Sentences with phrase «coronary disease as»

$ 725,000 for the family of a patient who died as a result of the misdiagnosis of coronary disease as acid reflux.

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The company is selling a thing (the kit) by saying it can provide «health reports on 254 diseases and conditions,» including categories such as «carrier status,» «health risks,» and «drug response,» and specifically as a «first step in prevention» that enables users to «take steps toward mitigating serious diseases» such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and breast cancer...» Most of the uses «listed on your website, a list that has grown over time,» the FDA writes, «are medical device uses [for the] Personal Genome Service.»

Cholesterol busters Demos didn't originally see this group as a big target market but changed his mind after the Food and Drug Administration certified in 1999 that soy protein can help fight coronary heart disease.

-- appears to have the potential to lower the incidence of common conditions such as cancer, coronary heart disease, allergies and hyperactivity in children.

As with coronary heart disease, we must learn to regard alcoholism as both disease and behavior disorder» (pp. 1,45As with coronary heart disease, we must learn to regard alcoholism as both disease and behavior disorder» (pp. 1,45as both disease and behavior disorder» (pp. 1,45).

Frequent consumption of nuts is associated with a lowered risk of sudden cardiac death and other coronary heart disease, as well as a lower risk of Type II diabetes in women.

In countries with diets high in fibre and wholegrains, diseases such as bowel cancer, diabetes and coronary heart disease are less common.

Many people are also unaware of what compounds are available in coconut oil as no extensive studies have been conducted as in the case of olive oil which has been established as lowering the risk of coronary heart disease through the phenolic anti-oxidants it contains.

Research, meanwhile, also suggests that the non-lipid fraction contains compounds such as phenolic - antioxidants, which can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

«Our research has proven that coconut oil in fact does contain, like many others such as olive oil, phenolic anti-oxidants which are known to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease,» says Prof. Kapila Seneviratne attached to the Department of Chemistry of the University of Kelaniya.

A 2014 meta - analysis concluded that cardiovascular disease such as coronary artery disease and stroke is less likely with 3 — 5 cups of non-decaffeinated Kona per day but more likely with over 5 cups per day.

Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University, wrote an editorial accompanying the new paper in which she said the documents provided «compelling evidence» that the sugar industry had initiated research «expressly to exonerate sugar as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease.»

Trans fatty acids are associated with coronary heart disease; dietary guidance recommends to eliminate trans fats as much as possible (EFSA 20047 & EFSA 20108).

CRP is thought to indicate the amount of inflammation in the body, which may be connected to illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and non-insulin dependent diabetes are more likely to develop in older children and adults who are obese.

From the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.»

The food pyramid recommends that kids eat «fish rich in omega - 3 fatty acids, such as salmon, trout, and herring,» because fish oil may help prevent coronary artery disease.

Fish oil: The food pyramid recommends that kids eat «fish rich in omega - 3 fatty acids, such as salmon, trout, and herring,» because fish oil may help prevent coronary artery disease.

We considered the cost of hypertension alone plus the cost of hypertension as a risk factor for other cardiovascular disease, 41 subtracting out that portion resulting from coronary heart disease.42, 43 We used a direct annual cost of $ 998 and indirect annual morbidity cost of $ 98.

But beyond simply lowering cholesterol, the 82 people with inactive copies also had about half the risk of coronary heart disease as people with two functional copies of the gene.

As a group, women in the study were older than men and were less likely to have been previously diagnosed with coronary artery disease.

Additional analysis of UK Biobank data from 112,338 people of European ancestry revealed that a specific form of rs9349379 known as the G allele, which was present in 36 % of these individuals, was associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease.

Other treatments, such as radiation, can affect the heart arteries and cause the development of coronary artery disease or blockages.

«Spontaneous coronary artery disease identified as inherited.»

Secondary endpoints were total coronary heart disease, defined as fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, and total stroke, which included all fatal and non-fatal strokes.

Researchers also included a human genetics study of approximately 188,000 people, which found that carriers of mutations that disable ANGPTL3 had nearly 40 percent fewer incidents of coronary artery disease as compared to those with fully functioning ANGPTL3.

Free radicals attack weak carbon - hydrogen bonds and are a major source of the kind of oxidative cell damage that can occur in conditions such as coronary artery disease, neurological disorders and retinal ailments.

Deaths from coronary artery disease have dramatically fallen for both men and women over the last 30 years as statins have gained in popularity, but that reduction has been much greater for men than for women.

Such physical activity leads to a higher metabolism and better circulation, reducing the risk of conditions and diseases common in older age such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and strokes.

This device enables cardiac electric activity to be measured in a non-aggressive way, so that the diagnosis of heart conditions such as coronary heart disease or arrhythmia can be greatly improved.

Mental illness and chronic physical illness such as coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes may share common biological mechanisms, research suggests.

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.

More than five missing teeth increased the risk for coronary heart disease events and myocardial infarctions as much as 140 %.

High - intensity exercise is shown to be protective against coronary heart disease (CHD) and is well known as a popular and time - saving approach to getting fit.

Participants with coronary heart disease at baseline were excluded, as were participants with cancer, stroke and coronary artery surgery.

Complications of pregnancy, such as high blood pressure and infections, are linked to a heightened risk of early coronary heart disease in the young adult offspring, finds research published in the online journal Heart Asia.

But the risk of coronary heart disease came back down as women quit working night shifts or retired, the researchers found.

When all the data were analysed, those whose mothers had experienced a complication of pregnancy were almost three times as likely to develop early coronary artery heart disease as those whose mothers had had a problem - free pregnancy.

Previous results from the KIHD study have shown that frequent sauna bathing also significantly reduces the risk of sudden cardiac death, the risk of death due to coronary artery disease and other cardiac events, as well as overall mortality.

Using the scale as a benchmark, patients without a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cirrhosis have only a 3.1 percent probability of developing late, serious complications following joint replacement surgery.

The new Penn - developed model replaces a previous model that only examined pre-operative features such as a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, or coronary artery disease.

These prevalence estimates are within the same ballpark as coronary heart disease, and much higher than heart failure or stroke.

An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial — in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either anatomic or functional testing as an initial diagnostic strategy — showed that the presence and extent of coronary artery disease detected by CT angiography better predicted the risk for future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance or restricted blood flow to the heart muscle.

As with the omega - 3 fatty acids, walnuts can carry a label saying they may reduce an individual's risk of coronary heart disease.

The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) is reporting results for the first time from a clinical trial of patients who have a complication of coronary heart disease known as moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR).

«In addition, practitioners have to look for other risk factors that are more common in obese patients such as diabetes, hypertension or coronary artery disease.»

Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor drugs (commonly called Anti-TNFs) modestly reduce the risk of acute coronary syndrome, such as heart attacks and angina, in rheumatoid arthritis patients whose inflammation places them at higher risk of developing coronary heart disease, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Diego.

All study participants either had an acute coronary syndrome such as a heart attack or unstable angina 30 days to one year before enrolling; had cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease, in which the arteries that supply blood to the brain become constricted; had peripheral vascular disease, a group of disorders affecting blood vessels outside of the heart and brain; or had both diabetes and coronary artery disease.

The study published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found smokers are more likely to be hospitalized for leg events, heart attack and coronary heart disease related to atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease, known as PAD, than non-smokers with PAD.

«It is not clear whether this relationship is due to confounding factors such as poor socioeconomic environment, or nutrition, during childhood that on the one hand determine achieved height and on the other the risk of coronary heart disease, or whether it represents a primary relationship between shorter height and more coronary heart disease.