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Hypertension
Calcium channel blockers boost women's risk of CVD death than other treatments
January 27th, 2005
Women taking calcium channel blockers for hypertension - either alone or combined with a diuretic - face a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than do women taking other types of anti-hypertensive drugs, an analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative shows. The study, led by Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, PhD, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, is the first to look at the safety of combination antihypertensive therapy for postmenopausal women. It was reported in the December 15, 2004, issue the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers analyzed data from the Women's...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-27)
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