However, in the largest study of its kind so far, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have now shown that the risk of
death from heart disease in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy or chemotherapy is no higher than it is among the average population.
They found a significantly lower rate of
deaths from heart disease in the more recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients than in those diagnosed earlier: 2.8 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively.
Not exact matches
«Firearm - related
deaths are the third leading cause of
death overall among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of
deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies,
heart disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory
disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC
in its report.
In fact legumes are associated with a whopping 82 % reduction in risk of death from heart diseas
In fact legumes are associated with a whopping 82 % reduction
in risk of death from heart diseas
in risk of
death from heart disease.
In a study that examined food intake patterns and risk of death from coronary heart disease, researchers followed more than 16,000 middle - aged men in the U.S., Finland, The Netherlands, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Greece and Japan for 25 year
In a study that examined food intake patterns and risk of
death from coronary
heart disease, researchers followed more than 16,000 middle - aged men
in the U.S., Finland, The Netherlands, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Greece and Japan for 25 year
in the U.S., Finland, The Netherlands, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Greece and Japan for 25 years.
February is American
Heart Month and with that I'm happy to share that the Hass Avocado Board and the American
Heart Association (AHA) have joined efforts
in encouraging Americans to eat the daily recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables to prevent and limit
deaths from cardiovascular
diseases, strokes and diabetes.
In case you missed it, a recent landmark study published in the peer reviewed International Journal of Epidemiology found that risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, total cardiovascular disease and death other than from cancer was reduced with each 200g a day increase in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cance
In case you missed it, a recent landmark study published
in the peer reviewed International Journal of Epidemiology found that risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, total cardiovascular disease and death other than from cancer was reduced with each 200g a day increase in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cance
in the peer reviewed International Journal of Epidemiology found that risk for coronary
heart disease, stroke, total cardiovascular
disease and
death other than
from cancer was reduced with each 200g a day increase
in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cance
in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cancer.
Flu complications ranging
from pneumonia and dehydration to the dangerous worsening of chronic conditions like asthma,
heart disease and sinus problems can send children to the hospital and
in rare circumstances even result
in death.
«The Community Health Status Report shows Dutchess County making continued improvement
in driving down the rates of
death and hospitalization
from chronic
diseases, including
heart disease, the nation's number one killer,» said DBCH Commissioner Henry M. Kurban, MD, MBA, MPH, FACPM.
In a good day for the NHS it has been announced that
deaths resulting
from heart disease and patients» waiting lists have both fallen.
According to the OECD, the UK rates as follows
in 2005 (only data I have access to), I've included data
from the US since you've used them
in your post and Germany and France as a comparison with two randomly picked (read: I saw them
in the list) European countries:
Death from heart disease per 100,000 population (23 listed): 13th 49.3; France 2nd 22.5, Germany 12th 48.3; US 7th 40.3; Japan 1st 18.4; Hungary 23rd 71.7
Death from cancer per 100,000 population (24 listed): 18th 175.6; France 15th 166.2; Germany 11th 161.2; US 10th 159.8; Mexico 1st 96.8; Hungary 24th 242.0 Data
from the ONS for 2005 (most recent report I could find) shows:
Death from cancer per 100,000 population (19 listed): 8th 216.9; Germany 4th 215.3; Cyprus 1st 149.6; Hungary 19th 330.8
Death from heart disease per 100,000 population (19 listed): 10th 141.5; Germany 8th 150.4; Portugal 1st 71.9; Lithuania 19th 490.6
Most of our serious illnesses and
deaths in the U.S. now come
from preventable
diseases, such as
heart disease.
The WHI hormone therapy trials assessed
heart disease, breast cancer, stroke, blood clots, colorectal cancer, hip fractures and
deaths from other causes
in women who used the hormones versus those who took a placebo.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control in Atlanta, in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent of all deaths in men aged between 25 and 44, compared with 11.5 per cent in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for e
Disease Control
in Atlanta,
in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent of all
deaths in men aged between 25 and 44, compared with 11.5 per cent
in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after
heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for e
disease and «unintentional
deaths»,
from accidents such as car crashes for example.
«The most obvious benefit was a reduction of 29 percent
in deaths from heart disease — the major killer of people
in America,» said Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at Dana - Farber, who is the senior author of the report.
In the U.S., one in every four deaths is a result of heart disease, which includes a range of conditions from arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, to defects, as well as blood vessel diseases, more commonly known as cardiovascular disease
In the U.S., one
in every four deaths is a result of heart disease, which includes a range of conditions from arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, to defects, as well as blood vessel diseases, more commonly known as cardiovascular disease
in every four
deaths is a result of
heart disease, which includes a range of conditions
from arrhythmias, or abnormal
heart rhythms, to defects, as well as blood vessel
diseases, more commonly known as cardiovascular
diseases.
The increase
in longevity, especially
in high - income countries (HICs), has been largely due to the decline
in deaths from cardiovascular
disease (stroke and ischaemic
heart disease), mainly because of simple, cost - effective strategies to reduce tobacco use and high blood pressure, and improved coverage and effectiveness of health interventions.
Deaths from heart disease and stroke are declining overall in Europe, but at differing rates, according to research, published online in the European Heart Jou
heart disease and stroke are declining overall
in Europe, but at differing rates, according to research, published online
in the European
Heart Jou
Heart Journal.
Maintaining or achieving blood pressure control
in patients with arthritis and concomitant hypertension (treated or untreated) could avoid more than 70,000
deaths from stroke and 60,000
deaths from coronary
heart disease each year, 2 making it important to investigate the effects of various NSAIDs on blood pressure.
For some eastern European countries, including Russia and Ukraine, the
death rate
from coronary
heart disease for 55 - 60 year olds is greater than the equivalent rate
in France for people 20 years older.
The research, which provides an update for 2014 on the burden of cardiovascular
disease (CVD)
in Europe, shows that
death rates
from CVD (
diseases of the
heart and blood vessels) vary enormously.
However, the researchers, led by Dr Melanie Nichols, a Research Associate
from the British
Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention at the University of Oxford (UK) and senior research fellow at Deakin University, Australia, found there were some countries where cancer was now causing more deaths than heart disease in men (Belgium, Denmark, France, Israel, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and San Mar
Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable
Disease Prevention at the University of Oxford (UK) and senior research fellow at Deakin University, Australia, found there were some countries where cancer was now causing more deaths than heart disease in men (Belgium, Denmark, France, Israel, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and San M
Disease Prevention at the University of Oxford (UK) and senior research fellow at Deakin University, Australia, found there were some countries where cancer was now causing more
deaths than
heart disease in men (Belgium, Denmark, France, Israel, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and San Mar
heart disease in men (Belgium, Denmark, France, Israel, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and San M
disease in men (Belgium, Denmark, France, Israel, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and San Marino).
When you weigh the risk of
death by terrorist attack (less than 1
in 10,000) against that
from heart disease or cancer (nearly 1
in 3), it makes much more sense to forgo the drama and join a gym.
It is unclear whether losing and regaining weight
in adulthood also increases the risk of
death from these
heart diseases, so the investigators looked at this relationship among postmenopausal women.
The hypothesis holds that vegetable oils rich
in linoleic acid, like safflower and corn, are good for
heart health, that saturated fats, such as those
in red meat and dairy products, clog arteries and are very bad, and that replacing the latter with the former reduces
deaths from heart attacks,
heart disease, and strokes by lowering blood cholesterol levels.
Reanalyzing its unpublished data — also stored on old nine - track computer tapes — he found that volunteers who replaced much of the saturated fat
in their diet with polyunsaturated fats high
in linoleic acid had a higher risk of
death from coronary
heart disease.
Among Americans 35 and older, Mississippians have the highest mortality
from heart disease in the nation, ranging between 450 and 850
deaths per 100,000.
To investigate, Csaba Kovesdy, MD (Memphis VA Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center) and his colleagues examined information
from the national VA research database and looked for associations between blood pressure and various clinical outcomes — coronary
heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and
death —
in more than 300,000 patients with CKD.
In the study on rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease, researchers looked at heart disease deaths within 10 years of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis among two groups of people: 315 patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis from 2000 to 2007 and 498 patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in the 1980s and 1990
In the study on rheumatoid arthritis and
heart disease, researchers looked at
heart disease deaths within 10 years of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis among two groups of people: 315 patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
from 2000 to 2007 and 498 patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
in the 1980s and 1990
in the 1980s and 1990s.
Even when it doesn't lead to diabetes, which kills a million people annually, high blood sugar causes 2.2 million
deaths globally
from heart disease and stroke every year, Ezzati and his colleagues observe
in another report
from the same Lancet.
Most studies
in humans have shown a clear correlation between higher socioeconomic status and lower risk of
death or illness
from stress - related
diseases such as
heart attacks and diabetes.
Women with type 1 diabetes [1] face a 40 % increased excess risk of
death from all causes [2], and have more than twice the risk of dying
from heart disease, compared to men with type 1 diabetes, a large meta - analysis involving more than 200 000 people with type 1 diabetes published
in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found.
«This research is important because previous studies have shown that a reduction
in blood supply to the
heart (ischemia) during mental stress doubles the risk of
heart attack or
death from heart disease,» said Viola Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the study and professor of epidemiology and medicine at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Heart disease is the leading killer for all Americans, but in African Americans, heart disease develops earlier and deaths from heart disease are higher than in white Ameri
Heart disease is the leading killer for all Americans, but
in African Americans,
heart disease develops earlier and deaths from heart disease are higher than in white Ameri
heart disease develops earlier and
deaths from heart disease are higher than in white Ameri
heart disease are higher than
in white Americans.
Prison smoking bans are associated with a substantial reduction
in deaths from smoking related causes, such as
heart disease and cancer, finds a US study published on thebmj.com today.
Two of the most recognized causes of sudden
death during an endurance race are arrhythmic
death, sudden
death usually caused by undetected
heart disease in a young and seemingly healthy person, and heat stroke; however, the authors noted sudden
death from an undetected
heart condition often receives more attention
from the medical community and the media.
Now an analysis by Ian Deary at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his team has found that a higher test score
in childhood was linked with a 28 per cent lower risk of
death from respiratory
disease and a 25 per cent reduction
in coronary
heart disease risk.
The team links ozone to about 470,000
deaths per year
from respiratory
disease; increases
in particulates — fine particles that penetrate the lungs — are behind 2.1 million
deaths from heart and lung
disease.
Influenza remains a major health problem
in the United States, resulting each year
in an estimated 36,000
deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic
diseases, including asthma,
heart and lung
disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implic
disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implic
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season
in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence,
in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either
from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or
from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.
In a pooled analysis, the increased risks of
death from coronary
heart disease (hazard ratio 1.33 (95 % confidence interval 0.99 to 1.79); P = 0.06; fig 3 ⇓) and cardiovascular
disease (1.27 (0.98 to 1.65); P = 0.07; fig 4 ⇓) approached significance.
In this cohort, substituting dietary n - 6 LA in place of SFA increased the risks of death from all causes, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular diseas
In this cohort, substituting dietary n - 6 LA
in place of SFA increased the risks of death from all causes, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular diseas
in place of SFA increased the risks of
death from all causes, coronary
heart disease, and cardiovascular
disease.
3/11/2008 Support Group for Women with
Heart Disease Launched by UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center Eight million women in the United States suffer from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among
Disease Launched by UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center Eight million women
in the United States suffer
from cardiovascular
disease, the leading cause of death among
disease, the leading cause of
death among women.
The diabetes drug rosiglitazone has been under intense scrutiny since a 2007 study
in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at more than 40 clinical trials and linked the drug's use with increased risk of
heart attack and
death from heart disease.
As
deaths from heart disease decline, cancer becomes the leading cause of
death in many states.
An article and an editorial
in The BMJ both address the issue of trans fats public health, with the article reporting that bans or labelling or food with trans fats would reduce
deaths from coronary
heart disease, inequality
from mortality and save money.
Another more recent study, this one out of Harvard
in March, also found that red meat consumption is linked with a greater risk of
death from cancer,
heart disease, and all causes.
Aim to eat fish several times a week, cooked
in healthy ways: In a 2009 study, men who consumed the most omega - 3s each day from baked or boiled fish (as opposed to fried, dried or salted) cut their risk of death from heart disease by 23 percent, compared with those who ate the leas
in healthy ways:
In a 2009 study, men who consumed the most omega - 3s each day from baked or boiled fish (as opposed to fried, dried or salted) cut their risk of death from heart disease by 23 percent, compared with those who ate the leas
In a 2009 study, men who consumed the most omega - 3s each day
from baked or boiled fish (as opposed to fried, dried or salted) cut their risk of
death from heart disease by 23 percent, compared with those who ate the least.
The effect was even stronger when researchers looked at
deaths from heart disease, infectious
diseases, and respiratory
diseases; people with high - fiber diets had as much as a 50 % or greater reduction
in risk.
The investigators found that — pound for pound — particles
from coal burning contribute about five times more to the risk of
death from heart disease than other air pollution particles of the same size — less than one ten - thousandth of an inch
in diameter (known as PM 2.5).
The researchers also found that PM 2.5 particles
from wind - blown soil and the burning of wood and other biomass were insignificant
in terms of the risk of
death from heart disease.