Lowering blood pressure and blood fat levels to below current targets did not bring down higher risks of heart problems for diabetes patients, according to new results from a landmark federal study.
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16Mar
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16Mar
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute –
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15Mar
Erectile dysfunction is a major warning sign for cardiovascular disease and early death.
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15Mar
Diovan, Starlix also had limited or no effect in shielding users from cardiovascular woes, study finds
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13Mar
The anti-clotting drug Plavix will get a new “black box” label warning that normal doses don’t work for 2% to 14% of patients.
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11Mar
Enhance National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research to improve health, spur economic growth and innovation and science. American Heart Association patient advocates and researchers today delivered that message to members of Congress during the association’s Research Saves Lives Fly-In Lobby Day. Many heart disease and stroke survivors have benefited from advances as a result of NIH-supported research. However, despite progress and promising research opportunities, there is still no cure for heart disease or stroke…
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11Mar
Congressional Deals: Watching The Sausage Making Politico Legislators need pork to make things happen, especially in an age when chronic obstruction has so weakened the legislative process that policy breakthroughs are almost impossible. This does not excuse all kinds of deal making, nor should we ignore that deals sometimes go too far (Julian E. Zelizer, 3/10). Health Care Reform’s Sickeningly Sweet Deals The Washington Post Skipping through the Candy Land of the health-care bill, one is tempted to hum a few bars of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” What a deal. For dealmakers, that is…
Tags: Health, Health Care, Heart
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10Mar
A large percentage of patients without known heart disease who undergo invasive cardiac catheterization to check for dangerous artery blockages do not have them, a new study suggests
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08Mar
Source: HealthDay –
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05Mar
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a name change for the heartburn drug Kapidex (dexlansoprazole) to avoid confusion with two other medications – Casodex and Kadian. Effective in late April 2010, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. will market Kapidex under the new name Dexilant. Since Kapidex was approved in January 2009, there have been reports of dispensing errors because of confusion with the drugs Casodex (bicalutamide) and Kadian (morphine sulfate), which have very different uses from Kapidex and from each other…
Tags: Drug, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Heart, North America, U.S.
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04Mar
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04Mar
Vietnam era combat pilot and national board member of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Clarence Jordan testified at a Senate hearing today calling for better outreach and coordination of mental health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “VA must do a better job of reaching out and making it services known,” said Jordan, a 15-year Navy veteran who now serves as director of recovery and resiliency services for ValueOptions Behavioral Health Services. A chronicle of Jordan’s battle with depression appeared in Heart & Soul magazine in June 2007…
Tags: Depression, Health, Health Care, Heart
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03Mar
But it may be linked to a slight rise in high blood pressure, researchers say
Source: HealthDay
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03Mar
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03Mar
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute –
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02Mar
A new study shows that moderate coffee drinking reduces the risk of being hospitalized for heart rhythm problems.
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02Mar
Don’t expect your calcium and vitamin D supplements to improve your heart health or prevent a stroke, according to a systematic review of published studies.
Source: Reuters Health
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26Feb
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24Feb
Imaging entire heart in one sitting reduces exposure timeSource: HealthDay
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24Feb
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Topics: Heart Attack, Heart Diseases, Mental Health
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