(10-March-2005/AP)Giving heart attack patients Plavix on top of the anti-clotting drugs they usually receive greatly reduces the chances they'll die or suffer another heart attack, landmark new research has found

(9-March-2005/DenverPost)A man who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller Vioxx sued its manufacturer Tuesday in federal court in Denver.

(9-March-2005/AFP)Heart attack risk and cardio-vascular complications can be reduced by 25 and 15 percent respectively thanks to a combination of new drugs aimed to beat high blood pressure, preliminary results of an international study revealed.

(9-March-2005/BBCnews)Former US President Bill Clinton is to have another heart operation this week, six months after undergoing quadruple heart bypass surgery.

(8 March 2005-Reuters)A combination medicine by Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. was more effective in helping high-risk patients achieve stringent, new lower cholesterol goals than Pfizer Inc.'s top-selling Lipitor (news - web sites) in a clinical trial.

(8 March 2005-AP)Taking very high doses of a drug to push cholesterol to very low levels can help people with heart disease avoid strokes and heart attacks, but also can cause liver problems that limit the ability to tolerate such intensive treatment, doctors report.

(8 March 2005-Reuters)Patients with high blood pressure taking a mixture of newer drugs may cut their risk of stroke by 25 percent and dangerous heart complications by 15 percent compared with those on older pills, according to a large study released on Tuesday.

(8 March 2005-Reuters)A daily dose of laughter may be good for the heart because, like exercise, it makes blood vessels work more efficiently, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
 

(8 March 2005-Reuters)People with severe angina given gene therapy to improve the blood supply to the heart continue to benefit 2 years after the treatment was given, investigators report.

(7 March 2005)New research comparing rival brands of drug-coated, tiny mesh tubes called stents finds they are equally excellent at keeping heart arteries open, and that one may be better for diabetics.