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Mortality Rate From CHD Rising in Young Women
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Researchers report that mortality rates for coronary heart disease in young adults are levelling off, and in women, they have even risen, bucking a 2-decade long trend towards declining death rates. Medscape Medical News
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No Evidence to Support HCTZ for Use as First-Line Therapy: Analysis Published
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The antihypertensive effect of hydrochlorothiazide at the doses most often used is inferior to that of most other antihypertensive drug classes when assessed by ambulatory BP, new research shows. And to boot, there is no evidence that HCTZ, at these doses, reduces CV events or death, say the researchers. They conclude it should not be used as first-line monotherapy. Heartwire
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