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Screening Tests For Hypertension Need To Be Conducted Correctly

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

The most alarming thing about hypertension is that it is not something that affects only a few people because, according to figures recently released, it was revealed that, as many as, it is believed, fifty-eight million Americans are sufferers of hypertension and that hypertension is also the leading cause behind suffering from congestive heart failure, […]

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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