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Simple Steps Can Reduce Risk of Heart Disease!

January 30th, 2013 - 9:54 am

NOTE: Join #heartchat Wed. Feb. 13 @ 12:30 p.m. ET. Moderated by TIME magazine health reporter Alice Park w/ experts from MayoClinic, AHA and WomenHeart.  Click here for news release Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of men and women, and since … Continue reading →

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Mayo Makes Recommendations to Patients Taking Simvastatin Therapy

June 16th, 2011 - 9:19 am

The Food and Drug Administration last week released a warning last week about using a high dose of the cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin (Zocor), as a result of concerns about muscle damage. Mayo Clinic’s recommendations to patients are the same as … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Makes Recommendations to Patients Taking Niacin

June 16th, 2011 - 8:16 am

In late May, the National Institutes of Health announced it was stopping early the AIM-HIGH study, a study looking at the potential added benefit of niacin therapy for patients with known heart disease who also had a low HDL or … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Study Finds Cardiac Rehabilitation Helps Survival Time in Heart Patients Receiving Stent Therapy

March 12th, 2010 - 7:43 am

A team of Mayo Clinic researchers have found that cardiac rehabilitation is associated with significantly reduced mortality rates for patients who have had stents placed to treat blockages in their coronary arteries. The findings, presented today at the annual meeting … Continue reading →

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