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Avandia Raises Heart Risk But Should Stay on Market, FDA Panel Finds (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) — The controversial diabetes drug Avandia does raise the risk of heart attack more than other medications of its kind but should stay on the market with tightened controls, a U.S. government advisory panel recommended late Wednesday.

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Avandia Raises Heart Risk But Should Stay on Market, FDA Panel
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Study: A heart attack shouldn’t kill your sex life (AP)

AP - Surviving a heart attack can kill your sex life.

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Study: A heart attack shouldn’t kill your sex life
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Walgreens Postpones Plans to Sell Do-It-Yourself Genetic Test (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) — Drugstore giant Walgreens says it will postpone selling a controversial at-home genetic test that could purportedly gauge a person’s risk for a variety of diseases and other health threats, such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart attack, certain cancers and whether a couple might produce a child with genetic disorders.

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Antidepressants May Improve Heart Health (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) — A widely used type of antidepressant may help protect cardiovascular health by slowing the clumping of blood platelets, thus reducing the risk of hardening of the arteries and blood clots that can cause heart attack and stroke, U.S. researchers say.

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Antidepressants May Improve Heart Health
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Study: Chocolate could reduce heart risk (AP)

AP - The Easter Bunny might lower your chances of having a heart problem. According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent.

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Bigger hospitals may treat some conditions better (AP)

AP - People hospitalized with a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia fare better if they are admitted someplace that treats a lot of those problems, a large study of Medicare patients finds.

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Bigger hospitals may treat some conditions better
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Common treatments fail to lower diabetic heart risk: study (AFP)

AFP - Diabetics who seek to aggressively lower their blood pressure and cholesterol are not reducing their risk of a heart attack and could suffer negative side effects, a study released Sunday said.

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Common treatments fail to lower diabetic heart risk: study
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Remove Diabetes Drug Avandia From Market: FDA Documents (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb.

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Remove Diabetes Drug Avandia From Market: FDA Documents
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FDA Warns of Heart Risks With Diet Drug (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) — The weight-loss pill Meridia should not be used by people with a history of heart problems because the drug can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in such people, U.S.

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How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Adult Obesity (Time.com)

Time.com - Scientists are gaining new insight into how the psychological experience of childhood neglect causes physical effects like obesity, heart attack and stroke

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How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Adult Obesity
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