There was an increased rate of stroke on patients who received Niaspan, but researchers cautioned that this may be due to chance.

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The rate of ischemic stroke increased by 31% in five to 14-year-olds, from 3.2 strokes per 10, 000 hospital cases to 4.2 per 10, 000.

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After years of controversy, the Food and Drug Administration has asked Abbott Laboratories to yank the weight loss drug Meridia, generically known as sibutramine, from the market as a result of a large clinical trial that found the drug increased the rate of heart attack and stroke in patients at high cardiovascular risk.

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This week I refinanced my mortgage at a new, better rate, lowering my monthly expenses with a stroke of the pen.

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But the report found that while aspirin may slow changes in cognitive ability in women at high risk of a heart attack or stroke, it made no difference to the rate at which the women developed dementia - which was also examined for by a neuropsychiatrist.

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While niacin showed no difference from placebo in the death rate of the men in this study, fewer patients on niacin had a non-fatal heart attack or stroke, by 26% and 24%, respectively.

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Many researchers, however, point out that the 30-day stroke and death rate in stent patients was significantly higher (4.8%) than that of surgery patients (2.6%).

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