The beta-blocker metoprolol significantly increased uric acid levels and risk of gout in African Americans with chronic kidney disease.
However, the study did show that other medications for hypertension such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, Ramipril and the calcium channel
High blood pressure and chronic kidney disease may very well go hand in hand in a vast number of CKD patients, but what’s a safe way to go about treating one ailment without aggravating the other? As we’ve stated before
Controlling your blood pressure could help you in more ways than one. A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that those chronic kidney disease patients who took greater care to watch their blood pressure levels experienced a 14%
Unwitting salt addicts rejoice! A new study from China’s Daping Hospital’s Center for Hypertension & Metabolic Diseases at Third Military Medical University in Chongqing has shed some new light on the benefits of consuming spicy foods. The study may prove
