Hypertension trial stopped early
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A major trail looking at drugs to treat high blood pressure has been stopped early because the results were so good.
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GenVec Inc. shares lost almost half their value Thursday after the Food and Drug Administration halted a study of its lead product candidate because the anti-cancer drug may increase blood clots in patients.
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A government-sponsored trial of Pfizer Inc.'s  blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted after patients taking the medicine had more than twice as many heart attacks as patients taking a placebo, the company said on Friday.
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An unexpected number of deaths among patients receiving intense therapy to lower their blood sugar forced the National Institutes of Health to abruptly cut short part of a major study on diabetes and heart disease.
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An increased risk of heart attack and stroke from the drug naproxen halted a major US study on Alzheimer&#39;s disease prevention.
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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.
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First patients to take trial living without medication.
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The US National Institutes of Health halted an Alzheimer&#39;s prevention study of Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex painkiller and the generic naproxen drug because of a heart risk.
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NEW YORK  - A dose of long-acting diltiazem  at bedtime is more effective than a morning dose of amlodipine  in reducing high blood pressure in black patients, new study  findings suggest. The drug works best at reducing blood  pressure in the morning -- the time of day when heart attacks  and strokes are most likely to occur.
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ONE of the most widely prescribed blood pressure drugs in Australia may be no more effective at preventing death from heart disease than a placebo.
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People with hypertension who practice slow breathing with the aid of a regulating device find their blood pressure drops, according to a new study from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
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A study testing whether Celebrex or naproxen would reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease was halted Monday after researchers noted an increase in heart attack and stroke among participants who were taking naproxen, an over-the-counter pain reliever on the market for nearly 30 years.
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A study aimed at determining if some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped getting the procedure suffered strokes and others developed a high chance of strokes.
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Troubled hospital products maker Baxter International Inc. on Thursday said it halted a late-stage European trial of its experimental flu vaccine because of higher-than-expected rates of fever.
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A study aimed at determining whether some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped
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FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- The U.S. government announced Friday it has  halted the use of Celebrex in a cancer trial because of heart risks, and it is reviewing the safety of all its clinical trials using similar painkillers.
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Stock falls on news treatment failed a mid-stage trial, company will cease developing drug. NEW YORK  - AtheroGenics Inc.