Not Signed In - Blood Pressure Drugs Associated With Reduced Risk Of Esophageal, Pancreatic And Colon Cancers
Wed, 24 May 2006 06:00 AM EST
... Thousands of individuals currently taking angiotension converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, a type of medication commonly used to lower blood pressure, may be doing more than treating their hypertension. [click link for full article] ...
Related Topics
- Low Blood Pressure
- Blood Pressure
- Hypertension
- Esophageal Cancer
- Risk Factors
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Colon Polyps
- Cancers
- Stroke, if clots break off and travel to the brain (drugs that thin the blood such as heparin and warfarin can reduce the risk)
- Medication
- Increased risk of falls and injury (from low blood pressure)
- Blood/Blood Transfusion
- Blood Transfusion
- Cancers of the larynx, esophagus, liver, and colon
- Colorectal Cancer
- Hypogammaglobulinemia (reduced levels of antibodies) -- increases the risk of infection
- Laboratory Tests
- Transfusion
- Olmesartan
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