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Heart Disease :: Parents who live long pass on lower risk of cardiovascular disease

Researchers from the long-standing Framingham Heart Study (FHS), a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, report that people whose parents live longer were more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died younger. They also found that the risk factor advantages persisted over time.

Hypertension :: Aga Khan University team discover which patients keep on taking their medicine

Aga Khan University (AKU) is proud to share a peer-reviewed article, “Factors Associated with Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Treatment in Pakistan,” which will appear in the March 14 issue of PLoS ONE, the international, open-access online journal from the Public Library of Science.

Hypertension :: Teva receives U.S. approval for generic Uniretic for hypertension

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA)announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the Company’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDAfor Moexipril HCland HydrochlorothiazideTablets, 7.5 mg/12.5 mg, 15 mg/12.5 mg and 15 mg/25 mg. Shipment of these products will begin immediately.

Dementia :: High Uric Acid Levels – A Possible New Dementia Biomarker

Researchers at Yale and at Johns Hopkins, led by Barry Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of Therapeutic Cognitive Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins, have found that a simple blood test to measure uric acid, a measure of kidney function, might reveal a risk factor for cognitive problems and dementia in old age.

Health :: People live longer whose parents live longer

New evidence suggests that if you could choose your parents, you could reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the long-standing Framingham Heart Study (FHS), a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, report that people whose parents live longer were more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died younger. They also found that the risk factor advantages persisted over time.

Exercise :: Viagra improves exercise capacity in pulmonary fibrosis patients

UCLA researchers have found that Viagra may help patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable disease characterized by progressive scarring in the lungs, which often leads to a lung transplant.

Heart :: Offspring whose parents have long lives appear to have lower heart risks in middle age

Individuals with one or more parents who survive to age 85 or older may have fewer risk factors for heart disease in middle age, according to a report in the March 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Aging :: Will baby boomers retire in worse shape than predecessors?

Americans in their early to mid-50s today report poorer health, more pain and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks than their older peers reported at the same age in years past, a recent analysis has shown. The research, published in print and online this week by the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), was supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National Institutes of Health.

Heart :: Diabetes & depression increase risk for heart patients

Having both depression and type 2 diabetes increases the risk of death for heart patients. Each factor had been known to increase the risk of heart disease deaths by itself, but together they?re even more deadly.

Anger :: Angry gene contribute to aggression and anger in women

Ever wonder why some women seem to be more ill-tempered than others? University of Pittsburgh researchers have found that behaviors such as anger, hostility and aggression may be genetic, rooted in variations in a serotonin receptor gene.