FDA: Heart stents don't up risk of death
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_he_me/heart_stents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061203/capt.2977349e202d428299264f7b9fb28592.heart_stents_nyr202.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=yQxTsHDR3hxQuSVDl8iIgg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="David Reinhart, 41, right, a legal secretary recovering from a blood clot that developed after he received a heart stent, returns to his office after taking a lunchtime walk in Central Park, New York, Thursday Nov. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - Drug-coated stents that prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S. don't increase the risk of heart attack or death when used as labeled but may put patients at risk for blood clots, health advisers said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>