May

29

Blood Pressure and Women’s Sex Drive

May 29, 2006 | Comments Off

It is well known that men with high blood pressurehigh blood pressure are at a greater risk of developing sexual dysfunction and now new research shows that the same holds for women. The new findings were presented Friday at the 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension (ASH 2006) in New York […]

May

24

Painkillers Worsen Heart Failure

May 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Common painkillers raise the risk of heart failureheart failure-related hospitalization in people over 60, a new study shows. The risk is even greater for those who already have heart failure. And even very short-term painkiller use can be dangerous, the study finds — especially for people taking blood-pressure-lowering medications.
The drugs are known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory […]

May

23

Metabolic Syndrome Hurts Heart

May 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment

People who have a cluster of common medical conditions may be nearly twice as likely to develop heart failure by middle age. A new study followed more than 2,300 Swedish men for more than 20 years and found those who had the cluster of common health risk factors, known collectively as metabolic syndrome, were almost […]