Topic: Canada

Prevention Gets Credit for Fewer Heart Deaths

Improved treatment, coupled with more effective preventive measures, may be having a positive impact on the death rate from coronary heart disease.. Death rate data from the United States and Canada both indicate a drop in cardiovascular deaths. According to the American ...

Milk Helps You Burn Fat

Two glasses of milk after intense physical activity may increase the rate of burning fats and help you develop muscular mass, according to a study conducted by researchers at the McMaster University in Canada.The study involved men with poor muscular mass and ...

Experimental blood-thinner effective: study

An experimental blood thinner developed by Merck and Portola Pharmaceuticals was found to be safe and effective in a mid-stage study presented Monday, with a lower incidence of serious bleeding than current drugs.The Phase II randomized trial compared the effects of betrixaban, ...

Experimental Merck blood-thinner found effective

An experimental blood thinner developed by Merck and Portola Pharmaceuticals was found to be safe and effective in a mid-stage study presented Monday, with a lower incidence of serious bleeding than current drugs.The Phase II randomized trial compared the effects of betrixaban, ...

Green with Envy

YOU'RE FLYING DOWN THE BIKE path along the waterfront, putting in 45 minutes of cardio before a morning business meeting. Scientists in Canada drew blood from a group of dieters in order to test pesticide levels. A study at the University of ...
Canadian provincial premier seeks heart surgery in US The premier of Canada's east coast province of Newfoundland and Labrador is undergoing heart surgery in the United States later this week because the treatment he is seeking was not available in his home ...
BURLINGTON, Results from the landmark RE-COVER(TM) study were presented today at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and published online in the New England Journal of Medicine. For safety, dabigatran etexilate demonstrated a significant 37 per cent reduction in major or ...
MONDAY, Dec. 7 A new blood thinner called dabigatran etexilate may be just as effective in preventing dangerous venous clots as an old standby, warfarin, but much easier for doctors and patients to manage, a new study finds.. The new study, published ...
Heart disease is one of this country's major health concerns. As anyone suffering with heart disease will tell you, they've tried numerous methods to manage this condition. This simple, homemade remedy of cinnamon and honey for heart disease has been used successfully ...

Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding

11/16/2009 Print E-mail The anti-clotting drug dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) may be more effective and safer than warfarin at preventing clots and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, a new Swedish study has found.. After one to three years of follow-up, 1.69 percent ...