JUNE 12TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS CARDIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICINE, TELEMEDICINE Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a low-cost cuffless blood pressure monitor. The device is a clip that attaches over a smartphone camera and flash. The user presses their finger against the clip, and the system can infer the amount of blood passing...
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Batches of blood pressure drugs taken by more than 1million Americans are recalled because they contain cancer-causing chemical
By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 13:36 EST, 29 December 2022 | UPDATED: 13:43 EST, 29 December 2022 A global pharmaceutical firm has recalled four lots of blood pressure pills in the US after they were found to contain a cancer-causing chemical. Quinapril is prescribed to around a million Americans each year to treat hypertension and...
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‘Burden-free’ study method finds two blood pressure drugs equally effective
by Veterans Affairs Research Communications Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A large Veterans Affairs (VA) clinical trial found that the blood pressure drug chlorthalidone (CTD) was not superior to hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for the prevention of cardiovascular disease or non-cancer death. Both drugs are in a class of medications called thiazide diuretics, commonly known as water pills....
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Blood pressure drug may prevent spasms caused by spinal cord injury
By Nick Lavars One of the serious and enduring side effects of a spinal cord injury can be the gradual development of regular muscle spasms, something that afflicts around 70 percent of sufferers, according to researchers at the University of Copenhagen. These scientists may have uncovered an effective new treatment for this side effect in...
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Combining neurologic and blood pressure drugs reduces breast tumor development in mice
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WASHINGTON — Adding a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines to a blood pressure medicine reversed some aspects of breast cancer in the offspring of mice at high risk of the disease because of the high fat diet fed to their mothers during pregnancy. Conversely, this treatment combination...