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Cause, cure identified for common type of high blood pressure: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
One out of every twenty persons with hypertension has a small benign nodule as the root cause. Aldosterone, a hormone that the nodule generates, regulates the body's salt levels. A gene mutation found in some of these nodules that causes a significant, sporadic overproduction of the hormone
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CT scan enables detection and cure of the commonest cause of high blood pr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Doctors at the Queen Mary University of London and Barts Hospital, and Cambridge University Hospital, have led research using a new type of CT scan to light up tiny nodules in a hormone gland and cure high blood pressure by their removal. The nodules are discovered in one-in-twenty people wi
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Study: Some blood pressure medications may reduce chance of aneurysm rupt
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dallas [US], June 3 (ANI): According to new research by the American Heart Association, RAAS inhibitors, a class of blood pressure-lowering medications, reduced the risk of aneurysm rupture by 18 per cent in a multi-centre study of more than 3,000 people with high blood pressure and brain an
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A data-driven approach to identify risk profiles and protective drugs in C
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): Advanced statistical analyses of demographic and clinical data from 576 COVID-19 patients, admitted to the Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale in Switzerland between March 1 and May 1 this year average age 72 years, suggest that renin-angiotensin-aldosterone sys
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No testosterone fluctuation in males while eSports gaming
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 17 (ANI): Turns out, testosterone levels remain unchanged in male while playing eSports esports video game League.
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Experts discover genetic cause of rare high blood pressure syndrome
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Feb.6 (ANI): A new study has discovered the genetic cause of a rare high blood pressure syndrome.
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