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Israeli study finds obstructive sleep apnea is health factor from day 1
May 21, 2008 |
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in very young children may cause some of the adverse cardiovascular health consequences seen in older children and adults with the condition, according to researchers in Israel, who will present ...
Cardiovascular and suicide risk raised after prostate cancer diagnosis
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer have an increased risk of cardiovascular events and suicide, reports a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine. Katja Falland Fang Fang from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden ...
The need for cardio-oncology: Treating cancer and protecting the heart
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Cardiologists and oncologists must work together in an attempt to avoid or prevent adverse cardiovascular effects in patients from certain chemotherapies, especially for those who may be at a higher risk for such effects, ...
Meta-analysis examines cardiovascular effects of diabetes medications
Oct 27, 2008 |
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The diabetes medication metformin may be associated with a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, on ...
Link between depression, higher risk of cardio events may be because of change in health behaviors
Nov 25, 2008 |
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The increased risk of cardiovascular events for patients with coronary heart disease and symptoms of depression appears to be largely explained by a change in health behaviors, especially a lack of physical activity, according ...
Thinner thighs, weaker heart
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Men and women whose thighs are less than 60cm in circumference have a higher risk of premature death and heart disease, according to research published on BMJ.com today. The study also concluded that individuals whose thighs ...
Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance
Dec 01, 2009 |
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According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnor ...
Moderate alcohol consumption in middle age can lower cardiac risk
Mar 07, 2008 |
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Previous studies have pointed out the benefits of moderate alcohol consumption as a factor in lowering cardiovascular risk. In a study conducted by the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina ...
Lack of sleep could be more dangerous for women than men
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Women who get less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns.
30-year follow-up study: 'Tremendous' impact of smoking on mortality and cardiovascular disease
May 08, 2009 |
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Non-smokers live longer and have less cardiovascular disease than those who smoke, according to a 30-year follow-up study of 54,000 men and women in Norway. Smoking, say the investigators, is "strongly" related to cardiovascular ...
Popular COPD treatment increases risk for cardiac events, cardiac death
Sep 23, 2008 |
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New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the most commonly prescribed once-a-day treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for longer than one month increases the risk ...
The benefits of green tea in reducing an important risk factor for heart disease
Jul 02, 2008 |
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More evidence for the beneficial effect of green tea on risk factors for heart disease has emerged in a new study reported in the latest issue of European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. The study ...
Radiation therapy may increase diabetes risk in childhood cancer survivors
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Childhood cancer survivors treated with total body or abdominal radiation may have an increased risk of diabetes, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. This correlation does not ap ...
Researchers identify how stressed fat tissue malfunctions
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, in a collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leipzig, Germany, have identified a signaling pathway that is operational in intra-abdominal fat, the fat depot ...
Obesity may hinder optimal control of blood pressure and cholesterol
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Obese patients taking medications to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol levels are less likely to reach recommended targets for these cardiovascular disease risk factors than their normal weight counterparts, according ...
