Crestor (Rosuvastatin)
The American Heart Association has published details of a new statin drug - Crestor - which dramatically reduces the number of heart attacks and strokes, even for people without existing high levels of cholesterol in their blood.
The results of drug trials conducted in the United States, were so conclusive that they were prematurely halted [...]
Medical term for a heart attack
The medical term for a heart attack is a Myocardial infarction (MI, or AMI for acute myocardial infarction),
What is a heart attack?
A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart tissue, or myocardium, is interrupted by a mechanical blood flow problem.
The most common cause of a [...]
What is a Stroke?
A stroke - also known as a cerebrovascular accident, is defined as the result of an acute deprivation of blood to part of the brain by the narrowing or thrombosis of an artery. This causes damage to, or death of, brain cells which are starved of oxygen. Alternatively it may be a [...]