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Heartburn Drugs Doing
More Harm than Good?
1 in 14
The number of Americans who have
used proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), an
over-the-counter medication, to treat
heartburn. Long-term PPI usage is
linked to heart disease, kidney disease,
and dementia. A new study published in
Circulation sought to find the potential
molecular mechanism that may account
for the negative health effects caused
by PPIs. Ultimately, the study found evidence that the negative health effects
of PPIs may be due to the premature
aging of the endothelia cells that line
the interior of blood vessels.
Depression More
Common in Heart
Attack Patients
14%
The percentage of heart attack patients found
to have symptoms of depression, versus 7%
of those who had never had a heart attack.
Symptoms of depression or exhaustion were
associated with a doubled risk of heart attack.
Only 16% of depressed heart attack patients
were prescribed antidepressants, compared
with 42% of depressed people who had not had
a heart attack.
Source: Medical News Today. May 11, 2016.
Source: European Society of Cardiology. News release.
April 16, 2016.
Unsettling News on
Teen Tobacco Use
4.7 million
The number of middle and high school students who currently
use tobacco products and more than 2.3 million of these students use at least two or more tobacco products. E-cigarettes are
the most commonly used tobacco products among youth with
3 million users.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. News release. April 14,
2016.
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CardioSource WorldNews: Interventions
May/June 2016