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Day 99: 31-28-31

Extending weight loss programme helps overweight people keep more weight off and is cost-effective

04 May 2017

Extending NHS weight loss programmes from one session per week for 12-weeks to one session per week for a year helped people who are overweight to...

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The researchers found that a high fat and high sugar diet exaggerates metabolic changes in the mother which occur naturally during pregnancy, potentially rendering her more susceptible to health complications.

High fat, high sugar diet during pregnancy 'programs' for health complications in mother and child

06 Apr 2017

Eating a high fat and high sugar diet when pregnant leads to metabolic impairments in both the mother and her unborn child, which may 'program' them...

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Pulmonary hypertension-associated vasculitis

Major global study reveals new hypertension and blood pressure genes

12 Sep 2016

Thirty-one new gene regions linked with blood pressure have been identified in one of the largest genetic studies of blood pressure to date...

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11C metomidate PET CT of small Conn's tumour

New research leaves tumours with nowhere to hide

24 Sep 2015

Hidden tumours that cause potentially fatal high blood pressure but lurk undetected in the body until pregnancy have been discovered by a Cambridge...

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Sphygmomanometer

Old drug performs new tricks

21 Sep 2015

Patients with the most dangerous type of high blood pressure will be able to receive far more effective treatment after Cambridge-led research...

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Scientists discover a curable cause for some cases of high blood pressure

04 Aug 2013

Five per cent of high blood pressure cases are caused by small nodules on hormone gland; now scientists have developed a scan which enables rapid...

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Conn's adenoma

New test could help thousands of patients with high blood pressure

30 Nov 2011

Scan can detect 5p-sized growth that causes hypertension.

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pills

It takes two for improved control of blood pressure

13 Jan 2011

New British-led research shows that starting treatment of blood pressure with two medicines rather than the one produces better and faster results...

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blood pressure

Blood pressure breakthrough holds real hope

07 Oct 2010

Scientists have discovered a mechanism which raises blood pressure in pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly condition which occurs during pregnancy.

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