Everyone knows there are some very serious risks associated with smoking cigarettes and the risks affect the baby a woman carries when she chooses to smoke during pregnancy. A recent study, funded by the Centers …

Cardiologists at a conference in Chicago last week came away voicing concerns over the benefits and safety of Vytorin and Zetia, two of the most widely prescribed medications developed to control cholesterol. The companies who …

In the last few days, three new countries have joined the growing list of nations recalling heparin, the popular blood-thinning medication that has made headlines around the world in recent weeks due to contamination of …

China’s State Food and Drug Administration has issued a directive to the makers of heparin and heparin-related products to purchase supplies from only registered suppliers and to strengthen quality control standards. The safety of the …

Shift workers, flight crews, truck drivers, emergency and medical personnel, and even patients in intensive care units don’t often get a full night’s uninterrupted sleep. And for a lot of people, a full night’s …

Researchers associated with the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, have disclosed promising results from a new method of treating heart attack patients when their cardiac arrest occurs outside a hospital setting. In 2004, the …

Implantable cardiac medical devices, such as defibrillators and pacemakers, often come equipped for quick and easy wireless transmission of a patient’s vital signs and they’re a very convenient way to check the device itself to …

A multinational study of the effects of smoking cigarettes on the people of China has led to the alarming conclusion that smokers face serious risk of stroke, with the risk increasing the longer and heavier …

German authorities have recalled a popular blood-thinner heparin, due to some 100 reports of adverse reactions. According to the reports, german heparin produced by Rotex Medica GmBH Arzneimittelwerk contains active ingredient that did not come …

Men in the U.S. are 61 percent more likely to suffer a stroke than European men. U.S. women have almost twice the likelihood of suffering a stroke than European women. These statistics were recently provided …