Drugs help black heart patients
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A specific combination of drugs produced such encouraging results in black patients with heart disease that the trial was halted early so all the participants could take advantage of the therapy.
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Patients with coronary artery disease may benefit from taking a drug to lower blood pressure, even if their blood pressures are just about &quot;normal,&quot; a Cleveland Clinic-led 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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People with heart disease who  don&#39;t take their medications as prescribed risk suffering a  heart attack or other heart-related event, a new study shows.
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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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An unusual study enrolling only black Americans showed a more powerful statin drug worked better to lower cholesterol than a rival brand, researchers said on Tuesday.
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An experimental drug from Eli Lilly reduced heart attacks in patients with heart disease by 24 percent compared with the current standard treatment.
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A study designed especially for black patients with heart failure showed that an experimental drug cut their death rate by 43 percent.
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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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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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An experimental Procter & Gamble  antiarrhythmia drug significantly reduced the number of  episodes of dangerous heart rates in patients with implanted  defibrillators, and the need for uncomfortable shocks from the  devices in a late-stage clinical trial.
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A new study has found that Aleve, a popular over-the-counter painkiller made by Bayer, could increase heart problems.
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Patients taking modern blood pressure and cholesterol drugs significantly reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack within 90 days of starting treatment, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Drugs usually used to treat  high blood pressure and heart failure may also be helpful for  Alzheimer's patients, Japanese researchers report.
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An experimental Procter & Gamble antiarrhythmia drug significantly reduced the number of painful and unpleasant shocks to patients with implanted defibrillators in a late-stage clinical trial.
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Thousands of intensive care patients are set to benefit from a drug which has been recommended to NHS doctors.
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A drug combination that produced such positive results in clinical trials that they were stopped before their scheduled completion date reduces death from coronary heart disease by up to 43 percent, a new study reports.