The study focused on why people with severe high blood pressure often develop thickened arteries and small blood vessels in ...

Dropsy, described in the 17th century, treated with “cure de dechloruration” (bloodletting, leeching, and lancing) and a ...

UEFI is the new firmware type designed to replace the old BIOS style. It introduces additional features, including support for partitions larger than 2TB and faster startup, sleep, resume, and ...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are oral medications that lower blood pressure. They are used to treat a variety of heart-related conditions including high blood pressure, coronary ...

Both types of medicine help lower blood pressure by targeting the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, a group of hormones that control blood pressure. ACE inhibitors work by blocking an enzyme ...

A drop in blood pressure is a common complication during hemodialysis. In medical jargon, the phenomenon is called intradialytic hypotension. It happens when the body is unable to compensate properly ...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design brand-new enzymes that can go through multi-step reactions, a key feature of natural enzymes. The structures they made accelerated a ...

A reasonable strategy would be to stop the ACE inhibitor and start a diuretic. If the renin level is high, then it might be reasonable to add either a ß blocker or an angiotensin receptor antagonist.