Researchers recommend doctors check all new patients for drug resistance before starting a therapy program. The drug tamoxifen has already shown great success in treating women with breast cancer. Now a study at the University of Vermont shows tamoxifen can help battle heart disease. Researchers found tamoxifen among other things reduced levels of inflammatory markers. High levels of inflammatory markers have long been associated with heart disease which is the number one killer of women.
Previous studies show breast cancer patients who took tamoxifen reduced their risk of cardiac death.
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