Blood pressure drugs’ benefits similar for blacks
• Heart • Oct 21 04

As a treatment for high blood pressure in black patients, no drug is really better than another at reducing the risk of death and…    

 

Heart attack woman ‘waited 2 hours’
• Heart • Oct 20 04

An 84-year-old great-grandmother who was suffering chest pains had to wait two hours for a response from her GP out-of-hours service, it has been…    

 

Merck evaluating why Vioxx raises risk to heart
• Heart • Oct 19 04

Merck & Co Inc. is evaluating why its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx raises the chance of heart attack and stroke, but it has not…    

 

FDA Approves Temporary Artificial Heart
• Heart • Oct 18 04

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a partial artificial heart intended to keep people alive in the hospital while they are awaiting…    

 

Clinical trials find no increase in heart disease risk with celecoxib
• Heart • Oct 17 04

Pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc. recently said that three large long-term Celecoxib studies involving more than 6,000 patients have not shown any significant safety issues…    

 

Heart failure makes surgery risky for elderly
• Heart • Oct 14 04

Older patients with heart failure have a two-fold higher rate of mortality and re-admission after undergoing non-cardiac surgery than other patients in their age…    

 

US Medicare to reimburse for carotid stent use
• Heart • Oct 13 04

The U.S. Medicare program on Tuesday said it would pay for the use of carotid stents in older and disabled patients who need them…    

 

With aging, blood vessels adapt to exercise
• Heart • Oct 11 04

A number of physiological changes occur in the body as we age, including a decrease in heart’s ability to pump blood. New findings show…    

 

Heart Bypass Seen Riskier for Short People
• Heart • Oct 11 04

The chances of dying after heart surgery seem to be higher for people who are on the short side than for taller people, Argentine…    

 

Hormone therapies have different effects on heart
• Heart • Oct 08 04

Norethindrone acetate (NETA), one of the hormones replacement drug Femhrt, protects the heart from damage, whereas medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), a hormone found in the…    

 

Hospital, not race, a factor in heart attack care
• Heart • Oct 06 04

Much of the racial and ethnic differences in the care given to patients hospitalized with a heart attack can be explained by the quality…    

 

Transfusions for heart patients seen risky
• Heart • Oct 05 04

Giving blood transfusions to anemic patients who are hospitalized with severe acute heart pain or a heart attack may increase their risk of dying,…    

 

Heart procedure results have improved for elderly
• Heart • Oct 05 04

Over the last decade, the use of angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting to treat elderly heart patients has increased, and outcomes of these…    

 

Sibling history may raise heart disease risk
• Heart • Oct 04 04

New research indicates that individuals who have a brother or sister who developed heart disease at a young age may have an increased risk…    

 

Blair Recovering After Heart Procedure
• Heart • Oct 02 04

British Prime Minister Tony Blair reportedly underwent a procedure Friday to correct an irregular heartbeat a condition that first surfaced a year ago and…    

 

Nighttime dosage cuts high blood pressure in blacks
• Heart • Sep 30 04

A dose of long-acting diltiazem at bedtime is more effective than a morning dose of amlodipine in reducing high blood pressure in black patients,…    

 

Breathing disorder linked with blood-related hormone
• Heart • Sep 29 04

Levels of the blood-forming hormone erythropoietin appear to be increased in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder in which breathing stops…    

 

Exercise test predicts heart disease in “healthy” men
• Heart • Sep 27 04

Exercise testing with a treadmill (ETT) can predict heart disease in men with no apparent symptoms, new research shows. Moreover, ETT provides useful information…    

 

Group urges review of new U.S. statin drug advice
• Heart • Sep 26 04

Consumer advocates backed by some prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new U.S. policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower…    

 

US FDA OKs over-the-counter defibrillator sales
• Heart • Sep 16 04

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker’s request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a prescription.

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Endurance training may stave off heart failure
• Heart • Sep 15 04

Long-term training in endurance activities, such as running, swimming or cycling, may help prevent the stiffening of the heart that occurs with age, an…    

 

Heart drug reduces bone breaks
• Heart • Sep 14 04

Treatment with a beta-blocker drug - usually for high blood pressure or heart failure - significantly reduces the risk of bone fractures, according to…    

 

Moderate drinking can benefit heart patients
• Heart • Sep 14 04

Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol can curb recurrent narrowing of the coronary arteries in patients who have had heart surgery, researchers said on Tuesday.…    

 

Sept. 11 set off heart disturbances far and wide
• Heart • Sep 13 04

In the month following the September 11th, 2001 attacks, there was a spate of heart rhythm disturbances in cardiac patients - even those living…    

 

Antibiotic interaction may raise heart death risk
• Heart • Sep 09 04

Doctors have known for years that the antibiotic erythromycin can, in rare cases, spark an abnormal and sometimes fatal heartbeat. But combining it with…    

 

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