tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78343217909183701222011-08-16T11:27:57.645-07:00The starting place for exploring information on heart disease and cardiology.Amanda Stamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054722946945203103noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834321790918370122.post-65934227976005600932007-04-08T08:41:00.001-07:002007-04-08T08:42:31.807-07:00

If you are a woman that is postmenopausal and on hormone placement therapy hot flashes may still be a part of your life. Recent studies have found that hot flashes that stick around after starting and continuing hormone replacement therapy may be a sign of future cardiovascular problems and risks.A large-scale study of 27,000 women done by the National Institutes of health found that women who

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People with diabetes are already at very high risk for cardiovascular disease, and this risk may be even greater for those with type 2 diabetes who take sulfonylureas, a medication that increases the pancreas’s output of insulin.Observational studies from Canada and Scotland have found an increase in total and cardiovascular deaths in patients with type 2 diabetes who were taking sulfonylureas (

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