Topic: Cardiovascular Medicine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elderly men with naturally higher levels of testosterone may be less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those with lower levels of the hormone, a new study finds.Researchers found that of 2,400 Swedish men ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Autopsy results show that Jeff Conaway, the star of "Taxi" and "Grease" who struggled with addiction before his death in May, died from multiple causes including a major internal infection.In ruling the actor's death accidental in a report ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People about to undergo a controversial stenting procedure in the neck might want to check their doctor's credentials first, researchers say.According to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, patients whose doctors do ...
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court said Boston Scientific Corp did not infringe a patent by Johnson & Johnson's Cordis unit related to a stent used to treat coronary artery disease, but could not block the enforcement of two patents.Wednesday's ruling in ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A decade-long study of 135,000 men found that those who did not have children had a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who did, raising new questions over the links between fertility and overall health, U.S. ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A decade-long study of 135,000 men found that those who did not have children had a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who did, raising new questions over the links between fertility and overall health, U.S. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poor women are more likely to end up in the hospital with heart failure, even when taking other measures of health and well-being into consideration.That's according to a new study that also showed women who didn't finish ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who jerked and flexed their legs involuntarily at night were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease in a new study of sleep and chronic disease in the 65-and-up crowd.During a one-night sleep assessment, more than two-thirds ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Simply suggesting that a treatment will ease chest pain may not only dampen the pain, but directly alter heart arteries, a small study concludes.Among 30 patients having a procedure to evaluate their chest pain, researchers found that ...
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said they are reviewing the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran to ascertain whether there is a potential risk of abnormal hearth rhythm.The drug may increase the risk of developing abnormal changes in the electric activity of ...