Topic: Cardiovascular Medicine

Higher testosterone tied to lower heart risks

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 ...

Actor Jeff Conaway's death ruled accidental

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 ...

More deaths when green doctors place neck stents

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 ...

Court upholds blood vessel stent ruling

(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 ...

Childless men more likely to die of heart disease

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. ...

Childless men more likely to die of heart disease: study

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. ...

Heart failure hits the poor extra hard

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 ...

Active legs at night linked to heart problems

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 ...

Power of suggestion affects heart arteries

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 ...

GSK anti-nausea drug may pose risk to heart rhythm: FDA

(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 ...