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Coffee Drinking May Lower Stroke Risk
Posted 25 Feb 2010 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Feb. 25 – Regular coffee drinking appears to reduce the risk of stroke, a new study indicates. The study of 23,000 men and women who were followed for an average of 12 years found that "self-reported coffee consumption was inversely related to stroke risk," said study leader Yangmei Li, an epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge in England. Li was to present the findings Thursday at American Stroke Association's annual stroke conference, in San Antonio. Overall, people who reported any intake of coffee had a 27 percent lower risk of stroke than those who said they never drank java, the researchers reported. Drinking more coffee was not associated with a greater reduction in stroke risk. "This association was consistent in subgroup analyses stratified by sex, age, social class, educational level, smoking status, alcohol drinking, tea drinking, physical activity, plasma ... Read more
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New Blood Thinner Could Replace Warfarin to Fight Venous Clots
Posted 7 Dec 2009 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Dec. 7 A new blood thinner called dabigatran etexilate may be just as effective in preventing dangerous venous clots as an old standby, warfarin, but much easier for doctors and patients to manage, a new study finds. Dabigatran is marketed as Pradax in Canada and Pradaxa in Europe; it is not yet approved for use in the United States. The new study, published early online Dec. 6 by the New England Journal of Medicine, follows on the heels of two other promising reports presented at the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, Fla., last month. Those studies found that dabigatran appeared safe and effective in preventing blood clots when patients were treated for acute coronary syndrome, a cluster of symptoms that might indicate a heart attack; it was also found superior to warfarin in preventing strokes in patients with the irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation. ... Read more
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