Heart Health

Product Name+	Description
Blood Pressure Drugs Keep Hypertension in Check (HealthDay)	Using drugs to treat prehypertension reduced the risk of developing full-blown hypertension, a new study finds.
Costly Heart Test Could Save Medicare Money (HealthDay)	It's not currently covered by Medicare, but a $400 test used to spot people who might need an implanted cardiac defibrillator might end up saving the agency hundreds of millions of dollars a year, researchers report.
Foods Fortified With Folic Acid May Cut Stroke Risk (HealthDay)	Cereals and breads fortified with folic acid, mandatory in the United States and Canada to help reduce birth defects, may also help cut your risk of dying from a stroke, a new study suggests.
Test to Predict Heart-Attack Risk Underused (HealthDay)	A new test that predicts which patients with heart-attack symptoms are at greater risk of dying isn't being used in younger, healthier patients -- the ones who could benefit most from the exam, a new study contends.

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