Tricor doesn’t reduce diabetics’ heart risk
A drug taken for decades by millions of people with type 2 diabetes to prevent heart attacks, strokes and deaths offered no benefit in a broad group of patients, a study released Sunday shows.
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Whole Grains, Garlic & Acupuncture Lower High Blood Pressure
Eating lots of whole grains could ward off high blood pressure, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In the study, men with the highest whole-grain consumption were 19 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure than men who ate the least amount of whole grains.
Mini-Strokes May Cause Vision Loss for Those with Normal Tension Glaucoma
The Hong Kong study of 286 people with normal-tension glaucoma found a high incidence of silent cerebral infarcts among those whose loss of vision progressed more rapidly. The finding is in the July issue of Ophthalmology.