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Hypertension Defined

Technical term for “high blood pressure”; usually a persistent reading of 140/90 (systolic/diastolic) or higher.

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Blood Vessel Inhibitor Shows Promise Against Metastatic Thyroid Cancer

Published July 4, 2008, 1:05 am, Medical News Today

Thyroid cancer that has spread to distant sites has a poor prognosis, but an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation can slow disease progression in some patients, a research team led by investigators from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the July 3rd edition of The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Benefits Of New GP Contract To Patients Recognised In New Audit Scotland Report

Published July 3, 2008, 2:16 am, Medical News Today

Responding to the Audit Scotland's review of the new GP contract which was published, Dr Dean Marshall, chairman of the BMA's Scottish General Practitioners Committee, welcomed the recognition that the contract would benefit patient care but warned that the 'boom and bust' approach to funding general practice was a mistake.

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British Medical Association The professional association for doctors

Published July 2, 2008, 4:38 pm, British Medical Association

Responding to the Audit Scotland’s review of the new GP contract which was published today [Thursday 3 July 2008], Dr Dean Marshall, chairman of the BMA’s Scottish General Practitioners Committee, welcomed the recognition that the contract would benefit patient care but warned that the ‘boom and bust’ approach to funding general practice was a mistake.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Motesanib Diphosphate in Progressive Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Published July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm, New England Journal of Medicine

This phase 2 trial investigated the efficacy of motesanib diphosphate, an orally active inhibitor of VEGF receptors, in patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancer. None of the patients had had a response to conventional treatment. No patient had a complete response, but 14% had a partial response, with a median duration of 32 weeks. Motesanib diphosphate is an option for patients with ...

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Pulmo BioTech Inc. Announces Possibility of MRI Application for PulmoBind

Published July 2, 2008, 8:25 am, CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

Pulmo BioTech Inc. has announced the possibility of a new application for its PulmoBind Molecular Imaging technology.

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Lower high blood pressure or face risks

Published July 1, 2008, 10:10 pm, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

By DON COLBURN When their blood pressure flares at a checkup, patients have plenty of explanations, and Dr. Maureen Mays has heard them all. Bad traffic. Bad weather. Bad genes. But that’s rarely the whole story. Mays tells patients she wants them to shoot for normal blood pressure — 120 over 80, tops — "even if you got caught in traffic, had a fight with your spouse and are having a miserable ...

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New Drug Application For Inhaled Treprostinil Submitted To The U.S. Food And Drug Administration

Published July 1, 2008, 2:18 am, Medical News Today

United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lung Rx, Inc., announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing approval of an inhaled formulation of treprostinil (ITRE) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a chronic, life-threatening disease.

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AGH to test blood pressure device

Published June 30, 2008, 9:22 pm, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

High blood pressure, like a speeding car nearing a bend, must be brought under control before a deadly crash occurs. ...

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New Drug Application for Inhaled Treprostinil Submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Published June 30, 2008, 4:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

United Therapeutics Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lung Rx, Inc., announced today the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for marketing approval of an inhaled formulation of treprostinil for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension , a chronic, life-threatening disease.

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Dementia in the prime of life

Published June 30, 2008, 12:04 am, The Argus Leader

In November 2005, Davida Godett seemingly had it all. She had a great job and was on the fast-track to getting her MBA. Then, on an otherwise uneventful Monday morning, Godett crashed: She suffered a mini-stroke that temporarily stopped the blood flow to her brain. Godett went to a nearby emergency room, recovered fully - and didn't really dwell on the fact that she was at high risk for another ...

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