Although both groups of drugs lower blood pressure, studies of the ACE inhibitor perindopril have revealed preservation of beneficial vascular and endothelial effects mediated by bradykinin and ...

Forty-nine patients entered the run-in phase of the study and 47 patients met the entry requirements after 4 weeks of taking placebo and were randomised to the study ...

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

Members of my lab are interested in how hormones act in the brain to influence response to drugs of abuse. This student was engaged in primarily archival research on this topic. During her time ...

ESC 2024 study shows a four-drug single-pill improves blood pressure control better than a three-drug regimen in resistant ...

Most people believe that smoking major drugs like heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, or cocaine is much safer than injecting the drug. After all, there are serious risks of major skin abscesses ...

In the double-blind randomized controlled QUADRO trial, patients with resistant hypertension initially entered an 8-week ...

That has meant turning from tracking infections to tracking illicit and high-risk drug use. Monitoring wastewater for viruses works because infected people excrete tiny bits of viral matter ...

Spironolactone oral tablet is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat certain conditions, such as high blood pressure. Spironolactone is a type of diuretic. Spironolactone oral tablet ...

AMSTERDAM—Organized crime used to be considered a remote threat in much of Western Europe, but ruthless violence by criminal gangs is now rattling the peace in some of the world’s safest ...

The government reported last month that illegal and dangerous drug use increased in the United States. Again. But it didn’t just increase. For the third year in a row, it increased above and ...

A psychotropic describes any drug that affects behavior, mood, thoughts, or perception. This can include medications for anxiety and depression as well as antipsychotics, among others ...