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Viagra could also help prevent heart attacks, stroke: Study

Lyman :: WY :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The enzyme targeted by the Queen's researchers is known to regulate the activity of platelets: small blood cells needed for normal blood clotting. Problems can arise when people have stents permanently implanted in their arteries to maintain blood flow.

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First partial payments to nearly 50,000 who claimed Vioxx caused heart attacks start going out next week

Trenton :: NJ :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

N.J. — Partial payments for people claiming withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck & Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said today. Those...

Tags: Vioxx, partial payments, heart attacks, caused heart, vioxx caused

UAE residents risk heart attacks during Olympics, says expert

Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

8 Dubai: A top cardiologist has warned television viewers in the UAE to remain calm during the Olympics, saying they had a particularly poor record of heart attacks while watching sports. Klaus Kallmayer, head of cardiology at City Hospital in Dubai and...

Tags: UAE, Dubai, heart attacks

Hypertension increases dementia risk

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

It is better to control your blood pressure in the 40s for researchers have found that people suffering from hypertension in middle-age are six times more likely to develop dementia. Previous studies had claimed that high blood pressure can raise the...

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Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills

Waukesha :: WI :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares...Authorities say the man then ran up a $23 bill when he had a steak dinner at Applebee's...A doctor there recognized the man as having...

Tags: faked heart, heart attacks, avoid paying

Yahoo! News: Even best efforts can't prevent all heart attacks

Baltimore :: MD :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Tim Russert was a good patient, taking medications for his heart disease and exercising, his doctor said. He had no chest pains and he passed an exercise stress test weeks ago...Heart disease patients can significantly reduce their chances of a heart...

Tags: disease, heart, heart attacks, risks, Tim Russert

Low vitamin D levels linked to greater risk of heart attacks in men

Posted by: DrSivana  | 

Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

  Having low levels of vitamin D is associated with a doubling of the risk of heart attacks in men and an even greater risk of dying from the cardiac condition, according to a new study. The findings, published yesterday in the journal Archives...

Tags: Vitamin D, low levels, heart attacks

Vitamin D: The sunshine vitamin

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Levels * Current recommendations call for an intake of 400 IUs, or international units, for most people, twice that for the elderly. * Recommended blood levels are about 30 nanograms per milliliter. * Many researchers recommend consuming 1,500 to 2,000...

Tags: vitamin d, heart, disease, study, low levels, health, heart attacks, heart attack, low vitamin, sunshine vitamin

B vitamins fail to cut heart risk in study

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Giving B vitamins and folic acid supplements to reduce high levels of a blood protein that is a marker for heart disease did nothing to protect women from heart trouble, according to a study released on Tuesday. The findings published in the Journal of...

Tags: heart, disease, risk, heart attacks, study, folic acid

Blood pressure drugs can prevent heart attacks, stroke, says study

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

April 1: Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death�even if they are very old. Ad Links Both studies

Tags: study, heart, eat, blood pressure, risk, heart attacks, pressure drugs

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