I found this new study abstract interesting, but don't have the full paper
yet. I'm left wondering what a pure HF or pure HC diet would do and why a
HF/HC diet isn't called a low-protein diet. --Jim
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Feb 21;47(4):850-5. Epub 2006 Jan 26. Related

I have been taking 50 mg of Zoloft for about 5 years.  Recently I
started to take vytorin medication.  I am worried that the combination
of the two might damage might liver?
My liver is OK now.

Hi, I'd like to get some info and/or advice.
First off I am a 37 year old male.
Every male in my fathers side of the family has died of heart disease
or heart attack.

Verapamil Dosing
Hello,
Due to a pharmacy mistake, I took a dose of verapamil that was 3X what
I was supose to take for migrane prevention.

I take Thiazide as one of my BP meds. I will be making the long flight from
Europe to New Zealand, as flying is said to cause dehydration should I stop
the the Thiazide for the two travelling days?
Martin

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ezetimibe plus simvastatin, a combination of
two anti-cholesterol drugs marketed by Merck/Schering-Plough
Pharmaceuticals as Vytorin, is no more damaging to muscles than simvastatin

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have "prehypertension," blood
pressure levels just below the cut-off for a diagnosis of high blood
pressure, have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to
a report in The American Journal of Medicine.

Excerpts from the People's Pharmacy column, see the full column at:
http://www.peoplespharmacy.org/archives/editorial/are_cholesterol_drugs_linked_t
o_memory_loss.asp
Are Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Memory Loss?
February 13, 2006

Within just a minute or two of opening my mouth to speak, I am completely
out of breath and ready to "black out".  It feels like a stroke ---- but
maybe something different.  I have trouble speaking and I do slur my words
just a little.   I am only in my 40s.  I have less trouble ...

Atherosclerosis. 2006 Feb 11; [Epub ahead of print]
Autoantibodies to oxidized LDL and cardiovascular risk: The Framingham

[Note: Previously posted on 1-20 with original Subject "Statins improve
prostate cancer outcome", now reposted with "Sharon Hope"-type
subject.]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who've been treated for prostate cancer

Hi Folks, I greatly appreciate all your kind answers and words of my
previous post.  Today I saw my Cardiologist and I have some sort of
'defect' on the front-top part of my heart, which he believes is
causing blockage.  He wants to do a cardiac catheterization (sp?)

I'm 36 years old.
A year ago started bad headaches. one sided. left side. with neck and
shouldier pain and difficulty lowering my head down towrads my chest.
My skull hurts badly, from it's base up tp the forhead. my artery near

""Iron Loading and Disease Surveillance
Iron is an oxidant as well as a nutrient for invading microbial and
neoplastic cells. Excessive iron in specific tissues and cells (iron
loading) promotes development of infection, neoplasia, cardiomyopathy,

Found here   http://www.eurekalert.org/
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Public release date: 21-Feb-2006
Contact: Niles Frantz