http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia, restricted in the US and banned in Europe over concerns it raises heart attack risk, is getting a second look this week by US medical experts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-experts-heart-diabetes-drug.html Medications Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:30:03 EST news289667148 NSAIDs have been the cornerstone in managing pain in people with inflammatory disorders like rheumatoid arthritis, and are some of the most commonly used drugs worldwide. Earlier research has linked their use with an increased risk of serious gastrointestinal complications, while a new generation of NSAIDs (coxibs) developed to reduce these gastrointestinal side effects have come under scrutiny for increasing the risk of heart attacks and death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-meta-analysis-common-painkillers-heart-problems.html Medications Wed, 29 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news289066338 Treating pediatric leukemia patients with a liposomal formulation of anthracycline-based chemotherapy at a more intense-than-standard dose during initial treatment may result in high survival rates without causing any added heart toxicity, according to the results of a study published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-chemo-regimen-childhood-leukemia-high.html Cancer Thu, 23 May 2013 12:10:12 EST news288529804 Patients at elevated cardiac risk who were treated with beta-blockers on the day of or following noncardiac, nonvascular surgery had significantly lower rates of 30-day mortality and cardiac illness, according to a study in the April 24 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-outcomes-beta-blockers-surgery-higher-risk-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:54:07 EST news285954841 Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely than their peers to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, even if they no longer suffer from depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-depression-kids-linked-cardiac-teens.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:10:01 EST news282571622 Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts for decades, doctors in the UK found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-breast-cancer-hearts.html Cardiology Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:34:21 EST news282418454 Poor dental health, especially tooth loss, is associated with several established cardiovascular risk factors, including diabetes, smoking, blood pressure, obesity and other novel risk factors, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-tooth-loss-cardiovascular-factors-patients.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:30:42 EST news281881836 Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is an effective tool for determining the risk of heart attacks and other adverse cardiac events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease but no treatable risk factors, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-ct-angiography-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:00:01 EST news280468244 The largest study of physician-treated children with psoriasis around the world shows children with the skin disease are about twice as likely to be overweight or obese as children who don't have the disease, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-kids-psoriasis-obese-overweight.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:00:27 EST news272541294 A common birth control device is effective in treating early-stage endometrial cancer in morbidly obese and high-risk surgery patients, said Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center researchers, and could lead to a cost-effective treatment for all women with this cancer type. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-common-birth-device-cost-effective-treatment.html Cancer Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:43:37 EST news269620963 Total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries were associated with increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack) in the first two weeks after the surgical procedures, according to report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-heart-total-hip-knee-surgeries.html Cardiology Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:00:05 EST news262267678 (HealthDay) -- In addition to weight loss, over the long term, gastric bypass surgery improves biochemical cardiac risk factors, including an 80 percent drop in C-reactive protein, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, held from June 17 to 22 in San Diego. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-asmbs-bariatric-surgery-heart-disease.html Surgery Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:54:26 EST news259430053 A new study from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine has identified molecular changes responsible for abnormal cholesterol production and metabolism in the livers of patients with a common liver condition, and these changes may explain the severity of a patient's liver disease and risks to their heart health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-cholesterol-metabolic-pathways.html Medical research Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:01:20 EST news258307274 Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a rare, but important risk posed by the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a "Z-pack." The study found a 2.5-fold higher risk of death from cardiovascular death in the first five days of taking azithromycin when compared with another common antibiotic or no antibiotics at all. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-common-antibiotic-azithromycin-heart.html Medications Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:13 EST news256405020 A simple test for heart disease risk can go a long way toward determining the long-term prognosis for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to UC Irvine researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-heart-disease-long-term-copd-fate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 May 2012 12:20:11 EST news255176474 (HealthDay) -- Heart attack patients who take either a high or low dose of aspirin daily have the same level of protection against another heart attack or other cardiovascular events such as stroke, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-low-dose-daily-aspirin-heart-patients.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:10:01 EST news251957338 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reports that higher natural levels of testosterone in elderly men may reduce their risk of a heart attack or stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-high-testosterone-heart-tied.html Cardiology Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:41:06 EST news237120048