Press Room News Releases ISHIB2006: THE METABOLIC SYNDROME – WHAT IS IT, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Sessions to Address Approaches for Reducing a Cluster of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Ethnic Populations MEASURING METABOLIC SYNDROME (MET-S) AND SUCCESS IN TREATING MET-S WITH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS Scientists Develop Ways to Track Reduction of Six Risk Factors DOES STRESS PLACE AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH AT GREATER RISK OF KIDNEY DISEASE? Researchers Link Microalbumin Levels to Sodium Retention During Stress POOR SODIUM HANDLING DURING STRESS LINKED TO ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE AND REDUCED DILATATION OF ARTERIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH DIURETICS FOUND MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ALPHA-BLOCKERS IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CONTROLLING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION? ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION FOUND EFFECTIVE IN BOTH AFRICAN AMERICANS AND NON-AFRICAN AMERICANS HORMONE PRODUCED BY FAT CELLS LINKED TO DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISASE IN AFRICAN AMERCIAN WOMEN Background Materials STORY IDEAS FROM SESSIONS AND ABSTRACTS OF ISHIB2006 ISHIB SPOKESPERSONS PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE CONFERENCE FACTS ISHIB2006: ABSTRACTS OF 58 NEW RESEARCH STUDIES Contact: Anne M. Dubois, APR, CPRC ad@duboisbetourne.com 386 447 2211 or 404 614 8245 x 8179
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