High-Dose Steroids Up Heart Disease Risk Greatly
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with high doses of  medicinal steroids (aka, glucocorticoids) more than doubles the  risk of cardiovascular disease, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - People with high blood levels of phosphorus seem to be at increased risk for developing heart disease, researchers report.
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Reports of side effects, including heart attacks, have tripled since an analysis revealed that the popular diabetes drug may increase the risk of heart problems.
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High doses of vitamin E, which millions of people take to protect themselves against heart attacks, Alzheimer&#39;s disease and other ailments, appear to actually increase the overall risk of dying, researchers reported today.
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Dr. Eliseo Guallar, at Johns Hopkins University, discuss a new study showing that taking high-dosage Vitamin E supplements increases overall mortality rates.
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NEW YORK  - A moderately high total   cholesterol level approaching 200 mg/dL is associated with   higher survival in patients with heart failure than levels   below 140 mg/dL, according to a report.
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Taking too much vitamin E has been linked to an increased death risk, according to research presented at the American Heart Association&#39;s annual scientific sessions in New Orleans.
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Pfizer said today that it had found an increased risk of heart troubles in some people taking higher dosages of Celebrex.
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LONDON - Doctors have been giving steroids to head trauma patients for more than 30 years, but the first major study of the practice has shown they are useless and may even have killed thousands of people.    Experts said the findings, published this week in The Lancet medical journal, are "a complete and alarming surprise for all."   Head trauma, usually from car crashes, violence or falls, is the leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults in the developed world, and globally second only to HIV in causing the death of people under 40...
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Air and noise pollution increase the risk of heart attacks, raising the likelihood that susceptible people will suffer severe cardiological problems, according to new research.
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High doses of the antioxidant vitamin E could increase the risk of death, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. By re-analyzing the data from 19 vitamin E studies over
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NEW YORK  - Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are treated with low-dose steroids for more than 10 years have are more likely to die than patients who are less exposed to these drugs, according to a report published in the Journal of Rheumatology.
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NEW YORK -- A new study has linked painkillers Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra to increased cardiovascular risk, reinforcing findings of other trials that have already sparked concern over the safety of a popular category of drugs.
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Too much testosterone can kill brain   cells, researchers said on Tuesday in a finding that may help   explain why steroid abuse can cause behavior changes like   aggressiveness and suicidal tendencies.
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Giving steroids to head-injury patients not only fails to improve their chances of survival but actually appears to increase their risk of dying, a large international study has found.
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An aggressive, high-dose regimen of cholesterol-lowering drugs within days after a heart attack may reduce further heart problems, says a new large-scale study.
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Younger women who start taking estrogen as soon as they enter menopause may be protected from heart disease, researchers said on Wednesday.