Posts Tagged ‘High Blood Pressure’

Low-carb Diet Best for Lowering Blood Pressure

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

People with high blood pressure who want to drop some pounds may want to choose a low-carb diet, a new study shows.
In the study, overweight or obese individuals who went on a low-carb diet lost about the same amount of weight as those who cut down on their fat intake and took the weight-loss aid [...]

Low-Carb Diet Reduces Blood Pressure

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

Researchers have found a low-carbohydrate diet helps people lose weight as effectively as a popular weight loss drug, and trumps the drug at lowering cholesterol.
Researchers of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center have shown low-carb diets are more successful in lowering blood pressure than the weight-loss drug orlistat.
“If people have high blood [...]

Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought

30th July 2009 by admin No Comments

For those considering bariatric surgery to combat significant obesity, a new study suggests the risk of complications may be much lower than what has previously been reported.
The study, which looked at both gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (lap-band surgery), found that the risk of death for these surgeries was 0.3 percent and [...]

Gene May Help Explain Kidney Failure in African-Americans

13th June 2009 by admin No Comments

A single gene, called MYH9, may be responsible for many cases of kidney disease among African-Americans, researchers say.

Dr. Barry Freedman, right, speaks with a colleague in a dialysis center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Although doctors have blamed hypertension for causing common forms of kidney disease in African-Americans, new research shows that [...]