Heart pill a breakthrough for Blacks
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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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A cheap, easy-to-use drug that prevents  bleeding after childbirth could help to save the lives of  thousands of women in poor countries, researchers said on  Friday.
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TONIGHT A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. SCIENTISTS SAY A NEW DRUG SHOWS PROMISE OF NEARLY DOUBLING A PERSON&#39;S CHANCES OF SURVIVING HEART FAILURE.
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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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NEW YORK  - Researchers have identified two  genetic mutations that are fairly common in individuals of  African descent and are associated with a 50 percent reduction  in LDL ("bad") cholesterol.
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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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Taking a drug that boosts &quot;good&quot; cholesterol and a separate pill that lowers &quot;bad&quot; cholesterol appears to be a more effective weapon against heart disease than taking a single drug, researchers say.
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They are calling it the &quot;black pill&quot;, a new heart failure medicine named BiDil developed in the United States solely for African-Americans.
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Genetics may play a greater role than previously thought in accounting for black women's higher rate of premature births, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found.
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A drug that could do for women what Viagra has done for men is being tested at the University of Virginia
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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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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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NEW YORK  - A recent survey found that two out of three African Americans worry about developing heart disease and two out of five are concerned about developing Alzheimer's disease, yet only one in 20 are aware that heart health is linked to brain health.
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The first affordable combination anti-malarial drug tailored for children will soon be available across Africa, potentially saving millions of lives, the nonprofit organization and the pharmaceuticals giant who worked to develop it said Thursday.
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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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LONDON -- The first affordable combination anti-malarial drug tailored for children will soon be available across Africa, potentially saving millions of lives, the nonprofit organization and the pharmaceuticals giant who worked to develop it said Thursday.
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Taking the pill can reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer, according to research out yesterday. Researchers from Wayne State University in Detroit used data from 162,000 women in the largest and most