| As technology improves across the world there are | | | | Low blood pressure linked to better kidney disease |
| fresh studies bringing out some fascinating health | | | | outcomes |
| facts. It certainly appears that as human beings we | | | | Renal ailments commonly known as kidney disease is |
| have much more to learn about ourselves than we | | | | a widespread problem in many countries. At the |
| initially thought. It is clear that all this has been made | | | | same time high blood pressure medically known as |
| possible by the inevitable development and | | | | hypertension is also a rampart problem in much of |
| advancement of technology that has enabled us to | | | | the western world affecting millions of people. |
| revisit even medical chapters we once thought were | | | | Researchers recently discovered that people who |
| exhausted. The following paragraphs presents the | | | | have renal disease and low blood pressure will |
| latest medical research findings that will fascinating so | | | | respond better to kidney treatments. |
| many people. | | | | Scientists at Johns Hopkins University found out that |
| Tobacco nicotine linked to breast cancer | | | | treating high blood pressure patients and lowering |
| Much of the research done to this point concerning | | | | their blood pressure beyond what is considered ideal |
| the effects of tobacco have pointed to the effects | | | | blood pressure is actually beneficial. It significantly |
| of toxic fumes in tobacco cigarettes. The ingredients | | | | reduces the risk of entering into end-stage renal |
| in cigarettes about 599 of them convert to about | | | | disease. This is when patients must go for dialysis or |
| 4000 toxins under combustion 60 of which are | | | | receive a kidney transplant to stay alive. The doctors |
| known to be carcinogens or cancer causing. The drug | | | | established that patients who received stronger |
| nicotine itself has been associated with the | | | | treatments for blood pressure were 25 percent less |
| dependency or addiction which occurs to tobacco | | | | likely to develop end stage renal disease. Lowering |
| users. It has also been associated with other ailments | | | | blood pressure in hypertensive patients to a point |
| such as high blood pressure because of it damaging | | | | below what is considered normal is not a panacea, |
| effects of blood vessels and nerves. | | | | the doctors conceded. However it is an important |
| A new study published by The Journal of the National | | | | step in reducing the number of people who enter |
| Cancer Institute done by researchers from Taipei | | | | end-stage renal disease which can be fatal. |
| Medical University compared breast cancer cells and | | | | Lowering of blood pressure below what is normal will |
| normal cells to establish if nicotine facilitated tumor | | | | need a physician's expertise. Patients with elevated |
| growth at a cellular level. In a lab environment nicotine | | | | systolic hypertension for instance, often by default |
| was implicated in the development of cancer | | | | fall into fatal low blood pressure as a side effect of |
| characteristics. New normal cells were treated with | | | | trying to bring systolic blood pressure back to normal. |
| nicotine in the laboratory. This research cited that the | | | | In the process, diastolic blood pressure falls beyond |
| sample size was small and perhaps a larger sample | | | | what is normal and may lead to loss of life. |
| would be needed to firmly establish the role of | | | | Testing kidney disease early more effective |
| nicotine in cancer development. Suffice to say, the | | | | A medical research study published in the Journal of |
| research implicated nicotine and tobacco smoking in | | | | the American Society of Nephrology recently gave |
| particular to breast cancer development. | | | | some startling discoveries. The study determined that |
| The findings of this research have far reaching | | | | undergoing kidney testing in the morning is more |
| implications for the tobacco related industry, | | | | beneficial as opposed to other times of the day. |
| manufacturers of quit smoking products in particular. | | | | Monitoring kidney condition in the morning is found to |
| Quit smoking products such as nicotine gum and | | | | be more superior than other methods. |
| nicotine patches contain nicotine even though in | | | | There currently are no set standards for kidney |
| lesser amounts than that found when one is smoking. | | | | testing amongst people in the early stages of the |
| Smoking cessation products might be required to | | | | disease. The researchers hope that these findings will |
| revisit their products to ensure that they are not | | | | help establish a new and recognized standard just as |
| directly contributing to the development of breast | | | | morning hypertension is tested and better detected |
| cancer in quit smoking patients. | | | | in the morning than any other time of the day. |