Common causes include vascular diseases or atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), which restricts blood flow to the penis, impairing one’s ability to achieve or maintain an erection. It can also be caused by certain medications, radiation therapy, or even past surgeries. Neurological ...
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0904 Key Points Question What are the long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality outcomes comparing the use of antithyroid drugs (ATDs), radioactive iodine (RAI), and surgery to treat newly diagnosed hyperthyroidism? Findings In ...
It is now believed that atherosclerosis limits coronary dilation and that the benefits of nitrates are due to the dilation of arterioles and veins in the periphery. The result is a reduction in the preload, and a lesser extent in the afterload decreases the workload of the heart and lowers ...
degeneration from atherosclerosis, and medications. Heart block prevents some or all of the electrical signals from reaching parts of the heart, and this prevents the heart from contracting as well as it otherwise would.
Statins are a class of drugs that work by lowering blood cholesterol levels, and reducing the production of cholesterol by the liver by blocking an enzyme. Statins are used to reduce high cholesterol levels, and also to prevent and treat hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) that can cause...
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Blood pressure can be increased by the presence of kidney, thyroid and adrenal diseases and disorders. This is why it is important to have a physicians evaluation, for differential diagnosis and evaluation of treatent and management options.
Over the same 30 year time period the pharmaceutical industry has expanded its capacity to treat and prevent a range of diseases. For example, new vaccines, such as those for hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type B avert hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, while antiretroviral therapy ...
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Heart diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebro-vascular diseases remain major causes of death. The underlying disease process involved is usually atherosclerosis. The cause of human atherosclerosis is unknown. At best we know of risk factors. The purpose of the present invention is to act...