Vaccine 'may stop heart disease'
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Scientists are testing a vaccine that could prevent heart disease and reverse damage to clogged arteries.
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A Dutch study suggests elderly people who receive a yearly influenza vaccination have reduced risk of death from all causes. Influenza-associated morbidity and mortality increase with age, especially for individuals
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The impotence drug Viagra may also help prevent the abnormal growth of the heart seen in some types of heart disease, researchers reported on Sunday.
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By The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb. 19--A vaccine that prevents any form of cancer has long been the holy grail of medical research. So, when one is found, of course many people will want to rush it into widespread use.
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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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By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 14--With the flu season expected to peak next month, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine reported today that vaccinating schoolchildren against the disease reduces not only their risk but that of their families as well.
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Doctors say delivering specialist treatments to heart attack patients directly, not taking them to A&E, could save lives.
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The World Health Organization is recommending more importance be attached to the prevention of heart disease and other cardiovascular ailments rather than focusing on treatment.
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A study from the Netherlands suggests that elderly persons who receive a yearly influenza vaccination have reduced risk of death from all causes, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA.
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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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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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Cholesterol-lowering drugs can lower the death risk of stroke patients, claim researchers.
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The world's first cervical cancer  vaccine may give wider protection against the killer disease  than previously thought, researchers said on Sunday.
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Some people with heart failure might benefit from a therapy which helps dampen their overactive immune systems.
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The results of a new study suggest that doctors should take preventive action to treat some children for heart disease.
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Researchers in Israel are developing   a new technique for administering drugs that could help prevent   heart attacks after angioplasty to clear clogged arteries, the   research institute said.
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Reducing the levels of a protein secreted during inflammation may be as powerful in slowing heart disease as lower cholesterol.