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 Blood Pressure Treatments & Research in the News

Intense treatment hopes for diabetics dashed - MSNBC
ATLANTA - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused ...

Intense Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Therapies Don't ... - US News and World Report
SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Two sets of results from a large U.S. government-sponsored trial find that neither aggressive treatment of cholesterol nor of blood pressure lowers the risk of heart events in people with type 2 diabetes. "These ...

Diabetes Heart Treatment May Cause Harm - Free Internet Press
National blood pressure treatment guidelines call for a systolic pressure of 130 or lower. That was based on expert opinion and observational studies, Dr. Cushman said. Now, he said, it is likely to be reconsidered when the group that makes national ...

Studies: Intense Treatment Doesn't Help Diabetics - NPR News
Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects. A decade ago, the federal government

Intensive Blood Pressure, Combined Lipid Therapies Do ... - Science Daily
... multicenter clinical trial tested three potential strategies to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events: intensive control of blood sugar, intensive control of blood pressure, and treatment of multiple blood lipids. The lipids targeted for ...

Blood Pressure Drugs No Help for Diabetes - CBS News
About 4,700 diabetics were treated with various medicines to keep their systolic blood pressure - the top number - either below 140 or below 120. The intense treatment did not reduce the number of heart attacks, although it prevented more strokes, a ...

Doctors warned those with yo-yoing blood pressure at ... - Daily Mail
Patient treatment guidelines need to be urgently reviewed, according to experts, after a study found those with varying blood pressure are more likely to have a stroke than those with consistently high readings. Currently no special importance is ...

Intense blood pressure and lipid control no help for ... - eMaxHealth.com
Intense blood pressure treatment and combined lipid lowering therapy was not proven to be any help for diabetic heart disease outcomes. Results of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) clinical trial also showed that combined ...

Researcher Urges Caution In Reducing Blood Pressure In ... - Redorbit.com
... recommends raising the systolic bar above 120 for blood pressure in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease, saying that levels between 130 and 140 appear to be the most healthful. Based on hypertension treatment guidelines, health ...

Aggressive measures to treat diabetics make many of ... - Los Angeles Times
They were randomly assigned to treatment regimens to lower their systolic blood pressure -- the top number in a blood pressure measurement -- below 140 mm Hg, the standard treatment goal for diabetics, or below 120 mm Hg, the target goal.

 

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