cardiovascular disease

Heart drugs often unavailable or unaffordable
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Heart drugs often unavailable or unaffordable

Cardiovascular disease drugs are often unavailable or unaffordable in many communities around the world, particularly in poorer countries, a recent…
Lack of sleep linked to risk factors for diabetes, heart disease
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Lack of sleep linked to risk factors for diabetes, heart disease

People who get less than six hours of sleep a night may be more likely to have risk factors that…
Lower doses of heart meds save lives: study
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Lower doses of heart meds save lives: study

People who suffered a heart attack lived longer when their dose of a medication known as a beta-blocker was a…
High blood pressure in pregnancy tied to family risk
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High blood pressure in pregnancy tied to family risk

For women with pregnancy-related high blood pressure, the higher risk of hypertension that follows them through life may be due…
Europe reacts to US ban on trans fats
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Europe reacts to US ban on trans fats

The European society of cardiology (ESC) issued a welcoming statement in response to the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)…
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