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• Beta Blockers Raise Stroke, Death Risk After Surgery

  May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who received the blood pressure-lowering drugs known as beta ...

• Marijuana Use May Raise Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

  May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking marijuana increases the body's production of a protein that ...

• Viagra May Protect Hearts of Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often suffer from heart failure, ...

• Drugs Alone Don't Lower Heart Disease Risks for Overweight Americans

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Daily doses of statins and blood pressure medications will not ...

• High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Associated With Eye Disease

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels not only are ...

• Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term exposure to the tiny, dirty particles in polluted air ...

• High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- The dangers of high blood pressure are well-known, but a ...

• Drug-Coated Stents Still Spark Debate

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Stents have become a cornerstone of heart-disease treatment, tiny tools ...

• Study Offers Clues to Link Between Arrhythmia, Sudden Death

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- New information about the molecular mechanisms that cause cardiac arrhythmia ...

• Noise in Artery Could Warn of Heart Risk

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- That unusual, harsh sound a doctor can hear when passing ...

• Several Therapies Show Promise for Vascular Depression

  May 7 (HealthDay News) -- New treatments for a type of depression in the elderly ...

• Obesity-Related Inflammation Boosts Heart Risks

  May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity causes prolonged inflammation of heart tissue that in turn ...

• Folic Acid Doesn't Help the Heart

  May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Folic acid and vitamin B supplements aimed at reducing blood ...

• Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly

  May 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that women who quit smoking have a ...

• Heart Hormone Elevated in Children Who Wet BedHeart Hormone Elevated in Children Who Wet Bed

  May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Children who wet their beds frequently have elevated levels of ...

• Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke

  May 5 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug cilostazol is as good as aspirin at ...

• Suffering of Heart Failure Similar to Cancer

  May 2 (HealthDay News) -- Heart failure is as crushing a blow to someone's psychological ...

• Younger Women Often Miss Signs of Heart Attack

  May 2 (HealthDay News) -- Many younger women ignore or simply don't recognize the warning ...

• Simple Steps Lead to Better Blood Pressure Control

  May 2 (HealthDay News) -- A veterans' facility made some small but significant changes in ...