University Hospitals cardiologists have raised questions about the safety of a class of drugs commonly prescribed to people with hypertension, heart failure or kidney failure.

Angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) are a widely used drug class approved for treatment of hypertension, heart failure, diabetic nephropathy, and, recently, for cardiovascular risk reduction.

By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, May 16: Hypertension, or high blood pressure, should be kept under control since it is an important cause for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and heart failure.

Pine bark is being tested as a treatment for heart failure - a condition which affects around one million people in Britain.

Today's average sodium intake is several times what the body requires and its long-term effect on our health is very serious. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects one in three U.S. adults - nearly 75 million people aged 20 or older. An additional 50 million adults suffer from pre-hypertension. High blood pressure can increase the risk for heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and ...