Endothelin-Receptor Block

The presence of treatment-resistant hypertension implies an increased cardiovascular risk and can be caused or favoured by old age, obesity, diabetes and chronic renal diseases. In order to effectively face this situation, endothelin was considered, a powerful vasoconstrictor, which can have an important role in resistant hypertension: darusetan, not approved by FDA yet, is an experimental endothelin antagonist.

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Folic Acid and Cancer

After 1998, there has been a higher and higher intake of folic acid, because of some trials showing [...]

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Radical Prostatectomy and Laparoscopy

Since independently from the use of PSA the number of diagnosed prostate cancers is increasing, [...]

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Mortality in Patients under Dialysis

Patients with chronic renal failure under dialysis treatment present high risks of mortality for [...]

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Phototherapy and Vitamin D

In this issue of the Archives, Ryan et al1 report the results of a well-designed prospective [...]

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Measuring Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

What Is Important and to Whom? The association between procedural volume and short-term mortality [...]

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Prospects for Minocycline Neuroprotection

Minocycline is a clinically available antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug that also demonstrates [...]

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Optic Nerve Regeneration

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Child Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Social Policy

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Preconception counseling helps future moms prep for baby

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Grants support use of state-of-the-art technology to determine cancer risk

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Fitness is key in arthritis treatment

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Smoking pot may ease chronic pain

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Biopolar child: 'Nobody was on my side'

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FDA Approves Generic Enoxaparin

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One Third of First-Time Pregnancies Delivered by Cesarean

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