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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs designed to controltype 2 diabetes should be subjected to more thorough safety reviews toensure they don't raise the risk of heart problems, U.S. Food and DrugAdministration advisers said Wednesday.

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If more states introduce tobacco control programs for their residents who are regular smokers, the number of U.S. deaths due to coronary heart disease might drop, finds a new study that looks at an ongoing Massachusetts initiative.read more

Jordan has moved 10 times in the last three years, but his most unsettling news came when his mother recently sat him down and asked, 'How would you feel about your dad going to Iraq?'

A few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease, Greek researchers said on Wednesday.

More evidence for the beneficial effect of green tea on risk factors for heart disease has emerged in a new study reported in the latest issue of European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.1 The study found that the consumption of green tea rapidly improves the function of (endothelial) cells lining the circulatory system; endothelial dysfunction is a key event in the progression of atherosclerosis.

More evidence for the beneficial effect of green tea on risk factors for heart disease has emerged in a new study reported in the latest issue of European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.1 The study found that the consumption of green tea rapidly improves the function of (endothelial) cells lining the circulatory system; endothelial dysfunction is a key event in the progression of atherosclerosis.read more

Finding on the heart disease and gender differences may explain steeper rates of heart disease later in life for women as following high-blood pressure drug treatment, women are at greater risk than men for enlarged heart.Women may respond less favorably than men to cardiovascular disease (CV) drug-treatments for enlarged heart, according to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell medical Center physician-scientists.read more

Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as 2 years. The study that led to these results is reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.Five-year follow-up data on 1,423 patients hospitalised for an acute episode of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) showed that those patients were 1.5 times more likely to suffer a stroke than a control group of 5,692 patients who had been hospitalised for an appendectomy.

A comprehensive, population-based strategy is needed to reduce the alarming prevalence of obesity in the United States, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. 'Population-Based Prevention of Obesity' recommends an approach that would complement individually-oriented strategies, including clinic-based prevention and treatment programs.