By CAMERON LANGFORD HOUSTON (CN) – A military contractor in Iraq shipped a worker’s body home in pieces, without the heart, then after “painful negotiations” but “no apology,” tried to charge his family for shipping home the heart,… Read More ›
Myocardial infarction
Commonly used painkiller ‘should be banned over heart risk’
A painkiller used by at least a million people in Britain a year should be banned because it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke by almost half, say British academics. Daily doses of painkillers can increase the risk… Read More ›
Beta-Blocker Use NOT Associated With Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events: They May Not Work
Beta-Blocker Use Not Associated With Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2012) — Among patients with either coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors only, known prior heart attack, or known CAD without heart attack, the use of beta-blockers… Read More ›
Lipitor drug mismarketed to women
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Amy Molnar journalnews@bos.blackwellpublishing.com 201-748-8844 Wiley-Blackwell Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales. It has been… Read More ›
Pacemakers Vulnerable to Hackers: Malicious hackers can kill
2008 posted for filing Contact: Claire Bowles claire.bowles@newscientist.com 44-207-611-1210 New Scientist How to stop a new type of heart attack PACEMAKERS are supposed to protect people from heart attacks. But to do that they have to provide digital as well… Read More ›
Heart attack patients who stop statin risk death, say McGill researchers
2008 post for filing Contact: Mark Shainblum mark.shainblum@mcgill.ca 514-398-2189 McGill University Study finds doubled mortality risk if treatment is discontinued This release is available in French. Patients discontinuing statin medication following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increase their risk of… Read More ›
Taking painkillers increases death risk, second heart attacks in survivors: 59-63% Higher risk of Death
Contact: Maggie Francis maggie.francis@heart.org 214-706-1382 American Heart Association — Heart attack survivors who take common painkillers after a heart attack have a higher long-term risk of dying or having a second heart attack, according to a new study published in… Read More ›
Give statins to all over-50s: Even the healthy should take heart drug, says British expert ( Misinformation/Propaganda ) With Data Rebuttal
Data Rebuttal posted at the end of the arrticle ,to their conflicting hypothesis. Were not going to let them off the hook so easy for this. Currently statins only given to around eight million high-risk patients But Professor Sir Rory Collins says… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 