Feb

26

Intense drug therapy urged for heart patients

February 26, 2008 | Comments Off

Canadian researchers are encouraging physicians to prescribe higher doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs to patients with severe heart disease to reduce their risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.

Jan

28

Aspirin reduces death rate in heart patients

January 28, 2008 | Comments Off

In people with stable heart disease, low-dose aspirin reduces the occurrence of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths from all causes, according to a new analysis. Although aspirin also increases the risk of bleeding, the benefits outweigh the risk, lead author Dr. Jeffrey S. Berger, of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, and his […]

Oct

12

Cholesterol drugs reduce risk of heart attack

October 12, 2007 | Comments Off

THE use of cholesterol-lowering drugs can reduce heart attacks by more than 25 per cent, researchers said yesterday. In the 1990s, a landmark Scottish study opened the door for patients worldwide to start taking the drugs - known as statins - to prevent heart problems. Now, follow-up research has found people using statins for five […]

Sep

20

How A Statin Drug Reduces Cholesterol And Fat In Blood Vessels

September 20, 2007 | Comments Off

Scientists have provided new details about how a drug used against heart disease helps to unclog blood vessels from an excess of cholesterol and fats. The results help explain how the drug works and may provide ways to improve similar drugs in the future. A type of white blood cell called macrophage is responsible for […]

Sep

5

Aspirin heart attack study under way

September 5, 2007 | Comments Off

Scientists are beginning a major study to determine whether five million Britons should take a daily aspirin to prevent them from having their first heart attack or stroke. It will involve more than 12,000 people in five countries, including Britain, considered as being at moderate risk of heart attack or stroke. Men over the age […]

Apr

13

Study: Too Few Take Aspirin For Heart

April 13, 2007 | Comments Off

Low-dose aspirin helps prevent heart attack and stroke — but only 41 percent of Americans over 40 regularly take aspirin, a Harris survey finds. "We expected to see greater than 70 percent utilization rates," said Steven Weisman, Ph.D., of Innovative Science Solutions, Morristown, N.J., in a news release. The Internet-based survey included a nationally representative […]

Apr

13

Statins Linked To Lower Risk Of Infection

April 13, 2007 | Comments Off

Researchers at Johns Hopkins may have discovered an unintended benefit in the drugs millions of Americans take to lower their cholesterol: The medications, all statins, seem to lower the risk of a potentially lethal blood infection known as sepsis in patients on kidney dialysis. Sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary intensive care […]

Apr

4

Should You Be Getting More Vitamin D?

April 4, 2007 | Comments Off

Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and keep our bones strong. But "D" does much more than that and, as The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay reports, many experts say it may be time to raise the recommended amount.

Mar

23

Experts Seek Options on Painkiller Abuse

March 23, 2007 | Comments Off

Scientists are hunting new ways to help millions of pain sufferers from addiction-resistant narcotics to using brain scanners for biofeedback amid a worrisome rise in abuse of today’s top prescription painkillers.

Mar

10

Aspirin risk may outweigh cancer benefit

March 10, 2007 | Comments Off

The risks of aspirin, including stomach bleeding, outweigh its potential benefits in preventing colon cancer in people who have just an average risk of cancer, a US expert panel says. So people with no reason to believe they have a high likelihood of colorectal cancer, including those with a family history of the disease, should […]

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