Dr. Carlos Ferrario, M.D. Director of the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has released a study showing that there is evidence about benefits of angiotensin receptor blocker medications indicates that they can prevent or reverse blood vessel damage in hypertensive patients.
The research looked at the effects [...]
One of the devastating effects of long term diabetes is severe kidney damage and there has up until now been little to prevent this complication. Hope may be on the horizon with a new study that used two existing drugs to prevent kidney damage in the diabetic patient.
By using a combination of losartan (Cozaar) and [...]
Due to the intoxicating effects marijuana possesses, it has been made illegal in most countries. But this very quality is due to the fact that it marijuana mimics the effects of chemicals that the brain already uses for many important functions. Brain mechanisms use cannabis like compounds called endocannabinoids to [...]
People with low vitamin D levels may face an increased risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The scientists reported their findings at the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference 2008.
Peripheral artery disease (PAD)is a common disease that occurs [...]
A vaccine that blocks a hormone receptor that causes high blood pressure (angiotensin II receptors), thereby relaxing arteries to reduce blood pressure, appears to be a future replacement for current blood pressure medication. The vaccine would need to be given every four to six months. This would help patients who have difficulty taking their blood [...]
