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81. Anti-inflammatory drugs interfere with aspirin's clotting ability
http://www.physorg.com/news180806540.html

2009-12-23 15:04:30
Description: The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), indicates that people who are taking aspirin and coxibs together are in fact inhibiting the aspirin's effectiveness in preventing heart attacks and strokes. "This finding strongly suggests that humans who are consuming coxibs and a low dose of aspirin simultaneously are exposed to a greater risk of cardiovascular events," said Professor Gilad Rimon, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

82. Older people urged to keep warm
http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=16629

2009-12-18 18:02:23
Description: Age Action stressed the need to maintain a comfortable temperature in the rooms you are living in. It should be 21 degrees Celsius in the room you are living in and 18 degrees in other rooms. “If you are struggling to afford to heat your home, concentrate on heating your bedroom and the other rooms you live in,” Mr Timmins said. “The temperature in your home is crucial,” he added. “Medical research has found that when temperatures fall below 16 degrees Celsius there is an increased risk of respiratory problems. Where it drops below 12 degrees, the blood thickens and there is an increased risk of stroke and heart attack.”

83. Heart disease to cost U.S. $503 billion in 2010 - Heart health- msnbc.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34469477/ns/health-heart_health/
MSNBC
2009-12-18 14:30:54
Description: WASHINGTON - Cardiovascular disease and stroke will cost the United States an estimated $503.2 billion in 2010, an increase of nearly 6 percent, and many cases could have been prevented, the American Heart Association said on Thursday. The figure includes both health care costs and lost productivity due to death and disease, according to an update published online in the journal Circulation. The heart association says obesity and other risk factors, like too little exercise and poor diet, are fueling the expected increase in health care costs associated with heart disease and stroke.

84. Antidepressants May Raise Stroke Risk
http://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20091214/antidepressants-may-raise-stroke-risk

2009-12-15 09:49:20
Description: Dec. 14, 2009 -- Older women who take antidepressants may have a slightly higher risk for stroke and death. In a new finding from the large study known as the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), postmenopausal women who took tricyclic or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants had a small increased risk of dying from all causes, compared to women who did not take antidepressants. SSRI users also had a greater risk for strokes, especially strokes caused by bleeding, but their overall risk was still quite small. It was not clear if the increase was caused by the medications or by the depression itself.

85. Third Los Angeles Hospital Added To Radiation Exposure List
http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/third-los-angeles-hospital-added-to-radiation-exposure-list
.aspx?googleid=275576

2009-12-09 12:02:35
Description: third Los Angeles area hospital has been notified by federal health regulators that its CT scans may have exposed patients to unnecessary radiation. 34 stroke patients have been added to the list of radiation overexposed patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. The facility recently reviewed its protocols for CT perfusion studies and found it may have a problem. The 34 patients received the excessive radiation over a 20-month period ending in October, reports the Burbank Leader. Read more: http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/third-los-angeles-hospital-added-to-radiation-exposure-list.aspx?googleid=275576#ixzz0ZKq7BjRX

86. Weight-Loss Drug Meridia Linked to Reports of Heart Complications, FDA Warns
http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/11/weight-loss-drug-meridia-linked-to-reports-of-heart-complicatio
ns-fda-warns/

2009-11-20 18:02:33
Description: The Food and Drug Administration said early results from a new study suggest patients taking the weight-management drug Meridia are at increased risk of suffering deadly heart attack, stroke, and cardiac arrest. The FDA just announced its preliminary findings about an apparent link between the drug and the cardiovascular events. In the study, researchers found Meridia users were at greater risk of injury compared to patients taking inactive placebo pills. Meridia (known generically as sibutramine hydrochloride) was approved by the FDA in 1997 for use in treating obese patients. It is a prescription drug used along with reduced-calorie diets in patients who have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 or a BMI of greater than 27 along with other risk factors, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, the FDA said.

87. New discovery about the formation of new brain cells
http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=7662

2009-11-20 09:03:51
Description: The generation of new nerve cells in the brain is regulated by a peptide known as C3a, which directly affects the stem cells' maturation into nerve cells and is also important for the migration of new nerve cells through the brain tissue, reveals new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy published in the journal Stem Cells. Although the research has been carried out using mice and cultured cells, it could lead to a new medicine for human beings, which could be given to patients who have had a stroke or other disorders that damage or destroy the nerve cells. "Our research findings show that it could be possible to use molecules that are similar to the peptide C3a to boost the formation of nerve cells and stimulate the replacement of nerve cells lost due to injury or illness," says senior lecturer Marcela Pekna who headed the research group at theSahlgrenska Academy.

88. Vitamin D deficiency linked to strokes, heart disease: study
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=208328

2009-11-18 15:03:52
Description: WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Insufficient intake of vitamin D, long known to play a key role in bone health, may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease and even death, a U.S. study said on Monday. Examining 27,686 Utah patients aged 50 or older with no history of cardiovascular disease, the study found those with very low vitamin D levels were 77 percent more likely to die early than those with normal levels. They were also found to be 45 percent more likely to develop coronary artery disease and 78 percent were more likely to have a stroke, said the research by the Heart Institute at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

89. FDA says Prilosec can block benefits of Plavix
http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2009/11/18/ap/nation/043_53_apn.txt

2009-11-18 12:03:16
Description: Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular heartburn medication can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke. The Food and Drug Administration said the stomach-soothing drug Prilosec cuts the blood-thinning effect of Plavix by half. Regulators said the key ingredient in Procter & Gamble's Prilosec blocks Plavix, known generically as clopidogrel, from taking full effect. ``Patients at risk for heart attacks or strokes who use clopidogrel to prevent blood clots will not get the full effect of this medicine,'' the agency said in a statement.

90. Crestor Shows Equal or Better Benefit to Women
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=9109142

2009-11-17 15:03:08
Description: ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A fresh look at data from a landmark study showed that AstraZeneca's powerful cholesterol fighter Crestor dramatically cut deaths, heart attacks and strokes in women at least as much as in men, providing new evidence of the drug's benefits in a previously understudied population. The Jupiter study, which was presented a year ago, demonstrated that Crestor reduced heart attack, stroke, need for bypass or angioplasty procedures and cardiovascular death by 45 percent over less than two years