely to feel higher levels of emotional and physical well-being if they attended religious services regularly, reveals a new study.




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HIV Youth May Not Achieve Adequate Viral Suppression

Youth with HIV have lower rates of viral suppression, reducing HIV to undetectable levels compared to adults, according to an analysis funded by the National




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New Mobile App Intervention can Reduce Depressive Symptoms in HIV Patients

New app-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention called Run4Love significantly decreased depressive symptoms among people who are living with HIV (PLWH),




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Human Genes Controlling HIV Infection Identified

E-MAP approach used to study genetic interactions underlying viral infection provides an unprecedented view of how HIV hijacks and rewires the cellular machinery in human cells during infection.




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Fresh Insights into New High-cost HIV Prevention Drug

F/TDF the new drug for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was unlikely to confer any discernible health benefit over generic alternatives, it was also




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Protection Box Downs Risk of Infection Among Health Workers

New cost-effective Infection 'Protection Box' protects physicians and nurses during the COVID-19 patient intubations, reducing their risk of infection.




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Gender-based Violence Increases During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID (and) #8208;19 pandemic reveals underlying inequalities in our socio (and) #8208;economic and health systems, such as gender (and) #8208;based violence, reports a new study.




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Blood Donations Urgently Needed

Australia needs 29,000 blood donations every week, yet about 900 donors are cancelling appointments each day during the COVID-19 crisis. AMSA has continued




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Guidelines On Quarantine Facilities' Disinfection

Guidelines to carry out disinfection in the quarantine facilities where people who have contracted coronavirus are housed is have been issued. "Due




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Low-allergen Wheat Variations in Development Bring Good News for the Wheat-sensitive

New study has revealed significant insights about the proteins causing two of the most common types of wheat sensitivity - occupational asthma (baker's asthma) and non-celiac wheat sensitivity.




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Brain Insulin Sensitivity can Determine Body Weight and Fat Distribution

People with high insulin sensitivity in the brain benefit significantly more from a lifestyle intervention with a diet rich in fiber and exercise compared




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Offspring may Inherit Legacy of Their Father's Toxoplasma Infection, Says Study

Males infected with the Toxoplasma parasite were found to impact their offspring's brain health and behavior, revealed Australian researchers. Studying




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Fecal Transplantation can Improve Outcomes in Patients with Multi-drug Resistant Organisms

Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) in patients with drug-resistant bacteria can reduce hospital stays and treat infections easier, reports a new study.




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Circuit That Responds To Emotional Stress Through Phyically

Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress has been discovered. The circuit begins in deep brain areas, called the dorsal peduncular




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Religious Services Linked to Lower Risk of Deaths of Despair

Regularly attending religious services was found to less likely die from "deaths of despair," including deaths related to suicide, drug overdose, and




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New Treatments may Offer Hope for Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients

New medication will decrease the need for blood transfusions in thalassemia patients, and eventually improve bone-marrow transplant outcomes, according




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Hygiene can Decrease the Need for Antibiotics by Up to 30 Percent

Everyday hygiene decreases the need for antibiotics by up to 30 percent, helping to prevent daily deaths from antimicrobial resistance (AMR), reports a new study.




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Cross-Contamination in Two-Person Assisted Gowning Procedure

The chance of surgeons getting contaminated after entering the operation room may be lower if they wear their gowns by themselves without a surgical technician's assistance.




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Ultraviolet Disinfection Cuts Risk of Hospital-acquired Infections

Using ultraviolet disinfection was 97.7 percent effective in eliminating pathogens in hospital settings, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.




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Marketing Opioids To The Doctors Could Be Influencing The Opioid Overdose Deaths

Pharmaceuticals companies which market their drugs tend to target physicians, which encourages them to prescribe more opioids which is what is causing




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Probiotic-Based Sanitation Has Managed To Reduce Hospital Infections: Study

New probiotic-based sanitation routine adopted in five Hospitals in Italy has managed to cut the healthcare-associated infections in half and also reduce the costs of sanitation by 75 percent.




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Tell These 8 Things to Your Physician Anesthesiologist before Surgery

Never hide anything from your physician anesthesiologist before surgery or a medical procedure. Sharing your detailed health history can provide safe,




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Hospital Cleaning Trial Reduces Healthcare-associated Infections

Following effective hospital cleaning practices can significantly reduce healthcare-associated infections, reports a new study. A major trial of a bundle




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US Trump's Administration Awards (Dollor) 1.7mn Grant To Anti-Abortion Clinics

A chain of crisis pregnancy centers in the United States that oppose abortion and don't offer contraceptives will be awarded (Dollor) 1.7 million family planning




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Delhi Doctors Treat 22-year old Girl with Rare Uterus Disorder Condition

A 22-year old girl from Ghaziabad who was suffering from cystic adenomyosis got a new lease of life after doctors successfully treated her with the rare uterus malformation.




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National Handwashing Campaign Cuts Staphylococcus aureus Infection Rates in Australia's Hospitals

Following a proper hand washing procedure can prevent a wide range of hospital-related infections, reports a new study. The findings of the study are




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Watch Out: Hospital Sinks, Faucets are Often Home to Slime and Biofilm

Poor hand hygiene increases the risk of developing a wide range of hospital-related infections. A new study suggests that even water splashing out of




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Researchers Create Model to Predict Surgical-case Duration

Scientists, physicians in surgery and anesthesia and informatics experts created machine-learning models for each surgical specialty and individual surgeons