Deprescribing antihypertensive medication not tied to risk of stroke or MI hospitalization in long-term care: JAMA Dr Riya Dave5 Dec 2024 8:45 AM ISTResearchers have found that in the long-term care setting, among residents aged 65 years and older, deprescribing of antihypertensive medications does...
Long-Term Use of Cardiovascular Drugs Linked to Lower Dementia Risk, suggests research Dr Riya Dave21 Nov 2024 8:45 AM ISTResearchers have recently discovered that long-term use of cardiovascular drugs like antihypertensives, diuretics, lipid-lowering drugs, and oral...
Deprescribing Antihypertensives May Preserve Cognitive Function in Nursing Home Residents: JAMA Medha Baranwal15 Oct 2024 8:00 AM ISTUSA: Deprescribing antihypertensive medications may benefit elderly individuals in long-term care facilities by reducing the risk of cognitive...
ACE inhibitors raise stroke outcomes risk by 11 per cent compared to diuretics: JAMA Medha Baranwal7 Dec 2023 11:15 AM ISTUSA: A recent study published in JAMA Network Open has shed light on the difference in the long-term risk of morbidity and mortality outcomes for...
Antihypertensives may increase risk of Adverse Events among elderly with frailty Jacinthlyn Sylvia4 May 2023 11:00 AM ISTA recent retrospective cohort study by James Sheppard and team has found the association of antihypertensives with an increased risk of several...
Low-dose polypills superior to monotherapy for initial hypertension management: JAMA Medha Baranwal1 May 2023 11:30 AM ISTAustralia: A new meta-analysis published in JAMA Cardiology has suggested that low-dose combinations (LDCs) with 3 or 4 antihypertensives are an...
Personalized targeted antihypertensive monotherapy linked to best BP control: JAMA Medha Baranwal14 April 2023 10:15 AM ISTSweden: Findings from the PHYSIC randomized trial have revealed sizable differences in individual responses to drug therapy for hypertension and may...
Ultralow-dose "quadpill", a new strategy for BP lowering? Medha Baranwal11 Nov 2022 9:30 AM ISTUSA: Findings from the QUARTET USA trial have shown a potential use of a low-dose antihypertensive polypill for hypertension patients with no safety...
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor decreases cerebral small vessel disease risk: AHA Jacinthlyn Sylvia8 Sept 2022 8:00 PM ISTUSA: A new study conducted by Eric D. Goldstein and the team showed that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor was most consistently linked to...
Renin-guided therapy helpful for reducing BP and number of drugs in patients of hypertension Dr. Shravani Dali8 Aug 2022 5:30 PM ISTRenin-guided therapy is helpful for improving blood pressure (BP) control and reducing number of medicines among patients with controlled and un...
Nicardipine safe and cost-effective antihypertensive for infants undergoing cardiac surgery: Study Medha Baranwal6 May 2022 10:00 AM ISTUSA: The use of nicardipine as a first-line antihypertensive in infants is safe, says a recent study in the World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital...
Prediabetic Smokers likely to have High Risk of Albuminuria Dr Kartikeya Kohli10 March 2022 10:15 AM ISTSmoking is attributed to both micro-and macrovascular complications at any stage of metabolic deregulation including prediabetes, particularly those...
