Categoria: Destaques

A vida nos tempos modernos trouxe algumas conseqüências: a eterna falta de tempo para praticar atividades físicas e a dificuldade em manter uma alimentação equilibrada têm proporcionado um aumento nos índices de obesidade e de problemas como hipertensão e doenças cardiovasculares, especialmente nos homens. Dados…

Agência FAPESP– Na década de 1930, cientistas demonstraram que uma dieta com poucas calorias retardava o envelhecimento, aumentando a longevidade dos animais. Agora, pesquisadores da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) conseguiram promover em camundongos os mesmos efeitos benéficos da dieta de restrição calórica sem precisar…

Edinburgh, Scotland – Measurement of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) may improve the accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction beyond the Framingham risk score, a new meta-analysis suggests [1]. The analysis, published in the July 9, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, was…

Atlanta, GA – Coronary heart disease has a significant impact on health-related quality of life, a new study shows [1]. Furthermore, there are big variations in quality of life across different subgroups of people with CHD—for example, by age and by race, say Dr Jipan…

Basel, Switzerland – Novartis has announced that it intends to acquire Speedel, the company that holds the rights to the renin inhibitor aliskiren (Tekturna/Rasilez), which Novartis already markets as an antihypertensive under a license agreement [1]. With the acquisition, Novartis would gain greater flexibility and…

London, UK – Results from a substudy of the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET), the HYVET-cognitive function assessment (HYVET-COG), suggest that lowering blood pressure in individuals aged 80 and older might reduce dementia risk [1]. When combined with results from other placebo-controlled trials,…

Berlin, Germany – A new analysis from the blood-pressure-lowering part of the ADVANCE trial in patients with type 2 diabetes shows that the fixed-dose combination antihypertensive perindopril/indapamide (Servier) slowed the development or progression of renal disease compared with placebo, even in patients whose initial blood…

Boston, MA – The consumption of a diet containing vegetable oils rich in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is associated with significant reductions in the risk of nonfatal MI, a new study has shown [1]. Investigators say the protective effect of ALA is evident among individuals with…