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...STROKE...
Though they happen in the brain, strokes are a lot like heart attacks; the same risk factors that lead to a coronary can increase the risk of a clot-based stroke. One common factor, which doubles the risk of stroke, is metabolic syndrome, a condition marked by such abnormalities as high levels of glucose and triglycerides, low levels of good cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Being overweight is another, according to Swedish scientists, who found that heavy middle-aged men had twice the risk of a stroke. Not surprisingly, cholesterol-lowering statins developed for heart patients also work for stroke...
...first hints that the pain reliever Vioxx might raise the risk of heart attacks and stroke surfaced in 2000, but it still came as a shock when drugmaker Merck announced in October that it was pulling its blockbuster drug off the market. Safety data from an ongoing trial had produced clear evidence of cardiovascular problems in subjects taking Vioxx--so clear that the trial was immediately halted...
...part of the big government-funded study known as the Women's Health Initiative was abruptly halted in 2002 after researchers found that women who took estrogen and progestin to replace the hormones lost during menopause raised their risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer. This year the National Institutes of Health shut down another arm of the study, one involving women who had had a hysterectomy and were taking estrogen therapy without progestin. It turns out that taking estrogen alone also raises a woman's risk of stroke and blood clots. There are benefits from taking estrogen--among...
...news: although taking folic acid reduces blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine-- a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke--no matter how much you reduce your homocysteine with folic acid, your risk of dying from stroke or heart disease doesn't change...