Drugs cut heart failure deaths
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A combination of two rarely used heart drugs cut death rates among black heart-failure patients almost in half, researchers reported Monday.
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NEW YORK  - People with advanced heart  failure and who also have diabetes that requires insulin  treatment have about a fourfold greater mortality rate than  heart failure patients who don't take insulin, researchers  report.
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Statin drugs that lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow down the AIDS virus, Spanish researchers reported on Monday.
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Widely used anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen could help reduce the risk of heart attacks, while abruptly halting the usage increases the risks, according to a large UK study.
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Treatment with cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs, such as Lipitor and Zocor, seems to improve survival in elderly patients with heart failure, new research suggests.
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The sharp drop-off in UK heart disease deaths in recent decades may owe much more to prevention than to advances in treatment, a new study suggests.
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Patients who took a popular combination of blood pressure drugs had a substantially higher cardiovascular disease death rate than those taking other hypertension drugs, according to a study published today.
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A new drug treatment for a debilitating heart problem affecting millions has been shown to improve survival rates and reduce hospitalizations in black Americans, the first study to discover a beneficial effect for one race.
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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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NEW ORLEANS - The largest study ever done solely on Blacks with heart failure raises the controversial prospect of the first drug that might be marketed to a specific racial group.
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The risk of sudden cardiac death faced by people with heart failure is offset more with an implantable defibrillator than with drug treatment, according to a new study.
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In the first major trial to test a  drug only in blacks, an experimental drug developed by NitroMed  Inc. added to standard therapy helped heart failure patients  live significantly longer, researchers on Monday said.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a beta-blocker  drug -- usually for high blood pressure or heart failure --  significantly reduces the risk of bone fractures, according to  findings from a large population-based study. The effect was  seen whether or not the beta-blocker was taken with a diuretic  "water pill."
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Statin drugs that lower cholesterol  levels and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow  down the AIDS virus, Spanish researchers reported on Monday.
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CHICAGO  - A common hypertension medication appears to dramatically reduce the risk of complications or death in patients with heart disease, but without the high blood pressure that often goes hand-in-hand with the condition, a study said.
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks.
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MONDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Eliminating the cost of medications for people who have heart attacks would lead to longer lives and lower overall medical costs, new research suggests.