( Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) ) Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension that affects between 500-1,000 people each year, most of whom are young women between the ages of 20 and 40. As the month of November kicks off PH Awareness Month, Dr. Ronald Oudiz -- lead investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ROX Medical, Inc., a world leader in the development of unique minimally invasive medical devices for the treatment of advanced COPD and resistant hypertension, today announced the first clinical use of the ROX CO2UPLERTM at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (University Hospital of Brussels) to treat resistant hypertension. Resistant hypertension is ...

Norris Recognized for Challenging the Profession to Improve Healthcare and Medicine

(PRWeb October 06, 2011)

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Over fifty research projects and studies aimed at developing healthier, safer and more nutritious food are to share over £7 million of government investment. Funding for the research and development will be provided by the Technology Strategy Board, with support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC), Defra and Scottish Enterprise.

(PRWeb October 11, 2011)

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TODAY Sydney medical scientist Brian Morris can celebrate the climax of his 40-year hunt to uncover a secret central to the cause of high blood pressure.