Sentences with phrase «heart attack or stroke without»

Although some research has suggested that the use of the anticoagulant warfarin for atrial fibrillation among patients with chronic kidney disease would increase the risk of death or stroke, a study that included more than 24,000 patients found a lower l - year risk of the combined outcomes of death, heart attack or stroke without a higher risk of bleeding, according to a study in the March 5 issue of JAMA.

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For example, when an ad for the anticholesterol drug Lipitor trumpets a one - third reduction in the risk of heart attack or stroke, that is a relative risk, devoid of meaning without context.

A team of researchers led by Prof. Tobias Kurth, Head of the Institute of Public Health (IPH) at Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has now been able to establish the following: female migraine patients have a higher risk of stroke or heart attacks than women without migraine.

People who survive a stroke or a mini-stroke without early complications have an increased risk of death, another stroke or heart attack (myocardial infarction) for at least 5 years following the initial stroke, found a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

To test this theory, Dr. Mozaffarian and his colleagues measured mercury levels in the stored toenail clippings of 3,427 people with a history of heart disease, heart attack, or stroke, and compared them with an equal number of demographically similar people without heart problems.

And the FDA recently strengthened the warning on prescription and over-the-counter NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) due to the increased risk of heart attacks and stroke associated with their use, in both people with or without other risk factors.

For this reason, insurance companies add the «Graded Death Benefit» clause to their final expense policies so that they can avoid insuring someone who is simply days away from dying from a natural cause (heart attack, cancer, stroke, etc, etc...) Now, since nobody can predict an accidental cause of death such as a slip and fall, motor vehicle accident, victim of crime, etc, etc... these types of deaths would be immediately covered without needing to survive beyond the 2 or 3 year waiting period (the graded death benefit).