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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Treatment For High Risk Heart Attack

Plavix plus aspirin lowers stroke risk

April 01, 2009
According to new research, combining the clot-preventing drug Plavix with aspirin is an effective substitute treatment for people at high risk of stroke and heart attack because of the abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation but who cannot take the recommended therapy. 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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Avandia Questions
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...rosiglitazone."   Q) Does Avandia increase the risk of a heart attack only when taking the drug... Read more »

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Avandia Anxiety
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...publication with an article linking Avandia to a risk of heart attacks and death. The article,... 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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Omega-3 fatty acids: How much is enough?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...acids? Is it enough to maximally reduce risk for heart attack and other cardiovascular events?... Read more »

Health Guide

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 »
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 »
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 »
Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia treatment
...significant reduction in lipid levels. Complications Premature myocardial infarction (heart attack or heart tissue death) Strokes Blocked arteries to the body (peripheral... Read more »
Heart attack
A heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when an area of heart muscle dies or is permanently damaged because of an inadequate supply of oxygen to that area. Alternative... Read more »

Medications

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...Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney problems. This... Read more »

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...control of diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Chlorpropamide... Read more »

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...control of diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. How To Use Take this... Read more »

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...blood pressure reduction helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This... Read more »

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...control of diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. This drug works by... Read more »

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Heart Attack Warning for Pregnant Women
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) Young pregnant women having heart attacks may be rare but it's not impossible, especially for those already in high-risk... Read summary »

Heart Attack Treatment Favors Men
December 16, 2008

By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although heart attack kills an equal number of men and women... Read summary »

Healthy Steps to Save Your Heart
March 12, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Two new studies prove it's worthwhile to take simple, healthy steps to reduce your heart attack risk. Researchers from Harvard... Read summary »

Best Treatment for Heart Problems
July 09, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Men and women are not the same when it comes how their bodies react to treatments for a heart attack. A new study finds an... Read summary »

High Blood Pressure and Dementia
September 11, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Doctors know lowering blood pressure can help prevent cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and stroke, but now they have... Read summary »