News tagged with disease risk
Debunking myths about warm-ups, eggs
May 29, 2009 |
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There are so many things to worry about these days. Wouldn't it be nice to cross something off the list? Turns out you can. Researchers have been busy debunking some common medical myths that have been repeated so many times, ...
Egg-irony: High cholesterol food may reduce blood pressure
Feb 20, 2009 |
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Researchers in Canada are reporting evidence that eggs — often frowned upon for their high cholesterol content — may reduce another heart disease risk factor — high blood pressure.
Drug trial shows dramatic reduction in hidden heart disease
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard-led study shows that the risk of heart attack and stroke among subjects with “silent heart disease” — and normal cholesterol levels — can be dramatically reduced by the use of an already widely ...
High-normal phosphate levels linked to early atherosclerosis
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Healthy adults with higher levels of phosphate in the blood are more likely to have increased levels of calcium in the coronary arteries—a key indicator of atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular disease risk, reports a ...
New approach discovered to lowering triglycerides
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Studies done with laboratory rats suggest that supplementation of their diet with lipoic acid had a significant effect in lowering triglycerides, which along with cholesterol levels and blood pressure are ...
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 study 'pardons' the misunderstood egg
Dec 16, 2008 |
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A study recently published online in the journal Risk Analysis estimates that eating one egg per day is responsible for less than 1 percent of the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy adults. Alternatively, lifest ...
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 ...
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.
Simple model predicts those at risk for chronic kidney disease
Dec 22, 2008 |
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Traditionally, doctors have had no clear way to predict which of their patients might be headed down the road to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Now, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center ...
Estrogen therapy could be dangerous for women with existing heart risk
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests.
High triglyceride levels common, often untreated among Americans
Mar 23, 2009 |
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High concentrations of blood fats known as triglycerides are common in the United States, according to a report in the March 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Lifestyle changes are the preferred initial treatment for hy ...
Assessing the real risk of heart disease in young people with low short-term risks
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Risk stratification has become central to strategies for the prevention of coronary heart disease, with the implication that priority is given to those at highest risk (ie, those with established heart disease). However, ...
New tests needed to predict cardiovascular problems in older people more accurately
Jan 09, 2009 |
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A long-standing system for assessing the risk of cardiovascular disease amongst older people should be replaced with something more accurate, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
