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Friday, October, 30, 2009

What Is A Major Factor In Cardiovascular Disease

New statin on the horizon

October 02, 2008
European drugmaker NicOx has announced that it will move a new drug, NCX 6560, into development as a statin. NicOx claims the new drug will have broader heart benefits than currently available cholesterol-lowering drugs. NCX 6560, a derivative of a commonly used statin, works by stimulating nitric-oxide production in the bloodstream. Restoring nitric oxide has been found to reduce atherosclerosis and thrombosis, both major factors in cardiovascular disease. Read more »

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Link Between Arthritis and Heart Disease Established
By HeartHawk , Health Expert

...battling heart disease.  Researchers noted that the majority of the study participants included... Read more »

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How Does Vascular Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert

...stroke to prevent brain damage and dementia.   Other major forms of VaD of the so called... Read more »

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Love Your Heart As You Care for Your Migraines
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...information.) an association between Migraine and risk of major cardiovascuar disease in men.... Read more »

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"If You Have Crohn's Disease, Don't Smoke"
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert

...tobacco and Crohn's Disease; cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for severe symptoms,... Read more »

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ACCORD and ADVANCE again
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...10% relative reduction in the combined outcome of major macrovascular and microvascular events,... Read more »

Health Guide

Migraine Disease Linked to Cardiovascular Disease in Men
...entered the study (1981-1984), men were ages 40 to 84 and free of CVD, cancer and other major illness.At the beginning of the study, 6 months later, then annually, participants... Read more »
Gene Linked To Migraine and Increased Stroke Risk
...Foundation. About the Women's Health Initiative (WHI):The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) was a major 15-year research program to address the most common causes of death, disability and poor... Read more »
Migraine with Aura Linked To Cardiovascular Disease in Women
...prior year), 1,434 (39.7%) reported aura symptoms.During a mean of 10 years of follow-up, 580 major CVD events occurred.When compared with women with no Migraine history, the women who ... Read more »
Mid-Life Stroke More Common in Women than Men
...part to inadequate strokerisk factor modification in women and is deserving of further study.”The majority of strokes occur in people over the age of 65. Still, younger persons, particularly... Read more »
Chapter 2: Is It Safe for Me to Exercise?
...of exercise program if you have:abdominal aortic aneurysm, a weakness in the wall of the heart’s major outgoing artery (unless it has been surgically repaired or is so small that your doctor... Read more »

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