The world's press has gleefully jumped on the study that suggests high doses of vitamin E could increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The risks were associated with daily doses of around 400 IU (international units) or above.
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General practitioners are in a good position to spot major failings of the medical options available to us. High on the list is the inadequate way we deal with heart disease risk. In 1980, I came ...
Heart attack patients may be dying because of the drug treatment being prescribed by their doctors. Researchers have found that heart drugs with d-sotalol (in the UK: Beta-Cardone, Sotacor, Sotaz ...
Drug treatment for high blood pressure can bring on a heart attack in men, according to Swedish researchers. ...
Doctors have stumbled on the ‘X’ factor that may determine if life-threatening conditions such as heart attack prove to be fatal. It’s football.
An apple a day is far better than a baked potato if you want to reduce your risk of a heart attack, important research has found. ...
After years of being the odd one out against the likes of Dr John Studd, Theresa Gorman, MP, and broadcaster Dr Miriam Stoppard, Britain’s greatest apologists for hormone replacement therapy, I am pleased to witness that HRT is finally on the...
For 10 months, my husband Chris had been suffering chest pain that doctors told us were probably due to his eating or drinking when he suffered a terrible attack of pain in his chest, jaw and teeth while we were out shopping.
A cheap and simple solution of glucose, insulin and potassium, commonly used 35 years ago, was reinvestigated in a recent study and found to be effective in preventing death from heart attacks. ...
Sadness, isolation and loneliness can cause heart attacks. In one study in San Francisco and another in Eastern Finland, of the 20,000 people observed for up to nine years, those who were lonely ...
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