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Living With Renal Hypertension

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Renal hypertension is defined by medical experts as, high blood pressure caused by the narrowing of the arteries that carry blood to the kidneys. It is also considered to be a form of secondary hypertension, which is high blood pressure as a result of other conditions like tumors or kidney disease.
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Hypertension Develops Early, Silently, In African-American Men (Medical News Today)
Young and healthy African-American men have higher central blood pressure and their blood vessels are stiffer compared to their white counterparts, signs that the African American men are developing hypertension early and with little outward sign, according to a new study.

FREEDOM-C Trial Of Oral Treprostinil In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Fails To Meet Primary Endpoint (Medical News Today)
United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) announced the results of the FREEDOM-C trial of oral treprostinil, a sustained-release formulation of treprostinil, in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Preliminary analysis demonstrates that the trial did not achieve statistical significance for the primary endpoint, six minute walk (6MW) distance at Week 16.

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