News tagged with 'Heart Attack'

Halt the drug trial of Avandia says Public Citizen because it puts the public at risk for heart attacks. GlaxoSmithKline is recruiting 16,000 patients from 14 countries to compare diabetes drug, Avandia with rival Actos.

Plavix may not be effectively metabolized by up to 14 percent of users making the blockbuster anti-clot drug useless and putting patients at an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. The FDA will require a black box warning on the drug, the most severe warning the FDA can require.

An advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration will meet at the end of March to consider the safety of menthol flavoring in cigarettes under the new FDA authority over tobacco, ingredients and marketing.

Does the maker of GARLIQUE misrepresent its health benefits to the public? A lawsuit that just survived a motion to dismiss says so and hopes to become a class action against the multi-million dollar company.

For the first time, an FDA panel is recommending that healthy people receive a drug, the statin,Crestor, to prevent heart attacks, despite the side effect of diabetes. The recommendation was based on a study done by maker, AstraZeneca.

Zetia did not do as well in reducing plaque in the artery wall of the neck as the simple B vitamin, niacin, in this published study, which was curtailed early because of the results.

Baby Boomers are fast becoming the elders of our time, but the rates of disability among people in their 60s exceeded those in their 70s and 80s, a disturbing trend that is blamed, in part, on obesity.

Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives are generating so many lawsuits that the state of New Jersey is considering consolidating them into a class action.

For the first time, Taser International, the stun gun maker, is issuing an advisory for law enforcement not to use the stun gun on the chest, head, or neck. The advice is being issued to help law enforcement defend itself against a multiple of lawsuits filed by suspects who have died after being shocked.

The gold standard blood-thinners, used for heart attack and stroke, may be rivaled by an experimental drug, Brilinta, which causes less bleeding and increases the chance of survival.

Researchers from Boston found they could regenerate damaged heart muscle with a growth factor known as neuregulin 1, which appears to spark the process of cell division. The implications are huge for humans who have suffered a heart attack. 

Diets high in fat from red meat and dairy products can increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer suggests a new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

What caused Michael Jackson’s apparent cardiac arrest won’t be known for weeks, but what is known is that only about one in five survive unless a defibrillator and CPR is used immediately.  More advanced emergency care involves lowering the body temperature to minimize brain damage.

Young people in Eastern Iowa appear to be overdosing on prescription drugs for ADHD. About 2.5 million kids are on the stimulants, with use increasing, despite a recently published article that suggests a link between the medications and sudden cardiac death. 

Continental Flight 61 was en route from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey, when the pilot died mid-flight today. Passengers were unaware of the event, since the co-pilots landed safely, until they saw the emergency vehicles at the end of the runway.