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Genetic Variants Tied to Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke
Two genetic variants appear to significantly increase the risk of ischemic stroke, US researchers...
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All
People who are not ready to quit smoking right now, but they want to reduce their smoking are twice...
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Cholesterol Drug Crestor Reduces Risk of Vein Clots As Well
Besides reducing the incidence of heart attacks and stroke, AstraZeneca’s cholesterol drug...
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New Device Shows Promise in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
A new device implanted in the heart to stop blood clots from triggering strokes (from the rhythm...
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FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval
A panel of cardiology experts recommended Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis experimental drug Multaq...
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February Is the Month That Encourages Heart Health
February 6th was National Wear Red Day, also known as Go Red for Women Day, when people were asked...
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Wear Red Campaign Raises Heart Disease Awareness
February is American Heart Month, a time to think about all those simple steps that you can...
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Go Red for Women, a Campaign to Raise Heart Disease Awareness
Feb. 6 is National Wear Red Day, part of a campaign aimed to raise awareness about heart disease,...
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HealthGrades: Top-Rated Hospitals Have 27 Percent Lower Death Rate
Another report, this time coming from HealthGrades, comes to the rescue of people looking for the...
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California Hospital Death Rates for 2006/2007 Released
In an attempt to help improve health care and people looking for better places to treat their...
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Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report in its journal Morbidity and...
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California Hospitals’ Death Rates Vary Widely
According to a recent study that looked at mortality rates for California hospitals between 2006...
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Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life
Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
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Heart Attacks Less Severe in the U.S., Report Shows
According to a new report, heart attacks are leading to fewer deaths in the U.S. The study...
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FDA: Vytorin Still Good for Lowering Bad Cholesterol Levels
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has completed its review of data from the...
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Quit Smoking for the Sake of 2009!
If we should make a resolution for 2009, that would be to become more aware of the money we spend....
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Quit Smoking to Prevent Colon Cancer! Smoking Increases the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Smoking increases the risk of getting colon
cancer by about 18 percent and the risk of dying from...
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Heart Attack And Stroke Death Rates Have Decreased
The American Heart Association has reasons to be proud as it can achieve its goal of decreasing...
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Deaths Caused By Heart Attacks, Strokes Decline But For How Long?
Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
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‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State
A comparison of state rakings from 2007 to 2008 released
Wednesday by the United Health Foundation...
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Lack of Exercise in Depressed Cardiac Patients Worsens Outcomes
If you suffer from depression, you need to look for medical
help right away, as depression has...
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Inactivity in Depressed Heart Patients Increases Cardiac Risk
Depression is one of the issues today’s world faces and tries
to overcome. Scientists have shown...
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Plavix plus Heartburn Drugs Boost Patients’ Risk for Cardiac Events
A Medco Health Solutions study presented Tuesday at the
American Heart Association meeting in New...
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Avapro Blood Pressure Drug Ineffective To Heart-Failure Patients
In a clinical trial, the blood pressure medicine Avapro didn’t perform better than other medicines...
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A Simple Blood Test Can Spot People Who Are At Risk Of Heart Attack
According to the findings of a new study
presented at the meeting of the American Heart...
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A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease
A regular medical exam could soon contain a simple, low-cost blood test, which could help assess...
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Sleep Deprived People With Hypertension Stand Higher Heart Risk
Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s
just a movie on our laptop or catching up...
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Study: Statins Have Beneficial Effects for Healthy People Too
Sunday,
during a New Orleans meeting
of the American Heart Association, researchers revealed that...
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Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too
Heart attacks and strokes may be cut by
roughly 50 percent among patients who receive preventive...
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Crestor Prevents Heart Attacks for People with Low Cholesterol, Too
According to a report at an American Heart Association conference, inflammation may be as critical...
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Two Genetic Variants Predispose People to Stroke
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that carrying certain genes might...
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Device Prevents Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Researchers present Saturday at the American College of Cardiology Conference in Orlando, Florida...
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Most Americans Should Reduce Salt Intake, But Do They?
As rates for high blood pressure and implicitly for heart disease and stroke are dramatically...
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Antipsychotics in Alzheimer’s Patients – Potentially Fatal After Extensive Use
First of all, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease with no known cure. Except for...
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No More Funds for the Converter Box Coupons
It appears that the U.S. Congress underestimated the amount of funding needed for the TV Converter...
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Quit Smoking Today!
What did your New Year’s resolutions include except losing weight and reducing debts? If you...
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Brain-Stimulating Drugs: Should Healthy People Be Allowed to Take Them?
Should healthy people take prescription
drugs to boost their brain strength? A panel of medical...
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Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!
Half of heart attacks and strokes happen
among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
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Crestor Can Detect Risks Of Heart Attack
A cholesterol-lowering statin drug administered to people who have normal cholesterol can cut their...
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well
Statins of cholesterol-lowering drugs have been known to
reduce heart risk in people with...
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Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity
In fact, forget this article and just turn off the computer and stop working on it, stop playing...
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FDA Probes J&J Anemia Drug over Clinical Trial Deaths
Results of a study undergone by German scientists revealed
that stroke patients given Amgen and...
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COPD Drugs Questioned for Increased Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack
Spiriva and Atrovent, two drugs widely prescribed in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
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Isaac Hayes, Memorable Through The Decades
Legendary soul singer Isaac Hayes’ death on Aug. 10, just ten
days before his 66th birthday...
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Oscar-Winning Soul Legend Isaac Hayes Dies At 65
Oscar-winning soul singer and songwriter Isaac Hayes, whose
1971’s “Theme from Shaft” made him the...
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Comedian Harvey Korman Dies at 81
Harvey Korman, the comedic actor whose appearances on “The Carol Burnett Show” earned him four Emmy...
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Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US
Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new
research suggests.
American...
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Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study
You would not believe it by looking at the Rolling Stones however, a new study says rock stars are...
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