Fish oil capsules failed to prevent flare-ups of atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm problem, in a large study in 2010.
Eliquis was the first anti-coagulant to prove that it reduced the risk of death compared to warfarin, which has been the standard of care for preventing strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder, for seven decades.
Drug safety experts--who understand how even a small increase in risk for a common problem like heart attacks can have massive effects--need to be there.
It sounds impressive, but in fact, a relatively modest increase in a common ailment such as heart attacks is hard to detect clearly.
Depression is common after a heart attack or stroke, and previous research has indicated that depression more than triples the risk of dying within the subsequent six months after a heart attack.
To take just one example, from a public health perspective, it makes little sense to focus on the miniscule elevation in breast cancer risk associated with light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, when moderate alcohol intake has been shown to have a beneficial effect on coronary heart disease, a much more common condition.
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As I reflect on my years as a bilingual teacher, the heart of our success lies in a spirit of collaboration for the common goal of biliteracy and success for all students.
But the bigger danger may come from doubling or quadrupling a common risk, such as that for a heart attack.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a heart-related abnormality, is the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes at sporting events.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disturbance, with over half a million sufferers in the UK. It increases the risk of a person having a stroke by five times and doubles the risk of death.
It might seem like common sense that inactive people have a greater risk for heart disease than active people, but a new study has measured the risk in terms of time spent in front of a computer, according to the Deccan Herald.
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Still, you will have more in common biologically with a living person than with a person whose heart has stopped.
Make them common, by digging them out of the heart of a shattered planet, and they will become cheap.
There is a difference between the more common legislative filibuster and the judicial filibuster at the heart of the current showdown.
At issue is whether a heart-plug procedure to repair a birth defect that is common in about a quarter of the U.S. population can prevent strokes in young people.
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At the heart of it is a new set of skills and awareness that is a common repertoire for some but not for all.
And after a decade in Austin, he moved to the heart of Silicon Valley Start-up Common (SVSC) where he finances start-ups that need less capital than those of the dot-com era.
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The unexpected study is to check for a common but deadly side effect called QT prolongation, in which the electrical signals that cause the heart to beat are drawn out.
Chest pain is the most common reason people visit the ER, but it is often not related to a problem with the heart.
They found a 2.5 times higher risk of death from heart disease in the first five days of using a Z-Pak when compared to another common antibiotic or no antibiotics at all.
First, heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalization among older individuals, accounting for more than a million a year.
While the bad behavior can exhibit itself in a plethora of symptoms, the common thread I find with Talented Jerks is that there tends to be a self-esteem issue at the heart of things.
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First, using antibiotics to treat an atherosclerotic patient who has had one heart attack reduces the risk of his suffering a second. (Rheumatoid arthritis, the most common arthritic variety, also responds to antibiotics in some patients, leading researchers to suspect that it, too, may sometimes be provoked by bacteria.) Second, research has come up with the glimmer of a mechanism.
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