Marijuana Use Associated with Increased Risk of Stroke, Heart Failure
Using marijuana raises the risk of stroke and heart failure even after accounting for demographic factors, other health conditions and lifestyle risk factors such as smoking and alcohol…
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Are Safe, Possibly Beneficial After Heart Attack
Men who filled prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs in the years following a heart attack had a substantially lower risk of dying or being hospitalized for heart failure…
Taking Misoprostol Along with NSAIDs Reduces Cardiovascular Risk
Combining medications could be safer than taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs alone People who took the drug misoprostol for stomach ulcers along with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drugs had a…
Younger Heart Attack Patients More Likely to Have Low ‘Good’ Cholesterol vs. Elevated ‘Bad’ Cholesterol
Women have worse survival after heart attack Men under 45 years old and women under 50 years old who suffer a heart attack are far more likely…
Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated with Lower Mortality
Therapy also linked with less plaque buildup in the heart’s arteriesWomen using hormone replacement therapy to relieve the symptoms of menopause faced a lower risk of death and…