Category: Heart And Vascular

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Anchor lead: Diuretics may be your best bet when it comes to managing high blood pressure, Elizabeth Tracey reports A study of close to five million people who were taking medication for high blood pressure for the first time shows …

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Anchor lead: If you have high blood pressure, what is the best medicine to start with? Elizabeth Tracey reports Drugs known as thiazide diuretics may be the best choice for most when it comes to beginning medication to treat high …

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Anchor lead: Home monitoring is the best way to see if your blood pressure medicine is working as well as it should, Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure medicines should be taken at night to maximize their benefit, a recent study …

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Anchor lead: Nighttime use of blood pressure medicines reduces cardiovascular risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with high blood pressure who took their medicines before bed rather than in the morning experienced 40 to 50% fewer strokes and heart attacks than …

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Anchor lead: Should you take your blood pressure medicine at night? Elizabeth Tracey reports What is chronotherapy? That’s the strategy of taking medicines at different points in the day to maximize their benefit, with a recent trial demonstrating the impact …

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