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International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 152: Specific Genetic Factors Modify the Reduction in Heart Disease Risk from Alcohol Consumption
2014-11-27 11:36:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
It has long been known that genetic and other environmental factors modify the association between alcohol consumption and a variety of diseases, especially coronary heart disease (CHD).
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How oil ate the heart of North Dakota
2014-11-25 12:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Nothing completes a quiet morning drinking coffee and reading the paper like a multi-part investigative saga of pollution and the fracking boom in North Dakota, and boy howdy, did The New York Times deliver this weekend. In the two-part series, investigative reporter Deborah Sontag brings up one example after another of ways that pollution in North Dakota is on the rise. There`s the old filling station filled with illegally dumped and radioactive oil filter socks. There`s the train crash that...
Study lifts cloud over heart drugs Zetia, Vytorin
2014-11-17 16:58:04| Biotech - Topix.net
This 2004 file photo provided by Schering-Plough Corp. shows the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin. A major study gives a long-awaited answer on whether the blockbuster drugs Vytorin and Zetia lower the risk of heart problems.
Merck Announces that IMPROVE-IT Achieved Primary Endpoint; Data to be Presented at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Today
2014-11-17 14:30:00| Merck.com - Product News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. Data are Embargoed by American Heart Association until 10:45 AM CT Today WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today said that IMPROVE-IT met its primary endpoint. The results are scheduled to be presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions later today. The data are embargoed by the American Heart Association until the start of the late-breaking clinical trials session at 10:45 a.m. CT today. About Merck Language: English Contact: MerckMedia Contact:Pam Eisele, 267-305-3558orInvestor Contact:Joe Romanelli, 908-423-5185 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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Overall death rate from heart disease declines, although increase seen for certain types
2014-11-16 23:19:39| Biotech - Topix.net
Matthew D. Ritchey, D.P.T., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, and colleagues examined the contributions of heart disease subtypes to overall heart disease mortality trends during 2000-2010. The study appears in the November 19 issue of JAMA , a cardiovascular disease theme issue.
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