Soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages such as fruit drinks are associated with higher blood pressure levels in adults, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. In the International Study of Macro/Micronutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP), for every extra sugar-sweetened beverage drunk per day participants on average had significantly higher systolic ...

MONDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking sugar-sweetened sodas and fruit drinks appears to be associated with a greater risk for high blood pressure among adults, a new study suggests.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved EDARBI for the treatment of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in adults.

Edarbi tablets (azilsartan medoxomil) for the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension) in adults has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA. The FDA says it approved Edarbi after examining data from clinical studies which clearly demonstrated Edarbi's superior efficacy compared to two already FDA-approved medications - Benicar (olmesartan) and Diovan (valsartan ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Edarbi tablets (azilsartan medoxomil) to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in adults. Data from clinical studies showed Edarbi to be more effective in lowering 24-hour blood pressure compared with two other FDA-approved hypertension drugs, Diovan (valsartan) and Benicar (olmesartan). "High blood pressure is often called the 'silent killer ...