Heart Problems
According to new research, people who have high blood pressure or heart problems should avoid consuming energy drinks. In a small study published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, researchers found that healthy adults who drank two cans a day of a popular energy drink experienced an increase in their blood pressure and heart rate. Investigators say that while this jump in cardiovascular levels is insignificant in healthy people, it could pose a risk for people with a heart-related condition....
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More Omega-3, Fewer Heart Problems
Yet another study has been released that clinches the principal?perhaps the only?reason why the Japanese have so much less heart disease... Read more »
Cardioncology: Treating Breast Cancer and Heart Problems
About two years after I finished chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to treat inflammatory breast cancer, I started having trouble with... Read more »
Avoid Diabetes-Related Heart Problems by Limiting Sodium Consumption
When I was in high school, I lived in Southern California on the edge of the Colorado Desert. It was hot. In the summer it was especially... Read more »
Can Medications Cause Heart Problems?
It seems like there is a scare about one or another medication causing problems every month. Fenfluramine (Fenphen), Vioxx, Seldane,... Read more »
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Treating Common Heart Problem May Prevent Alzheimer's
Treating atrial fibrillation--a common type of irregular heartbeat--doctors may be able to prevent some cases of Alzheimer's disease. Recent studies... Read more »
Drugmaker abandons heart drug after deaths, heart problems
Drugmaker Pfizer has stopped development of torcetrapib, a drug that raises good-cholesterol levels. The company made the decision after an... Read more »
Low vitamin D linked to heart problems
German researchers have linked low levels of vitamin D to heart problems, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death. Scientists have long known that... Read more »
Even Mild COPD Causes Heart Problems
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) begins to affect the heart at even when emphysema symptoms are not yet present, a new study has found.... Read more »
Crestor reduces risk of heart problems in the elderly, maker s...
Drugmaker AstraZenaca is reporting that its cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor cuts the risk of heart attacks, angioplasty, strokes, and death... Read more »
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