Unstable angina News

FRIDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women with the most serious type of angina are three times as likely as men with the same condition to develop severe coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers have found. In the study, Canadian researchers ana...

MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used clot-dissolving drug Plavix (clopidogrel) works about the same in women as in men, an analysis of major clinical trials has found. "After this study, I can say we can be confident in treating both...

TUESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Antacids don't interfere with anti-clotting drugs such as Plavix and Effient in patients who have suffered a heart attack or unstable angina, a new study finds. The results counter other studies that concluded ...

TUESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women are more likely to die than men in the 30 days after a heart attack, but that doesn't mean gender is driving the trend, a new study finds. Rather, "the difference can be attributed to well-known clinical ...

WEDNESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The new anti-clotting pill rivaroxaban (Xarelto) lowers the risk of stroke, heart attack and death in patients who have had a heart attack or suffer from unstable angina, a new trial shows. Rivaroxaban is a p...

THURSDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Treating people with non-acute heart problems should start with drug therapy, not invasive techniques such as angioplasty or implanting stents, because there is no difference between the two approaches in out...