Snake Venom Provides Clue to Heart Drugs
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDayNews) -- For once, snake venom may be helping save lives rather than putting them in danger. Scientists say a protein in venom gives valuable insight as to why a group of new heart medications called integrin antagonists cause more harm than good in some patients.
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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.
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Scientists may have discovered a way of patching injured hearts with manufactured tissue swatches that carry the same properties as actual cardiac tissue.
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Medicines used by millions of Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.
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NEW YORK  - Results of a new study indicate that the so-called statin drugs used to lower cholesterol levels also help prevent chaotic heart beats that can lead to sudden cardiac death.
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Doctors have known for years that the antibiotic erythromycin can, in rare cases, spark an abnormal and sometimes fatal heartbeat. But combining it with several common drugs may dramatically increase that risk, researchers warned on Wednesday.
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A common antibiotic prescribed for 50 years to treat everything from strep throat to syphilis dramatically increases the risk of cardiac arrest, especially when taken with certain newer, popular drugs, a study found.
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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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Researchers seeking new treatments for heart disease managed to grow a rat heart in the lab and start it beating
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If a recently reported case is a reliable indicator, the over-the-counter medication pseudoephedrine can cause a heart attack -- even in healthy young adults.
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Researchers have cracked the mystery of why eating garlic can help keep the heart healthy.
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A medical scan can spot which young people risk sudden death because of a weak heart.
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Clot-busting drugs that are normally used to treat heart disease could also help women with endometriosis, a painful condition of the womb.
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People who occasionally have upsetting bouts of irregular heartbeats may be able to avoid a trip to the emergency room by popping a pill, much as those with chest pain do now with nitroglycerin, new research suggests.
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Some drugs that drop blood pressure can help prevent heart disease from getting worse in patients with lower blood pressure who would not routinely be given such medicine, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Scientists discover a new way to regulate blood pressure, offering hopes of new drugs to combat strokes and heart attacks.
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Two studies offer more evidence about  the dangers of some painkillers, adding kidney problems to  heart concerns already raised with the drug once sold as Vioxx,  researchers said on Tuesday.