News tagged with disease risk
Researchers study how pistachios may improve heart health
Sep 26, 2008 |
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Going green may be heart healthy if the green you choose is pistachio nuts, according to researchers at Penn State who conducted the first study to investigate the way pistachios lower cholesterol.
New gene variant identified for nondiabetic end stage renal disease in African-Americans
Sep 14, 2008 |
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins schools of Public Health and Medicine have, for the first time, identified variants in the gene MYH9 that are associated with increased risk for non-diabetic end stage renal disease (ESRD,) which ...
Sex hormones link to heart risk
Sep 01, 2008 |
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Men are more prone to – and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age – and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new University of Leicester led study.
New discovery may lead to immunization against cardiovascular disease
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Low levels of naturally occurring antibodies may represent an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, particularly stroke in men. This discovery, published in the academic journal Atherosclerosis, has now le ...
Testosterone predominance increases prevalence of metabolic syndrome during menopause
Jul 29, 2008 |
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As testosterone progressively dominates the hormonal milieu during the menopausal transition, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome increases according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study ...
Heart disease is linked to worse mental processes that, in turn, predict the onset of dementia
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Coronary heart disease is associated with a worse performance in mental processes such as reasoning, vocabulary and verbal fluency, according to a study of 5837 middle-aged Whitehall civil servants. The study also found that ...
Alcohol's impact on heart and stroke risk may differ for men, women
Jul 10, 2008 |
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The volume of alcohol consumption may have a significantly different effect on heart and stroke risk in men and women, according to a study of Japanese people published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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