Sentences with phrase «as heart»

The new device can read health vitals such as heart rate and blood pressure, and diagnose 13 conditions including diabetes and pneumonia.

Patients with low testosterone levels who have then gone on to have testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) could be at lower risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.

Brain activity in unborn children has been hard to study, and neonatologists have been forced to rely on indirect measures — such as heart rate — for clues to neural activity.

The first number (systolic) measures the pressure in your blood vessels as the heart beats.

A second source of uncertainty is the possibility that deaths from swine flu are being attributed falsely to other causes of death, such as heart attacks or pneumonia from other causes.

But building tissue for an organ as complicated as the heart requires a lot more research.

This is largely due to physical health disorders such as heart attack or stroke, for which type 2 diabetes is a major risk factor.

Overall, nearly 20 percent of the men and 12 percent of the women who participated in the study developed or died from heart disease, a suite of conditions that includes stroke, coronary heart disease caused by the buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries, acute coronary syndromes such as heart attack, and other diseases.

Whereas certain fats, such as the omega - 3 fatty acids found in fish, are deemed beneficial, others are blamed for chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.

They note that diseases imposing a relatively small burden on U.S. society, such as AIDS, can get a larger share of NIH funding than those that cause greater harm, such as heart disease.

«We are here to help them understand that prevention of cardiovascular disease is important and that the earlier we identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease or plaque in their arteries, the sooner we can work to reduce the risk of a major cardiovascular event, such as heart attack,» Ashen says.

In addition, they could consider early strategies for preventing and detecting chronic conditions that are linked to earlier menopause, such as heart disease.»

Similar results were seen for participants with vitamin D deficiency at study entry and for other outcomes such as heart attack, angina, heart failure, hypertension, and stroke.

The results were similar after researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect dementia risk or sleep, such as heart disease factors, depression symptoms and medication use.

The results, if confirmed, could enable doctors to better prevent those ills for which the lonely are at greater risk, such as heart disease, infection, age - related dementia, and certain types of cancer.

Patients with multiple illnesses such as heart disease, kidney disease and dementia, and rural residency were less likely than others to receive follow - up care in the following month.

They were less happy with those over which they had little direct control, such as a heart monitor.

Several previous studies have found an association between increasing nut consumption and a lower risk of diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, gallstones, and diverticulitis.

From that point on, all the symmetry of the snail was completely reversed from what would be expected from its ancestors, including the bodily position of organs such as the heart or anus, and the direction of coiling in the conical shell.

Stress, such as that caused by dislocation, uncertainty and concern about unseen toxicants, has been linked to increased risk for physical ailments, such as heart disease.

The first grant was the creation of an energy - efficient chip that would serve as the heart and soul of the new machine — a dream come true for Modha.

If we find calcium in your arteries, you're more likely to suffer a major adverse event, such as a heart attack or death, or you may require a stent or bypass surgery.»

«They are a serious public health problem, but the burden of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and poor mental health is so much greater, and all have the potential to be improved by being active in the great outdoors.»

Over the course of the training season, he and his team measure parameters such as heart rate, blood lactate level, and oxygen consumed to help coaches understand how each rower is progressing and compares to the rest of the team.

While the essays are illuminating, the illustrations and photographs, along with informative captions, provide most of the book's substantial heft, as well as its heart.

While men are more likely to suffer serious chronic illnesses, such as heart disease and hypertension, as a result of stress, women tend to suffer from a much wider variety of psychological and physical complaints.

David Kessler, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, is calling for a big government - funded research project to help fill in the gaps in genetic pathways in people, which are turning out to be far more complex than expected for illnesses such as heart disease and which may be beyond the ability of private companies and smaller labs to figure out and pay for.

And in an ironic twist, the work could yield a new way to treat common ailments such as heart disease and cancer with gene therapies.

Diseases that need better treatment technologies, such as heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, or neurological diseases like Parkinson's syndrome, could be treated much more effectively, and may even be cured.

The study, the largest of its kind in the world, compared the health of Deaf people with the hearing population and found that Deaf adults have high levels of risk factors for common conditions, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

In addition, some patient groups and members of Congress have recently asked why AIDS receives disproportionately far more than diseases with higher death rates, such as heart disease and Alzheimer's.

These cells orchestrate the development of the jaws and other facial bones as well as the heart and its major vessels in a growing embryo, says Benner.

For example, some cancer treatments, such as HER - 2 targeted therapies, can cause weakening of the heart muscle, a condition known as heart failure.

Myocardial infarction — better known as a heart attack — strikes on average every 43 seconds in America.

Their average age was over 50, they had other problems such as heart or kidney disease or diabetes — and they had all visited the Al - Moosa Hospital in the town of Hofuf, shortly before developing a high fever and breathing problems.

Statins, a class of drugs that lower cholesterol in the blood, are prescribed to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes.

Today in Cell and associated journals, 24 research studies from the landmark BLUEPRINT project and IHEC consortia reveal how variation in blood cells» characteristics and numbers can affect a person's risk of developing complex diseases such as heart disease, and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.

The Equimètre, made by start - up Arioneo in Paris, France, fits into the girth — a strap around a horse's middle that keeps the saddle on — and records data such as heart and respiratory rate, plus acceleration and speed.

But noise has also been linked to health problems, such as heart disease and mental illness, and has been shown to change social behavior and interfere with the performance of complex tasks.

Measuring gravitational waves would allow astronomers to probe phenomena such as the heart of supernovas and could provide insight into the Big Bang.

As the heart starts pumping a primitive blood - like fluid around the body of an embryo, the change in pressure from the flowing liquid is the cue for cells lining the aorta to change first into blood stem cells, then into all blood - cell types in the body.

After pooling the results of 27 trials involving 165,149 people, the meta - analysis reported that people are 21 percent less likely to suffer a serious vascular event such as a heart attack, stroke or bypass surgery after their cholesterol drops by the amount that might be expected after taking statins for a year than are similar people who do not take the pills.

Anxiety is often accompanied by physical sensations such as heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, stomach aches, or headache.

Most of our serious illnesses and deaths in the U.S. now come from preventable diseases, such as heart disease.

CDC's Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion account would see a large decrease as part of a new administrative effort to focus more narrowly on leading causes of death and disability such as heart disease.

The vest's eight impact points correspond to vital organs such as the heart, liver and lungs.

Human embryonic stem cells are at last being tested in common, potentially fatal diseases such as heart failure and diabetes

This spin bike offers an excellent combination of a high weight capacity as well as a heart rate monitor.

In contrast to other medical conditions — such as heart attack or cancer — there is no biological marker in mood disorders in general, bipolar disorder in particular, to help confirm clinical diagnosis.

The watch face is fully customizable and features health apps such as heart - rate monitoring and GPS - enabled activity tracking.