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Sleeping for more than 8 hours increases your chances for strokes by 46%

Mar 3, 2015

CAMBRIDGE – The National Sleep Foundation among thousands of medical doctors worldwide have already recommended a minimum of 8 hours sleep for normal adults, but a new study published by researchers from the Un...

Novartis is satisfied with LCZ696 heart disease drug

Charles Omedo

Sep 1, 2014

Health

Novartis, a Swiss drug manufacturing company, has expressed satisfaction with its LCZ696 chronic heart disease treatment drug. This drug has shown dramatic effectiveness in treating heart disease patients that ...

New cholesterol drug reduces heart attack and stroke risks by half

Charles Omedo

Sep 1, 2014

Health

A new drug has shown so much promise for reducing heart attacks and stroked induced by bad cholesterol in half. There is now a 50% reduction in the risks of death or hospitalization faced by strokes and heart a...

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