ALLMedicine™ Hypertension Center

Feb 25th, 2021 - Asian countries are facing an increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which may aggravate the burden of cardiovascular diseases in this region. MetS is closely associated with ambulatory blood pressure (BP). Patients with MetS, compare...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Median life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease has increased to up to 55 years but there are still frequent cases of premature death, mostly in patients with pre-existing organ failure such as pulmonary hypertension, kidney injury, an...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Alzheimer disease (AD) is marked by profound neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and cognitive decline. Pathologically, AD is characterized by the accumulation of extracellular amyloid and intraneuronal tangles, consisting of hyperphosphorylated...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) represents a critical public health problem around the world. Up to date, there are no accurate therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cardiovascular impairments induce by TBI. In this regard, hydrogen sulfide, a ...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Post-marketing data have demonstrated the potential for weight gain with integrase inhibitors (INSTI) use in antiretroviral (ART) therapy. A medical chart review evaluated virologically suppressed adult prisoners living with HIV and on a non-INSTI...

Nov 24th, 2020 - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in the US. Known modifiable risk factors for CVD include smoking, overweight and obesity, diabetes, elevated blood pressure or hypertension, dyslipidemia, lack of physical activity, and unhe...

Nov 10th, 2020 - Prevalence of hypertension (both primary and secondary) in children and adolescents in the US ranges from 3% to 4%. Primary hypertension in children and adolescents occurs primarily in children older than 13 years and has no known cause but is ass...

Nov 8th, 2020 - In patients with connective tissue diseases, such as systemic sclerosis (SSc), pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. In her lecture on Friday, Nov. 6, Pulmonary Hypertension: An Update, Mardi Gom...

Aug 31st, 2020 - In January 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in the primary care setting. The VA/DoD Evidence-B...

Aug 18th, 2020 - The diagnosis of hypoglycemia and the use of diazoxide have risen in the last decade. Diazoxide is the only Food and Drug Agency-approved pharmacologic treatment for neonatal hypoglycemia caused by hyperinsulinism (HI). Recent publications have hi...

Feb 28th, 2021 - Silodosin capsules, an alpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist, is indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Silodosin capsule is not indicated for the treatment of hypertension. (1) Silodosin caps...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Asian countries are facing an increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which may aggravate the burden of cardiovascular diseases in this region. MetS is closely associated with ambulatory blood pressure (BP). Patients with MetS, compare...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Median life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease has increased to up to 55 years but there are still frequent cases of premature death, mostly in patients with pre-existing organ failure such as pulmonary hypertension, kidney injury, an...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Alzheimer disease (AD) is marked by profound neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and cognitive decline. Pathologically, AD is characterized by the accumulation of extracellular amyloid and intraneuronal tangles, consisting of hyperphosphorylated...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) represents a critical public health problem around the world. Up to date, there are no accurate therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cardiovascular impairments induce by TBI. In this regard, hydrogen sulfide, a ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are attributable to four preexisting cardiometabolic conditions, a new study sugges...

Feb 18th, 2021 - Survival rates for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue diseases have improved significantly in recent years, and there is growing evidence that treatments for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension c...

Feb 11th, 2021 - An androgen annihilation strategy using apalutamide significantly slows progression in patients with chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), according to final results from the phase 3 ACIS trial. Adding the and...

Feb 11th, 2021 - Takeaway This study found a significant increase in the incidence and prevalence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in Wales from 2003 to 2017.

Feb 9th, 2021 - People with diabetes pose a particular challenge when trying to assess cognitive function longitudinally. Population data suggest that the risk of developing dementia, both vascular and neurodegenerative, among people with diabetes followed for 20...