"Heart disease and stroke" refers to two serious medical conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels in the body. Heart disease is when the heart becomes weak or damaged, and stroke is when the blood supply to the brain gets blocked. Both conditions can be very harmful and can cause severe health problems or even death.
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Multiple other studies have demonstrated that chocolate intake decreases risk of heart failure, blood pressure, insulin resistance, and even death
from heart disease and stroke.
Previous research has found that coffee is packed with antioxidants, which helps with blood vessel health and lowers inflammation, leading to a decreased risk of health problems
like heart disease and stroke.
By giving patients an antibody targeting a key molecule in the inflammatory pathway, investigators reduced
heart disease and stroke by 15 %, they reported last week.
They looked specifically at whether the relationship between sodium (salt) intake and death,
heart disease and stroke differs in people with high blood pressure compared to those with normal blood pressure.
Keeping your blood pressure under control is a great first step in helping to prevent many serious health issues, such
as heart disease and stroke.
Higher levels of HDL cholesterol can help remove excess cholesterol and plaque from the arteries to keep your heart healthy and protect
against heart disease and stroke (46).
Studies show that's true even if they have the same level of blood pressure, cholesterol, and other risk factors
for heart disease and stroke as other people without the disease.
«With expanding research into the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, it is important to provide updated statistics on this disease's impact on hospitalization and death rates,» says Mary George, MD, researcher with the Division for
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, CDC and lead author.
In brief, intake of high fiber foods has been independently associated with reduced incidence of
ischemic heart disease and stroke (Humble et al., 1993; Khaw and Barrett - Connor, 1987; Pietinen et al., 1996; Rimm et al., 1996; Wolk et al., 1999).
UC San Diego Medical Center receives its first American Heart Association's «Get With the Guidelines» Gold Performance Achievement Award for using evidence - based guidelines in caring for
heart disease and stroke patients.
For years, doctors and scientists have suspected that another property of statins, unrelated to their cholesterol - lowering ability, explained how they protected patients from
heart disease and stroke so effectively.
«Paleo eaters should also ensure they don't eat too much red meat or over-consume foods such as coconut milk / oils, as they are high in saturated fats, which have been linked to
heart disease and stroke if over-consumed,» says McGrice.
Yet another meta - analysis21 that pooled data from 21 studies and included nearly 348,000 adults found no difference in the risks of
heart disease and stroke between people with the lowest and highest intakes of saturated fat.
Even
though heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 killer of women in the U.S., most women say they don't have a personal connection to cardiovascular disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2015.