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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Different Symptoms Of Heart Attacks In Men

Ex-smokers lower stroke, heart risks

August 07, 2009
A study of more than 475,000 Korean men has found a significant decrease in stroke and heart attack risks among men who quit smoking. Researchers say that the risk of ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage and myocardial infarction were 40 percent to 60 percent lower in those who'd quit smoking compared to those who still smoked. Researchers also found that heavy and moderate smokers who cut down on cigarettes lowered their heart risks as well, but not by much. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...author asked: "Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years of using... Read more »

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Heart Attack Risk 40 per cent Higher in Anxious Men
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...history of heart disease, increase their risk of a heart attack by as much as 40 per cent if... Read more »

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Heart and Mind: Battling the Depression of Heart Disease
By HeartHawk , Health Expert

...the latter group.   My first relative died of a heart attack at age 54.  I am currently two... Read more »

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Statins for everyone?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...the Lancet, found that statin drugs cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and the need for... Read more »

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MS, Dentistry and "Health Care" - Time for a Cool Change
By Dr. Gross , Health Expert

...without MS, if you have bad gum disease your risk for heart attack and stroke is increased.... Read more »

Health Guide

Migraine Disease Linked to Cardiovascular Disease in Men
...major cardiovascular events in men with Migraines was increased by 24% with myocardial infarction (heart attack) as the leading reported cardiovascular event. It's important, however, to... Read more »
Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
...This can cause a blood clot to form and totally stop blood flow in a coronary artery, resulting in a heart attack (also called an acute myocardial infarction or MI). Irreversible injury to the... Read more »
Depression Not Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke
...regardless of cigarette smoking, systolic blood pressure, overall blood cholesterol, obesity, previous heart attack, diabetes, social class, education, high blood pressure treatment, family... Read more »
Coronary Artery Disease: Prognosis
...killer of both men and women. In 2003, nearly 500,000 people died because of CAD. On the positive side, heart attack mortality rates have been declining. Half of men and 63% of women who die of... Read more »
Treatment for Heart Attacks
...TreatmentTreatment options will depend on whether the patient has angina, acute coronary syndrome, or a full-blown heart attack.Patients who are diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) may be... Read more »

Medications

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...prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) in men. Terazosin does not shrink the ... Read more »

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