Nurses from all sectors can take a leading role in preventing and controlling hypertension, thereby preventing high rates of cardiovascular disease, new study says. With hypertension (HTN) as a ...

About The Study: The findings of this study indicated that initiation of antihypertensive medication was associated with elevated risks of fractures and falls among older long-term care nursing home ...

Caution is needed in balancing the risk of falls and fractures with the need to lower blood pressure for elderly patients living in long-term care facilities, data from the Veterans Health ...

July 23, 2010 — Continuing antihypertensive medication after a stroke does not appear to reduce 2-week death or dependency, cardiovascular event rate, or mortality at 6 months, according to new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low-cost antihypertensive drugs appeared associated with reductions in colorectal cancer-specific mortality ...

A quality initiative at NYC Health + Hospitals reduced unnecessary medication use in patients with severely high blood pressure, The Joint Commission said June 15. Despite research showing single ...

For the second year, the United Hospital Fund’s partnership with nursing homes was successful in deprescribing unnecessary medications when appropriate, a new report shows. The report detailed how ...