Sentences with phrase «biggest stroke risk»

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THE STATIN UMBRELLA After decades of study, a big question remains about the safety of statins: What are the risks for people who have a chance of benefit but haven't yet had a heart attack or stroke?

The agreement, believed to be the biggest drug settlement ever, comes three years after Vioxx was pulled off the market after researchers determined that it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

ApoB backers point to recent analyses that found high apoB levels better predicted patients» likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke and a genetic study that showed that reducing apoB had a bigger effect on cardiovascular risk than did reducing LDL cholesterol.

Gene encoding FLAP also confers risk for stroke; discovery pinpoints common biological mechanism underlying two of the world's biggest public health challenges

February 6, 2004 Gene encoding FLAP also confers risk for stroke; discovery pinpoints common biological mechanism underlying two of the world's biggest public health challenges In a paper published in the online edition of Nature Genetics, a deCODE - led team of...

Ruuskanen emphasized that the study found a small increase in strokes at the population level — which means that for any one person, daylight saving time transitions would not have a big impact on stroke risk.

TIA can be a sign that something bigger is coming (about a third of people who experience a warning stroke will go on to have an acute stroke), so doctors will recommend lifestyle changes, such as a healthier diet, exercise, and cutting out alcohol and cigarettes in addition to treating risk factors like high blood pressure in an effort to prevent a more serious stroke.

These healthy fats may reduce our risks of some of our society's biggest chronic health problems, including heart attacks, strokes, depression and Alzheimer's disease.

Now, if you have a large, big, light type of cholesterol molecule, like a basketball, these things don't get into those cracks very much and that actually lowers the risk of developing plaques, and strokes, and potentials like that.

A quick trip into the grocery store may seem like no big deal, but it puts your pet at serious risk of heat stroke, heat exhaustion and suffocation even with the windows down.

«Three years ago, the big three REITs (HCP, Health Care REIT and Ventas REIT) never would've looked at a skilled nursing portfolio because they're trying to reduce their exposure to pen stroke risk and diversify their income stream away from reimbursement risk,» says Firestone.