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• Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control

  Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is better controlled by doctor-pharmacist teams working ...

• Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin Patients: Study

  Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Taking the B vitamin niacin offers no additional benefit to ...

• Newer Blood Thinners May Outperform Old Standbys

  Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- After years of little progress, three new trials suggest that ...

• Diuretics Still Best Treatment for High Blood Pressure

  Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Tried-and-true diuretics maintain their status as the best first-line treatment ...

• Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses

  Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- For people with heart failure, high doses of the drug ...

• Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect

  Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, boosts ...

• Statins May Stave Off Gallstones

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of cholesterol-lowering statins appears to reduce the incidence ...

• Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes

  Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Giving daily doses of a statin and a blood pressure-lowering ...

• U.S. Health Officials Announce New Heparin Formula

  Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials on Thursday announced new manufacturing standards for ...

• Quick Angioplasty Best After Heart Attacks

  June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new Canadian study adds compelling support for current recommendations ...

• Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics

  June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs should be the first line of treatment for diabetics ...

• Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures

  June 5 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug Avandia significantly raises the risk of both ...

• Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies

  May 29 (HealthDay News) --Taking aspirin reduces heart attack risk in people with no previous ...

• Chewable Aspirin More Readily Absorbed

  May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Chewable aspirin is more readily absorbed into the bloodstream, making ...

• Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- There haven't been enough studies to tell whether aspirin reduces ...

• Estrogen May Help Men's Hearts

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Estrogen has long been implicated as being heart protective in ...

• All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

  May 7 (HealthDay News) --Lowering blood pressure is essential for reducing the risk of heart ...

• Plavix, Heartburn Drugs May Be Risky Combination

  May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Anyone who takes the clot-preventing drug Plavix after receiving a ...

• Cholesterol Drugs May Help in Cardiac Emergency

  May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Giving patients a cholesterol-busting statin drug during a coronary emergency ...