Clopidogrel better than aspirin for preventing heart attacks and strokes

September 3, 2025 4:47 PM

Clopidogrel better than aspirin for preventing heart attacks and strokes

The commonly prescribed blood thinner clopidogrel should replace aspirin as a routine pill for preventing heart attacks and strokes in people who already have at least some degree of heart disease, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress. Pooled data on nearly 29,000 patients with coronary artery disease who had participated in seven earlier randomized trials showed that those taking clopidogrel had a 14% lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular or cerebrovascular ...

HPV infection linked to higher heart risk, study says

March 26, 2025 6:26 PM

HPV infection linked to higher heart risk, study says

Human papillomavirus, along with causing several types of cancer, appears to significantly increase the risk of heart disease, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in Chicago this week. Pooling data from seven studies that tracked nearly 250,000 volunteers for up to 17 years, researchers found that HPV-positive patients had a 40% higher likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease and twice the risk of developing coronary artery disea...

Air pollution spikes inflammation in patients with heart disease: Study

November 17, 2024 1:00 PM

Air pollution spikes inflammation in patients with heart disease: Study

Patients with heart disease, specifically those with heart failure, are especially vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution and poor air quality and can take steps to protect themselves, a new study has said. Results from the Intermountain Health study, presented at the American Heart Association’s 2024 Scientific Sessions international conference in Chicago, found that two inflammatory markers — CCL27 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 27) and IL-18 (interleukin 18) — were elevated in heart f...

Doctors struggle to get Wegovy for older Americans with heart disease

August 15, 2024 4:07 PM

Doctors struggle to get Wegovy for older Americans with heart disease

Older Americans are having little success getting prescriptions for weight-loss drug Wegovy covered by Medicare despite the federal healthcare program's decision to pay for patients with obesity at risk of heart disease, according to their doctors. In interviews with Reuters, seven obesity and heart disease specialists from various parts of the United States said their prescriptions for the Novo Nordisk drug have been denied repeatedly by the healthcare companies that administer Medicare drug b...