http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A large-scale trial finds that apixaban, a new anticoagulant drug, is superior to the standard drug warfarin for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. Moreover, apixaban results in substantially less bleeding and also results in lower mortality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-apixaban-superior-warfarin.html Medical research Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:57:22 EST news233726229 High blood pressure could be caused by a common virus, according to a study carried out by a team of Chinese doctors which could lead to better treatment for millions of people around the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-virus-high-blood-pressure-chinese.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:50:31 EST news232602618 A new and simple risk score may aid physicians in gauging the likelihood that a common drug will cause a hemorrhagic stroke or other major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, potentially allowing wider but safer use of the effective drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-scorecard-patients-highest-blood-thinners.html Medical research Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:40:01 EST news231669054 Drugs used to treat blood pressure could offer significant benefits to patients with one of the most common forms of valvular heart disease, new research at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside has revealed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-blood-pressure-drugs-benefits-valvular.html Medical research Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:40:06 EST news231417169 Robert Storey, Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sheffield's Department of Cardiovascular Science, presented findings today that confirm one in five deaths in the year following a heart attack could be prevented if a new drug, ticagrelor, was used instead of the standard treatment, clopidogrel. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-heart-attack-deaths-drug.html Cardiology Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:38:12 EST news227176678 A new study published in the journal Clinical Cardiology reveals that in men with chronic heart failure, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves patients' libido, erectile dysfunction, and sexual performance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-sexual-health-men-chronic-heart.html Cardiology Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:42:13 EST news226215708 (Medical Xpress) -- New research by Dr. Ramin Ebrahimi and his team from the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center was published in The American Journal of Cardiology and shows a link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a higher risk of heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-ptsd-linked-heart-disease.html Cardiology Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:20:01 EST news226123377 The aldosterone antagonist eplerenone (Inspra, Pfizer) significantly reduced the development of new onset atrial fibrillation and flutter (AFF) in patients with class 2 heart failure, concludes a sub-analysis of the EMPHASIS-HF trial, presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2011, organized by the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The analysis, presented in Late Breaking Session 1, furthermore showed that the beneficial effects of eplerenone in reducing major CV events were similar in patients with and without AFF at the start of the study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-emphasis-hf-epleronone-atrial-fibrillation.html Cardiology Sun, 22 May 2011 12:59:21 EST news225287940 Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that nutrient supplementation, like the kind that is found in leafy greens, spinach and lettuce, may reduce the damage to the heart caused by a powerful anti-cancer drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dietary-inorganic-nitrate-heart-dysfunction.html Cardiology Thu, 19 May 2011 11:38:29 EST news225023891 Doctors should consider using catheterization as a treatment tool in addition to its established role in diagnosing children with heart defects, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-catheterization-pediatric-heart-conditions.html Cardiology Mon, 02 May 2011 17:04:44 EST news223574585