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...principle extend to doctors treating patients? "At medical school, I was taught to aim for perfection," says Anthony Rodgers, director of the clinical trials research unit at the University of Auckland. But now Rodgers and others are preparing to show that, when it comes to preventing heart attack and stroke, the way forward for doctors may be to fuss less over drugs and dosages and instead prescribe, for everyone, a single, multi-function pill...
...blood-pressure-lowering agents. When two British researchers pushed the case for the polypill in a 2003 report in the British Medical Journal, they argued that if taken daily by people with vascular disease and those aged over 55, it would cut the incidence of heart attack and stroke by more than 80%. While advocates have retreated marginally from that claim, their enthusiasm is palpable. "In terms of delivering care at the community level," says Anushka Patel, director of the cardiovascular division of Sydney's The George Institute for International Health, "I think it's potentially one of the most...
...last two weeks, three new studies about the links between migraines and other diseases give good examples of what we've learned so far about the condition and about where researchers might find more clues. The three studies - tying migraines to stroke, depression, and even suicide - may not seem like good news to the 28 million Americans who suffer from migraines, of whom about two-thirds are women. But the studies do highlight the very different ideas researchers have today about the mechanisms that underlie the condition...
...third study, researchers at Duke University took data on nearly 17 million pregnant women, and found that those with migraine were about 19 times more likely to have had a stroke by the time they were discharged than those without. Stroke wasn't the only vascular condition in pregnancy to be more common among migraine sufferers. The results, presented last week at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, showed a link between migraine and everything from heart attack to preeclampsia. There was no association with non-vascular conditions, like pneumonia or post-partum infection. "This lends credibility...
...best results when taken early in an attack. Unfortunately, their effect is often temporary (drug companies are working on longer-lasting versions). Also, the drugs can trigger certain cardiovascular side effects, which means they should not be used by patients who have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke...