Archive for May, 2009
Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have found a traditional extract of Kava, a medicinal plant from the South Pacific, to be safe and effective in reducing anxiety.
To be published online this week in the Springer journal Psychopharmacology, the results of a world-first clinical trial which found that a water-soluble extract of Kava was effective in treating anxiety and improving mood. The Kava was prescribed in the form Read the rest of this entry »
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BENICAR(R) And BENICAR HCT(R) Effectively Reduces Blood Pressure In Elderly Patients
Exciting Research Shows Many Genes Influence Blood Pressure, Says British Heart Foundation
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buy Isotretinoin online Teenagers who don’t express their emotions are more likely to suffer from depressive symptoms. This is the finding of a study published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology.
The study, carried out by Jennifer Betts, Eleonora Gullone and Sabura Allen at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, looked Read the rest of this entry »
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, along with an international team of collaborators, have identified common genetic changes associated with blood pressure and hypertension. The study, reporting online in Nature Genetics, breaks new ground in understanding blood pressure regulation and may lead to advances in hypertension therapy.
"Strikingly, none of the genes we identified Read the rest of this entry »
When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting more salt in the urine doesn’t work well in about one-third of healthy, black adolescents, researchers report.
They hope the finding, which was presented May 8 at the American Society of Hypertension 24th Annual Scientific Program in San Francisco, will lead to early identification of youth at risk of Read the rest of this entry »