New DRAGON Score Predicts Ischemic Stroke OutcomeNew DRAGON Score Predicts Ischemic Stroke Outcome
The easy-to-use score is showing promise and winning early praise, but is 1 of several such methods recently reported. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

Tekturna(R) - The First New Type Of High Blood Pressure Medicine In More Than A Decade - Receives Its First Approval In The US
Novartis announced today that the United States has become the first country in the world to approve Tekturna(R) (aliskiren) tablets, the first new type of medicine in more than a decade for treating high blood pressure -- a condition estimated to affect nearly one billion people worldwide and remains uncontrolled in nearly 70% of patients. [click link for full article] (Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today)