Health News
Cardio Deaths Preventable
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Americans, but perhaps thousands of those deaths could be prevented every year with the greater implementation of medications as simple as beta blockers and cardiac devices such as implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
Magnets as a Heart Attack Prevention Tool
Magnets have an untold number of uses -- both in science and everyday living. New research shows another of those uses may be heart attack prevention.
Hispanic Women Have Greater Heart Risk
With an increase in gestational diabetes in recent years, researchers had grown concerned that could spell lingering heart disease concerns for many new mothers. A recent study shows that is not the case except for certain high-risk populations.
The High Cost of Cholesterol
It seems like just another blood test. Then there's the results: only a number followed by that typical doctor lecture of getting more exercise and eating healthier.
(UPDATE 12/15) FDA Announces New Safety Recommendations For High-Dose Simvastatin
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today is announcing safety label changes for the cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin because the highest approved dose--80 milligram (mg)--has been associated with an elevated risk of muscle injury or myopathy , particularly during the first 12 months of use.
High Phosphate Diet Bad for the Heart
Interested in reducing your risk of heart disease? It might be easier than you think.
Cutting out cake, biscuits, cereal and certain other high phosphate foods may be all that is needed to do the trick.
Heart Attack Fear Leads to Worse Prognosis
It's fairly common for patients suffering from a heart attack to experience intense distress combined with a fear of dying. It's almost expected.
Use of Stroke Clot Busters Up
A recent American Heart Association study shows that while the use of clot busters to treat acute ischemic stroke has significantly increased, it still remains low in the United States.
Blood Pressure at Bedtime
Doctors often tell patients to take their medications at the same time each day. But what time of day is best? When it comes to blood pressure drugs, that time may be right before bed.
Drugmaker receives FDA warning
Impax Laboratories has received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration in reference to batches of a cholesterol medication that failed to meet specifications.