Category Archives: Heart Disease
Cardiomyopathy in Children: Symptoms, Treatment, & Mortality
Kidnapped 5-year old American heart patient, Porter Stone, found safe — and how his case highlights cardiomyopathy in children Five year-old Porter Stone, a heart patient who was next on a transplant waiting list when he was kidnapped by his estranged father from a St. Louis, Missouri hospital, has been found safe just outside Chicago, [...]
Are Pain Medications Good for Heart Attack Patients?
Pain meds hinder heart attack recovery, British scientists say Heart attack patients are routinely given morphine to ease the stabbing pain in the chest, which can be severe. But a new study from British researchers finds that giving pain medication to heart attack patients actually gets in the way of their recovery. It turns out [...]
Cocaine Worsens Heart Disease (Atherosclerosis): Whitney Houston Case
“The handwriting was on the wall,” says sister-in-law Patricia of pop star legend Whitney Houston’s death by accidental drowning — with cocaine use and heart disease listed as contributing factors. It had been possible to forecast that drugs would claim the singer’s life, she told the Agence France Presse after a coroner’s report released on [...]
Pradaxa Bleeding and Higher Heart Attack Risk?
Currently, Pradaxa’s drug label already contains a warning about significant and sometimes fatal bleeds. In a large clinical trial (18,000 patients) comparing Pradaxa and warfarin, major bleeding events occurred at similar rates with the two drugs.
FDA is also working to determine whether the reports of bleeding in patients taking Pradaxa are occurring more commonly than would be expected, based on observations in the large clinical trial that supported the approval of Pradaxa. FDA is working closely with Pradaxa’s maker to evaluate the post-market reports of bleeding.
Viagra and Healthy Hearts: Viagra Keeps Cerys Small Alive
A ten-month old baby girl, who battled three open-heart surgeries in the first months of her life, is being kept alive by daily doses of Viagra.
Cerys Small, who lives with her family in Maesglas, Newport, South Wales, was born with a severe heart defect, no spleen and problems with her stomach and bowel. Her condition is kept stable by the anti-impotence drug.
