Heart disease drug targets ethnic group
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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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There is no difference in survival between black and white patients with heart disease who undergo angioplasty, a procedure to open blocked heart blood vessels, new research shows.
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A disappointing study of the heart drug Vytorin has led some doctors to reconsider what makes statin drugs so effective at fighting heart disease.
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A long-acting form of Bayer's blood pressure drug Adalat prevents heart attacks and strokes in angina patients and cuts the need for operations to treat blood vessel blockages, a study showed on Sunday.
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English people living in Scotland are less likely than native Scots to die from heart disease, a study finds.
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The maker of the first medication approved for use in a specific racial group is preparing to roll out its first advertisements in a narrowly targeted campaign that stresses quality-of-life issues for black heart-failure patients rather than dwelling on race.
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A two-drug combination pill dramatically reduced deaths among Blacks with heart failure, a landmark finding likely to lead to government approval of the first medication marketed for a specific race.
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The NHS has appointed its first ever champion to tackle inequalities in the health of people from ethnic minorities.
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Treating heart-attack patients without losing any time and with a more aggressive regimen of cholesterol-lowering medicines can save many lives, shows new research.
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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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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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By Reuters. In the first major trial to test a drug only in blacks, an experimental drug developed by NitroMed Inc., combined with standard therapy, helped heart failure patients live significantly longer, researchers said yesterday.
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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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Alpharetta-based AtheroGenics announced positive interim results Monday from a clinical trial of its drug to treat atherosclerosis, which leads to coronary heart disease.
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NEW ORLEANS -- A fixed-dose 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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Science & environment: Drug that boosts ability to lower cholesterol could help guard against heart attacks, research shows
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Scientists have found a molecule they believe will protect and promote the survival of heart cell muscles, raising hopes of a treatment to repair the damage after a heart attack.