Debates over whether hydroxychloroquine should be taken to help lessen the duration and impact of COVID-19 have revolved around the drug's reputation for causing cardiac events such as abnormal heart rhythms or beats and ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Health care professionals should become more familiar with medications that cause irregular heart rhythms called arrhythmias, according to "Drug- Induced Arrhythmias," a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, ...
Sep 15, 2020
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The switch from brand name to generic cholesterol medications that occurred between 2014 and 2018 has saved Medicare billions of dollars, even as the number of people on cholesterol-lowering drugs has increased, UT Southwestern ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Modern medicine excels in ways to save a beating heart.
Sep 8, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Could a smartwatch app save a heart attack patient's life? Quite possibly, according to Italian researchers.
Sep 1, 2020
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There is no evidence that blood pressure lowering drugs increase the risk of cancer, according to the most extensive study conducted on the topic. The late breaking research is presented today at ESC Congress 2020.
Aug 31, 2020
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Men with untreated high blood pressure have poorer penile blood flow than those with normal blood pressure, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020. The differences disappeared with blood pressure medication. ...
Aug 28, 2020
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing nearly 18 million people annually, which is approximately the entire population of the New York metropolitan area. Now, researchers at the University ...
Aug 25, 2020
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The head lice drug ivermectin has yet again been touted in the media as a possible treatment for COVID-19. But despite the favorable headlines, huge uncertainty remains about whether this treatment can be safely and effectively ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a new drug that prevents blood clots without causing an increased risk of bleeding, a common side effect of all antiplatelet medications currently available.
Jul 16, 2020
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