Excess aldosterone Primary aldosteronism — excess production of this adrenal hormone — raises blood pressure in 5–10% of patients with Stage 1 hypertension and 11–22% of those with Stage 2. Extra blood tests: plasma aldosterone, renin activity, and the aldosterone-to-renin ratio. Patients with primary aldosteronism typically have suppressed renin activity (< 1 ng/ml/h). Medicines interfere…
SPRINT (2015) was a randomised trial of 9,631 patients with hypertension comparing intensive control (systolic below 120 mmHg) with standard control (below 140 mmHg). Two later trials point the same way. In SPRINT the systolic difference between the two groups was 13 mmHg (intense group average 121.5 mmHg). The incidence of heart attack, stroke and…
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The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease has shortly ago released an article evaluating the safety and efficacy of HMTM in participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Please see below for the full published article: View Article (PDF)