european heart

Study: Some heart patients undoing drug benefits

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 03/12/2009 - 14:06

LONDON (AP) -- European heart patients are taking more medication than ever before to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol, but bad habits such as overeating and smoking are undermining the drugs, a new study says.

Despite big increases in heart patients on medication, most still have high blood pressure and nearly half have high cholesterol....