Researchers cast doubt on heart drug
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A review of nine studies suggested that atenolol, a beta-blocker which slows heart activity, was no better than dummy pills in reducing death from heart disease or heart attacks although it did reduce stroke.
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A drug commonly used to control diabetes increases the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, researchers reported yesterday in the latest episode to raise safety concerns about a widely prescribed drug.
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The maker of the controversial diabetes pill Avandia pointed to early results of its own study Tuesday, saying they offered reassuring evidence the drug doesn't raise heart risks. However, outside experts called the results inconclusive at best and a sign of greater risk at worst.
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A study of the arthritis drug Celebrex casts doubt on the company's insistence that it had no hint of the drug's potential heart and stroke risks until recently.
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Scientists have unraveled one of the mysteries of precisely how a popular type of blood-pressure pill protects against heart attacks, showing it not only lowers blood pressure
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The most exhaustive studies yet published on drug-coated stents show that the widely used heart devices are no better at preventing heart attacks and death than the older, cheaper devices they replaced, and in some cases may be slightly worse.
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Oct. 6, 2004 - Scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe on Wednesdsay questioned whether Celebrex and other pain relievers might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.
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A combination drug targeted at African-Americans has dramatically reduced deaths from heart disease in trials, paving the way for a new debate over the potential for &quot;ethnic treatments&quot;.
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The diabetes drug Actos cuts the risk of heart attack, stroke and death but raises the risk of heart failure, according to one study published on Tuesday, while a second confirmed disputed findings that rival Avandia raises heart risks.
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Scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe on Wednesdsay questioned whether Celebrex and other pain relievers might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.
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Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes are urged not to panic.
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study of a powerful cholesterol-lowering drug, Zocor, has surprised researchers by finding little or no benefit in greatly increasing the dose given to people who recently had a heart attack.
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A study of recommended blood pressure drugs has produced a result even the researchers find hard to explain: Adding a calcium channel blocker to a diuretic was associated
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Drug-coated stents -- tiny wire-mesh tubes used to prop open clogged heart arteries -- may not be as dangerous as previously thought, Swedish researchers who had earlier raised concerns over the devices said on Sunday.
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The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.
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A new study of heart disease patients finds that "normal" blood pressure may not be low enough.
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Two leading heart experts called for urgent investigations on Wednesday into whether all painkilling drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors may raise the risk of heart attack in some people.