Not exact matches
High in pectin and flavonoids, the
latest health - related research suggests apples may reduce the
risk of: heart disease, high cholesterol, some cancers,
stroke, COPD and Type - 2 diabetes.
The results from a new study suggest that people who were emotionally neglected as children may have a higher
risk of
stroke in
later adulthood.
And if your child gets enough calcium from the get - go, there's evidence that he'll have a lower
risk of high blood pressure,
stroke, colon cancer, and hip fractures
later in life.
High sodium intake in kids is associated with higher blood pressure, which can raise the
risk for heart disease and
stroke later in life.
Chief executive Neil Hunt said: «This blatant cost - cutting will rob people of priceless time early in the disease and
later clinicians will have no choice but to use dangerous sedatives that increase the
risk of heart disease and
stroke.»
Researchers say these results have implications for understanding disease origin rather than for clinical
risk prediction and future studies should focus on the mechanisms underlying the relationship between childhood height and
later stroke.
A higher
risk was also seen for both ischemic and haemorrhagic
stroke if the treatment was initiated
later than five years after the onset of menopause and contained conjugated equine oestrogens.
As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated with a decreased
risk of dementia, consistent with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase
risk for
later - life cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older ages may be associated with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a declining
risk for dementia in the face of a large increase in the prevalence of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia
risk, along with the documented declines in the incidence of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack,
stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding of a significant decline between 2000 and 2012 of the heart disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a decline in dementia
risk.
This
latest research shows that the
risk of heart and blood vessel problems, such as heart attacks,
strokes and high blood pressure, increases as body mass index (BMI) increases beyond a BMI of 22 - 23 kg / m2.
Although football players had lower blood pressure in the pre-season than a control group of undergraduates, stiffer arteries could potentially predict playersâ $ ™ future high blood pressure, a
risk factor for
stroke and heart disease
later in life.
The study — which examined insurance claims data for more than 3,000 patients who were at
risk for
stroke due to atrial fibrillation, treated with anticoagulants, and
later admitted to a hospital for bleeding — calls into question the current medical belief that the older drug is safer.
We know that babies of low birth - weight are at a greater
risk of developing diabetes and high blood pressure in
later life, and have a greater chance of dying early from a heart attack or
stroke as a consequence.
(Those who are overweight have a BMI of 25 to 29.9) Obesity increases the
risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure,
stroke, some types of cancer, and even dementia
later in life.
Smoking will increase your
risk of cancer, emphysema, heart disease,
stroke, and dying young, but if you manage to dodge all those bullets, it may actually reduce your need for joint - replacement surgery
later in life.
Obesity increases the
risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure,
stroke, some types of cancer, and even dementia
later in life.
Heat waves Usually increase between Mornings and
Late afternoons and Stepping out in This time Enhances
Risk of Heat
stroke.
Nearly 9 in 10 US children eat more sodium than recommended, and about 1 in 6 children has raised blood pressure, which is a major
risk factor for heart disease and
stroke later in life.
Children need to reduce sodium: Nearly 9 in 10 US children eat more sodium than recommended, and about 1 in 6 children has raised blood pressure, which is a major
risk factor for heart disease and
stroke later in life.
For example, the
latest study discovered that anemic adults have a higher
risk of death after suffering from a
stroke.
Related to this
latest finding are the revelations that statin drugs decrease heart muscle function, and increase your
risk of
stroke.
In fact, before you reach for another can, you might want to get up to speed on the
latest research, which shows that drinking diet soda results in an increased
risk of vascular events such as
stroke, heart attack, and vascular death.i
29 Two years
later, another study was published in the highly - esteemed British Medical Journal that concluded, «Saturated fats are not associated with all - cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease,
stroke, or type 2 diabetes...» 30 Dietary saturated fats protect the heart and reduce the
risk of cardiovascular disease.31
(They also had a lower
risk of
stroke, a 70 % lower
risk of insulin resistance and a slightly lower
risk of blood pressure
later in life.)
Vitamin E, which was initially thought to protect the heart, was
later discovered to increase the
risk for bleeding
strokes.
Folic acid and other B vitamins were once believed to prevent heart disease and
strokes — until
later studies not only didn't confirm that benefit but actually raised concerns that high doses of these nutrients might increase cancer
risk.
Study after study into the effects of air pollution on the human body has turned up a grim laundry - list of associated ills — such as increased
risks of
stroke, heart attack, and lung disease — and now, according to the
latest research, it may actually be doing harm to our brains as well, ultimately leading to learning problems and even depression.
Five years
later, you no longer have a
stroke risk any higher than a non smoker.
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Latest medical research on
stroke risk and treatments.
More than 30 years
later, treatment group individuals were at significantly lower
risk for serious cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, such as
stroke and diabetes.