Investigators at the University of Cambridge have developed a novel test which may help doctors diagnose thousands of individuals with the most prevalent curable cause of hypertension (high blood pressure). The research showed a high-tech PET-CT scan could identify Conn's syndrome, which causes up to 5% of hypertension cases. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and National Institute of Health ...

Doctors say they have found a medical test that can diagnose the most common curable cause of high blood pressure.

Sprycel (dasatinib), a leukemia medication raises the risk of developing pulmonary arterial hypertension, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today in a Drug Safety Communication. The FDA says doctors should check patients for signs and symptoms of underlying cardiopulmonary disease before considering prescribing Sprycel - they should also evaluate patients during treatment ...

Women who use donated eggs to get pregnant by in vitro fertilization face a higher risk of developing complications during pregnancy, with 4 in 10 suffering from pregnancy-induced hypertension, a recent study by a Tokyo-based hospital says. Doctors at Aiiku Hospital in Hiroo said 41 percent of the women in their study who used donor eggs during IVF treatment, in which an egg is fertilized ...

Early menopause is what Leslie Lee thought was happening two years ago. "I just started dripping sweat. My back was drenched with sweat. I felt really light headed. My heart just started racing," she said. | Watch Video: Hypertension And Heart Disease