Calcium pills 'raise heart risk'
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Calcium supplements may increase the risk of a heart attack in older women, New Zealand research suggests.
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Birth control pills taken by about 100 million women worldwide may clog arteries when taken more than 10 years, according to a study.
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Taking a blood pressure pill at bedtime instead of in the morning might be healthier for some high-risk people.
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The risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher for women using the birth-control patch instead of the pill, according to a warning on the product's label disclosed Wednesday.
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The number of Britons at risk of heart disease may be overstated by 1.5 million, suggesting many could be receiving drug treatment unnecessarily, researchers said on Friday.
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It might not just be Vioxx that carries a risk of heart problems. Scientists and European regulators say users of similar pain-relief medications also may have cause for concern.
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Widely used anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen could help reduce the risk of heart attacks, while abruptly halting the usage increases the risks, according to a large UK study.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a study published in the International Journal of Cancer indicate there is an association between dietary calcium and the risk of prostate cancer.
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The new drug-coated stents implanted to keep arteries open might increase the risk of a later heart attack if a patient stops taking clot-preventing drugs such as aspirin even briefly, Dutch cardiologists warn.
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Two recent studies that suggested oral contraceptives reduced a woman&#39;s risk of heart disease and cancer seemed to take conventional wisdom and stand it on its head.
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PHILADELPHIA - Oct. 22, 2004 â-omen who take birth control pills have a lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, and no increased risk of breast cancer according to a new study based on data from the Women&#39;s Health Initiative.
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Statiscians reviewing a study on oral contraceptive use find the study&#39;s claims that birth control pills reduce the risk of heart disease and does not increase the risk of heart cancer are wrong.
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Vitamin supplements increase the death rate of people taking them, medical researchers have found - but they don&#39;t know why. About one in three women and one in four men in Britain take dietary supplements to boost their health.
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Oct. 20, 2004 -- Birth control pills may lower women&#39;s risk of certain cancers and heart disease, according to two new studies from Wayne State University.
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In a survey of 67 adults, who  were mean of 78 years old, at risk for hip fracture due to the  bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, the majority stated a  preference for taking a bone-building pill over wearing an  external hip protector.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- While calcium supplements have been touted to prevent broken bones in adults, providing them to children may not help prevent fractures as they age, Australian researchers report.
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10/18/2004 - Americans were warned last week that unless they up their consumption of calcium and vitamin D, the number of people suffering from osteoporosis and low bone mass is likely to jump, and advised that supplements could be the answer.