Archive for the ‘Heart Attack’ Category
Monday, April 28th, 2008
There has been considerable press recently on the cholesterol lowering medicine Zetia, also known as Ezetimibe, since the release of a recent study known as the ENHANCE study. This study compared the cholesterol medication simvastatin, also known as Zocor, to the combination of Zocor and Zetia used together. It looked ...
Posted in Cardiology, Heart Attack, News, Pharmacology, stroke | 20 Comments »
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease 18 months early due to concerns about a higher risk of death seen in a trial called the ...
Posted in Diabetes, Heart Attack, stroke | 11 Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Physical activity is a well accepted treatment when prescribed for patients after orthopedic surgery or for rehabilitation after a stroke. Physical activity is also felt to reduce the risk of developing certain chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, despite these accepted benefits, the percentage of adults ...
Posted in Cardiology, Heart Attack, Obesity, Preventative Medicine, Psychiatry | 4 Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Drugs known collectively as "statins" are widely prescribed for lowering cholesterol (for example, Lipitor) and their benefits in reducing the risk of heart attacks is generally well accepted. However, a recent study conducted in veterans showed that patients on such drugs had a 25% lower incidence of cancer. This ...
Posted in Cancer, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Heart Attack, Pharmacology, Preventative Medicine, Prostate Cancer | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Restless Leg Syndrome is a disease characterized by a strong urge to move your legs, typically being a movement that cannot be resisted. It is typically worse at rest, improves during periods of movement or activity and typically is worse in the evening. It occurs frequently during sleep, resulting ...
Posted in Heart Attack, sleep, stroke | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Recent studies done on the popular anti-acid medications such as Prilosec and Nexium raised a concern about a possible association between these drugs and the development of heart related problems such as heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration in early August released information about a formal drug review ...
Posted in Cardiology, GERD, Gastroenterology, Heart Attack, Pharmacology | 236 Comments »
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
There is a worldwide increase in the incidence of diabetes and this is largely related to the growing epidemic of obesity. Overall increases in body weight increase the liklihood of developing many disease states such as high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and tryiglycerides, increased tendency for the blood to ...
Posted in Heart Attack, Obesity, hypertension | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
The link between high cholesterol and heart disease is fairly well established and accepted in the medical community, however recent research has left investigators wondering about the relationship between cholesterol and stroke. A study just published in The Lancet found that in middle to older age patients, elevated cholesterol was ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Researchers from McGill University in Montreal found that simply by having physicians discuss their patients' risks for heart disease and educate them on how to reduce them, a measurable improvement was seen. Patients were randomised to either receive "usual" care, or to have specific "ongoing feedback regarding their calculated coronary risk and ...
Posted in Cardiology, Diet, Heart Attack, Obesity, Pharmacology, Preventative Medicine, hypertension | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Death risk from stroke and heart disease may be linked to global warming, so say researchers at UC Irvine. The recent study showed that more heat and ozone, which come from global warming, appear to be strong factors in cardiovascular mortality. The researchers looked at the cardiovascular death rate in ...
Posted in Cardiology, Global Warming, Heart Attack, stroke, toxicology | No Comments »