News tagged with cardiovascular morbidity

Use of antipsychotic medications by children and adolescents associated with significant weight gain

Oct 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Many pediatric and adolescent patients who received second-generation antipsychotic medications experienced significant weight gain, along with varied adverse effects on cholesterol and triglyceride levels and other metabolic ...

Elderly may have higher blood pressure in cold weather

Medicine & Health / Health

Jan 12, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Outdoor temperature and blood pressure appear to be correlated in the elderly, with higher rates of hypertension in cooler months, according to a report in the January 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

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Researchers find increased dairy intake reduces risk of uterine fibroids in black women

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers at the Slone Epidemiology Center found that black women with high intake of dairy products have a reduced incidence of uterine leiomyomata (fibroids). This report, based ...

Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 03, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 8

Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change ...

Breastfeeding protects women from metabolic syndrome, a diabetes and heart disease predictor

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman’s risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that was published today online ahead of print ...

Study explains how exercise helps patients with peripheral artery disease

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 5 million individuals in the U.S. and is the leading cause of limb amputations. Doctors have long considered exercise to be the single best therapy for PAD, and now a new study helps ...

Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.

Team approach results in dramatic improvement in timely heart attack care

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Healthcare professionals using new time-saving strategies to coordinate care for patients having a heart attack saw dramatic improvement in "door-to-balloon" (D2B) times—the time from when a patient enters the hospital to ...

Chances of surviving cardiac arrest at home or work unchanged in 30 years

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the University of Michigan Health System.

Waterpipe tobacco smokers inhale same toxicants as cigarette smokers

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants - carbon monoxide and nicotine - as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by ...

Defining feeding milestones in neonates helps improve quality of life

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A recent study conducted by researchers and physicians at Nationwide Children's Hospital sheds new light on feeding challenges often faced by premature infants. Although the prevalence of this disorder is well recognized, ...

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