Wearing your necktie tight might look smart, but it could increase the risk of developing the serious eye disease glaucoma, reveals a study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

The weight gain that frequently accompanies aging may be influenced by your head – or at least your brain – according to new research.

When an explicit blood pressure (BP) goal is set and a treatment algorithm is provided, physicians can achieve better control rates than in regular practice.

Using three antihypertensive drugs in a low-dose combination may reduce the risk of stroke by two thirds and ischemic heart disease (IHD) events by half, according to an estimate by British researchers.

New research indicates that pregnant women who are destined to develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the third trimester have low levels of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in the first trimester.

In diabetic patients with hypoglycemic unawareness who took theophylline for two weeks, the drug’s effects on glucose counterregulation were sustained over the course of treatment.

Impaired endothelial function associated with low HDL cholesterol may be an additional, unrecognized mechanism contributing to the increased risk of atherosclerosis.

Lipid Goals. New research suggests that regular visits to clinics staffed by specialist nurses can help diabetics achieve blood pressures and cholesterol levels that are in accordance with current guidelines.

Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of increased blood glucose-lowering efficacy of nateglinide if fluconazole and nateglinide are combined.

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