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Patients undergoing treatment for kidney failure (hemodialysis) appear to have a five times greater risk of death from cardiovascular disease if they have periodontal disease.

Kidney failure and high blood pressure have a dynamic relationship; kidney failure can cause high blood pressure and high blood pressure can cause kidney failure.

The study included 168 patients of which 68 had moderate to severe periodontal disease. There were 14 total cardiovascular disease related deaths in the whole group within 18 months and 11 of them had moderate to severe periodontal disease. The authors recognized their study has its limitations, such as a small sample size as well as incomplete socioeconomic and nutritional information. They conclude, “Our findings suggest a need for larger studies to confirm this connection, along with intervention trials to determine if treating periodontitis reduces cardiovascular disease mortality in dialysis patients.”

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In 2007, twelve studies which included almost 95,000 patents were analyzed to determine if beta blockers as a first-line therapy for hypertension played a role in new-onset diabetes mellitus (often referred to as simply diabetes).

The study’s findings were staggering. Not only did they find that beta blocker therapy increased risk the risk for new-onset diabetes by 22% compared with nondiuretic antihypertensive agents, but the researchers also concluded that beta blockers are associated with a 15% increased risk for stroke and that there was no benefit for the end point of death or myocardial infarction!

The researchers also pointed out that the risk for new-onset diabetes mellitus increased with a higher body mass index, Atenolol (trade name Tenormin), in the elderly and when the beta blockers were not as effective in reducing blood pressure. The risk also “increased exponentially with increased duration on beta blockers”.
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