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Mending Hearts: A Sea Change in Treating Heart Attacks
The death rate from coronary heart disease has dropped 38 percent in a decade. One reason is that hospitals rich and poor have streamlined emergency treatment.
Source: NYT Health - June 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart Camden (NJ) American Heart Assn Stroke Krumholz, Harlan M Stents (Medical Devices) Hospitals Emergency Medical Treatment National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute American College of Cardiology Source Type: news
Mending Hearts | Part 4: Blood Pressure, the Mystery Number
More than 58 million Americans take medicines to lower blood pressure, reducing their risk of heart attack and stroke. But experts aren’t certain how low blood pressure should go.
Source: NYT Health - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart American Heart Assn Blood Pressure National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Hypertension Source Type: news
Mending Hearts: Blood Pressure, the Mystery Number
More than 58 million Americans take medicines to lower blood pressure, reducing their risk of heart attack and stroke. But experts aren’t certain how low blood pressure should go.
Source: NYT Health - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart American Heart Assn Blood Pressure National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Hypertension Source Type: news
F.D.A. Is Set to Toughen Nonaspirin Warnings
Labels on painkillers like ibuprofen that are taken by millions of Americans will be subtly changed to say that they cause an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Source: NYT Health - July 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SABRINA TAVERNISE Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Food and Drug Administration Labeling and Labels (Product) Source Type: news
Experts Urge Sparing Use of Nonaspirin Painkillers
The Food and Drug Administration said it would ask drug manufacturers to change the labels to reflect evidence that nonaspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Source: NYT Health - July 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SABRINA TAVERNISE Tags: Pain-Relieving Drugs Heart Aleve (Drug) Celebrex (Drug) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Motrin IB Food and Drug Administration Labeling and Labels (Product) Stroke Ibuprofen (Drug) Source Type: news
Well: Think Like a Doctor: A Knife in the Ear Solved!
Readers solve the mystery of a police officer with an earache and asymmetrical pupils.
Source: NYT Health - August 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LISA SANDERS, M.D. Tags: Eyes and Eyesight Ears and Hearing Stroke Think Like a Doctor Weight Lifting Carotid Arteries Featured Source Type: news
‘Lifesaving’ Study Urges New Goals on Blood Pressure
A new study finds that bringing blood pressure down below current recommendations may greatly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Source: NYT Health - September 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart Blood Pressure Source Type: news
Lower Blood Pressure Guidelines Could Be ‘Lifesaving,’ Federal Study Says
A new study finds that bringing blood pressure down below current recommendations may greatly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Source: NYT Health - September 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart Blood Pressure Source Type: news
A Nearly $16 Million C.T.E. Grant, but N.F.L. Does Not Fund It
Researchers are seeking to unlock mysteries about the brain disease linked to repeated head hits, including how to diagnose C.T.E. in living patients.
Source: NYT Health - December 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: KEN BELSON Tags: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Brain Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Source Type: news
$16 Million for Brain Research, but $0 from N.F.L.
The league will not help pay for a study to try to find a way to diagnose a degenerative brain disease, despite its potential implications for football players.
Source: NYT Health - December 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: KEN BELSON Tags: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Brain Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Source Type: news
Well: The Longer You Work, the Greater Your Risk for Heart Disease
Working 75 hours or more per week doubled the risk for angina, hypertension, stroke or heart attack.
Source: NYT Health - March 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Heart Angina Blood Pressure Working Hours Hypertension Live Featured Source Type: news
Dashing Hopes, Study Shows a Cholesterol Drug Had No Effect on Heart Health
Experts were stunned by a study of 12,000 patients that showed the drug, evacetrapib, had no effect in preventing heart attacks, strokes or death from heart disease.
Source: NYT Health - April 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart Eli Lilly and Company LLY NYSE Cholesterol Amgen Inc AMGN NASDAQ Preventive Medicine Stroke Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) Source Type: news
Well: Ask Well: Is Watermelon Good for You?
Watermelon is rich in nutrients like lycopene, which may have benefits for the heart, and a lower sugar content, gram for gram, than many other fruits.
Source: NYT Health - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RONI CARYN RABIN Tags: Blood Pressure Cancer Diet and Nutrition Heart Stroke Watermelons Ask Well Eat Featured Live Source Type: news
Public Health: A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are in Decline
The leading killers — cancer, heart disease and stroke – are coming later in life in wealthy countries as people in general live longer in good health.
Source: NYT Health - July 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Deaths (Fatalities) Tuberculosis Colon and Colorectal Cancer Source Type: news
Well: Flu Vaccine Has Added Benefits for People With Diabetes
People with Type 2 diabetes who got the flu vaccine had a lower risk of stroke and heart failure.
Source: NYT Health - July 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Diabetes Influenza Vaccination and Immunization Featured Live Source Type: news
