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Recently, however, the scientists seem to have gone mad. Hardly a week goes by without some expert somewhere issuing a new report declaring that a particular food or vitamin or activity or condition will either restore your cardiovascular health or ruin it--and as often as not, the new advice seems to contradict the old. Among the new findings...
...like steroids, pose health problems to those that use it. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recently voted in favor of putting warning labels on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drugs such as Adderall akin to those on cigarette boxes, noting that these drugs increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and sudden death. It is true that ADHD is a difficult disorder to diagnose. Informed patients can easily bluff their way into a diagnosis with a correct enactment of symptoms. And we still have no completely effective method to determine whether a person has ADHD or not. But incomplete...
...National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced Tuesday that it has inducted six Harvard professors into its ranks in recognition of their accomplishments in original research. The academy tapped Castaneda Professor of Cardiovascular Research David Clapham, Cowles Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison, Lee Professor of Economics Claudia Goldin, Professor of Chemistry and Physics Eric J. Heller, Professor of Geochemistry Charles H. Langmuir, and Ford Professor of the Social Sciences Robert J. Sampson among its 72 newest members. Sampson said yesterday that the news came as a shock. “My first reaction was surprise as I had no idea...
There are a number of caveats to bear in mind, however. Those results are preliminary and have not yet appeared in a peer-reviewed research journal--although the National Cancer Institute has posted a lot of information on its website cancer.gov/star) Women at high risk of cardiovascular problems were not included in the study since both drugs are known to increase the risk of blood clots. In addition, raloxifene is currently approved only for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis...
...director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention...