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Daylight savings tied to bump in heart attack rates
Royal Oak :: MI :: USA | 5 months ago
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Researchers at two hospitals in the U.S. state of Michigan, whose findings appeared in the American Journal of Cardiology, reviewed six years of records and found that they treated an average of 23 heart attacks on the Sunday when the United States
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Amgen places bet on heart drug as rivals go after sales
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Bloomberg News Amgen , the world's largest biotechnology company, is developing a new anti-cholesterol medicine by 2015 that it sees as its best shot to offset reduced sales when its popular anemia drugs lose exclusivity. Amgen stock has traded at a
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Quotations of the day
Aleppo :: Syria | 7 months ago
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When I woke up, I was like, It's freezing.' And I thought, This can't go on too much longer.''' Sara Zavala a Staten Island resident and a nursing home admissions coordinator in comments as overnight temperatures sank into the 30s and hundreds of
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"Everyone Over 50 Should Take Statins": Leading Doctor Dismisses Concerns Over Cholesterol Fighting Drug
Munich :: Germany | 9 months ago
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Everyone over 50 should take cholesterol-lowering statins, regardless of their medical history, a leading heart expert has said. British cardiovascular expert Professor Sir Roy Collins dismissed fears raised by U.S. and U.K regulators that the
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Use caution before starting a daily aspirin regimen
McLean :: VA :: USA | 1 year ago
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And with the recent news that aspirin may help prevent a variety of cancers in addition to heart attacks and strokes it probably sounds like a good idea to many...Aspirin may be a cheap, century-old drug made from plants known for many centuries to
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Can obesity surgery put diabetes into remission?
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Obesity surgery can reverse the signs of diabetes, according to small new study, allowing many patients to quickly reach normal blood-sugar levels while reducing or eliminating their need for insulin or other medications. In the study of 150 patients
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Medical Whistleblower Dr. Steven Nissen on “Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Health Care”
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Medical Whistleblower Dr. Steven Nissen on Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Health Care As the Republican presidential candidates propose to dismantle President Obama's 2010 healthcare reform package, we speak to Dr. Steven Nissen, one of
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Review: Statins Helpful, But No Quick Fix After Cardiac Emergency
Ontario :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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EDT Embargo expired: 6/14/2011 7:00 PM EDT Source: Newswise Over the long term, treatment with cholesterol-lowering statins reduces the rate of mortality and cardiovascular events such as heart attack, for people with and without heart disease.
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Vital Signs: Regimens: Drug Is Seen to Limit Progression to Diabetes
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 2 years ago
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Pioglitazone, sold under the brand name Actos, belongs to the same class of drugs as the diabetes medication rosiglitazone , sold as Avandia , which was found to increase the risk of heart attack in patients taking it. Rosiglitazone was taken off the
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Real Life: A dose of reality
Dublin :: Ireland | over 2 years ago
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The most recent scare concerns Avandia, a drug used to treat Type II diabetes. Avandia was taken off the market in Ireland and the EU last month because of concerns about links to heart attacks. The active ingredient in Avandia is rosiglitazone and
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