A new study suggests that middle-aged adults recently diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension have time to try to learn how to control their high blood pressure without medications, but not too much time.

A new study suggests that middle-aged adults recently diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension have time to try to learn how to control their high blood pressure without medications, but not too much time.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved EDARBYCLOR (azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone) for the treatment of hypertension to lower blood pressure in adults.

According to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, In 2008, one in four adults in the U.S. (55.1 million) received treatment for hypertension (high blood pressure). The federal agency also revealed that for treatment of hypertension in 2008: Approximately 29% of individuals treated for hypertension were black, compared to 25% of whites, 15% of Hispanics ...

A new Florida Department of Health study says 61 percent of adults in Martin County are obese or overweight. According to the 2010 Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data Report released by the Division of Disease Control and Bureau of Epidemiology, 40 percent of Martin County adults have been diagnosed with high blood cholesterol and 36 percent of adults have high blood pressure ...