The latest on hrt: less heart failure, more strokes? - Twenty years of prospective follow up in the US Nurses' Health Study shows that daily HRT containing oestrogen doses of 0.625 mg or higher plus proges...

Hrt: more bad news for the heart - Although the conventional wisdom has it that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) protects a woman's heart after menopause, two new studies show that it...

Hrt-more bad news - In the second part of our special report, we catalogue the little known side effects of a drug that is more likely to make you ill than add sparkle to...

Wine: the good and the bad news - Moderate wine-drinkers those who drink between three and five glasses a day halve their chances of suffering a fatal heart attack or stroke. ...

Heart disease heart disease: - Less of a killer without the drugs - Heart disease is already the leading cause of death in the USA and the UK, and forecasters reckon it will soon be the major killer in every developed...

Heart disease - Have you ever wondered why the French are carefree about tobacco smoking and wine consumption? Their diet is high in sugars and fats, and vegetarianis...

Causes of heart disease - It’s not too controversial to suggest that one of the chief causes of the epidemic of heart disease in the West is the industrialisation of our food s...

Nsaids: not to be used for heart disease - It never rains but it pours and, this time, the deluge in the medical press covers the use of non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NA...