Then, in November 2008, another study of nearly 15, 000 participants indicated that taking vitamins C or E had no impact on the incidence of heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure or angina.
Retired, she says, though she had a rewarding career as a physiotherapist, specializing in the rehabilitation of heart and stroke victims.
As new early-detection techniques become affordable for the wealthy directly, it becomes cheaper for them to detect heart, stroke and cancer early than to pay for expensive treatment later.
Compared with those eating the low-fat diet, the extra-virgin-olive-oil group showed a 30% lower risk of having a heart attack, stroke or dying of heart disease after five years, while those consuming the Mediterranean diet with more nuts showed a 28% lower risk of these outcomes.
To learn more about the warning signs of a heart attack or stroke, visit the American Heart Association website.
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Pfizer 's (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Bextra, which increased the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients undergoing open heart surgery, and Arcoxia, Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) still experimental follow-up to Vioxx, are the focus of a great deal of concern.
The 6, 000-patient study was designed to show that AtheroGenics' drug, known by the code name AGI-1067, decreased the risk not only of heart attack, stroke and death but also of less important heart problems, including stent procedures, bypass surgery and chest pain.
It is supposed to be much more difficult to show a benefit in the "hard events"--heart attack, stroke and death--than in the broader swath of "extra" heart problems that AtheroGenics measured in its trial.
When results emerged showing Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke, scientists had been presenting clinical and theoretical arguments as to why Vioxx might cause heart problems for three years.
Aspirin can also be used as a long term treatment for those with a history of heart attack and stroke, or who have peripheral arterial disease, stable angina or atrial fibrillation - an irregular heart rhythm.
The eyes can help predict stroke risk, particularly important to people with heart disease and other stroke risk factors.
Being overweight increases the risks of heart disease and stroke - the biggest killers of men.
It is known that stiffening of the arteries can lead to heart disease and stroke.
Obesity significantly increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, and a host of other medical problems.
This meant that they were less likely to rupture and to trigger a heart attack or stroke.
The FDA panel voted unanimously that all three drugs significantly increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Heart attack and stroke, he noted, had been listed as potential adverse events since Vioxx was approved in 1999.
Others tackled heart disease, stroke, and drug abuse and HIV - all of which disproportionately affect the black community.
Most of our tests screen for the risk of heart disease and stroke.
After 18 months of treatment a study showed an increased risk for cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke.
Coronary heart disease and stroke represent the No. 1 and No. 3 killers of women over age 25 in America.
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That means that these kids are at greater risk of obesity-related diseases -- you name them, cancer, heart disease, stroke.
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It was taken off the market in January 2010 over fears it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Merck has lost one case related to the pill, which increased the risk of heart attack and stroke, and won another.
Because the drug may increase heart rate, its use in people with recent unstable heart disease or stroke is not recommended.
But AtheroGenics claims that the trial actually shows a statistically significant benefit in preventing the combination of heart attack, stroke and death.
During the follow-up period, 148 of the men committed suicide and 6, 845 died from cardiovascular causes, such as heart attack or stroke.
And those with ED were 1.6 times more likely to suffer from a serious cardiovascular problem such as a heart attack or stroke.
It is possible, however, that the FDA might want data proving that the drug actually cuts the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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