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Statins Help Prevent Blood Clots In Veins By 25 Percent
By Beatrix Smith | Jan 21, 2017 09:24 AM ESTCholesterol-lowering drugs could prevent the formation of blood clots in the vein by as much as 25 percent.
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Second Participant in Zafgen’s Obesity Drug Trial Dies
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 02, 2015 04:09 PM ESTA second participant involved in Zafgen's late phase trial for an obesity drug has died.
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Potential Alzheimer's Drug Could Prevent Abnormal Blood Clots In The Brain, Study Finds
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 28, 2014 09:26 PM EDTResearchers have identified a compound that might stall the progression of Alzheimer's by interfering with the role amyloid-β which is a small protein that forms plaques in Alzheimer's brains and contributes to the formation of blood clots.
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Emergency C-Sections Tied to Increased Pregnancy Difficulties Later in Life
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 12, 2013 02:23 PM EDTResearchers found that women who underwent emergency C-sections have a 12 percent higher risk of stillbirths in their next pregnancy.
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Irregular Heartbeats Tied to Faster Memory Loss in the Elderly
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 06, 2013 10:15 AM EDTA new study suggests that seniors who have irregular heartbeats known as atrial fibrillation are more likely to experience faster memory loss than seniors with normal heart.
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Taking Antidepressants Before Surgery Can Lead to Health Complications
By Cheri Cheng | May 01, 2013 12:06 PM EDTStudy reports that taking popular antidepressants, such as Prozac and Zoloft, before a surgery could pose dangerous health complications.
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Eating Dark Chocolate Has Health Benefits for Men
By Drishya Nair | Dec 24, 2012 05:42 AM ESTChocolates being the best gift for only women may soon be the thing of past, as scientists discover that the sweet bar of sins has significant health benefits for men folks well. So you may soon see pumped up men with chocolate bars, for all good reasons. A new study by researchers from University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health suggests that men who consume dark chocolate reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke. Dark chocolate apparently has anti-clotting effects which gets activate within two hours of consumption in both sexes, but the effect is more pronounced in men.
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Scientists Discover New Way to Prevent Strokes in Patients with High Risk
By Drishya Nair | Nov 23, 2012 05:50 AM ESTScientists from the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) claim that they may have discovered a new way to prevent strokes in patients at high risk. The research was led by professor Donald Singer, Professor of Therapeutics, and professor Chris Imray from UHCW.
