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.
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, ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Developing depression after a heart attack increases one's risk of death or readmission
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Science has found many links between depression and other serious medical illnesses, such as cancer, stroke, diabetes, and heart disease. For example, people who develop depression following a heart attack (myocardial infarction) ...
Estrogen therapy could be dangerous for women with existing heart risk
Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 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.
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 ...
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.
