Harvard researchers studying the effects of whole grain cereal consumption on
heart failure risk followed 21,376 participants in the Physicians Health Study over nineteen years.
Not exact matches
Since consumption of whole grain products and dietary fiber has been shown to reduce the
risk of high blood pressure and
heart attack, Harvard researchers decided to look at the effects of cereal consumption on
heart failure risk and
followed 21,376 participants in the Physicians Health Study over a period of 19.6 years.
In the meantime, physicians should recognize this increased cancer
risk for
heart failure patients and
follow guideline recommended surveillance and early detection practices.»
Researchers chose to compare those with and without
heart failure after
heart attack because these patient groups have a lot in common, including atherosclerosis,
risk factors, treatments received and
follow - up routines.
Dr Kristensen said: «We found that patients with new - onset IBD had a 37 % increased
risk of hospitalization for
heart failure during a mean
follow - up of 6.4 years compared to the healthy population.
Researchers
followed 33,012 men from the Cohort of Swedish Men from 1998 until 2012 — or first event of
heart failure — to determine if physical activity was associated with
heart failure risk.
The new study, a post-hoc analysis,
follows the main WARCEF study published in 2012 in the New England Journal of Medicine, finding neither aspirin nor warfarin superior for preventing a combined
risk of death, stroke, and cerebral hemorrhage in
heart failure patients with normal
heart rhythm.
«Not only are African American women at twice the
risk, but in this study we found they also took twice as long to recover, they were twice as likely to worsen before getting better after diagnosis, and they were twice as likely to fail to recover altogether, meaning their
heart failure persisted for months
following delivery,» said senior author Zoltan Arany, MD, PhD, an associate professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and director of the Cardiovascular Metabolism Program.
TUESDAY, November 22, 2011 (Health.com)-- People with
heart disease may increase their
risk of
heart attack, stroke,
heart failure, and dying from
heart - related causes even more if they consume a diet high in sodium, according to a new study that
followed nearly 30,000 people for more than four years.
People with
heart disease may increase their
risk of
heart attack, stroke,
heart failure, and dying from
heart - related causes even more if they consume a diet high in sodium, according to a new study that
followed nearly 30,000 people for more than four years.
According to a large new Swedish study that
followed over 60,000 adults for up to 17 years, consuming nuts was associated with a lower
risk of
heart attack,
heart failure, stroke, and irregular rapid heartbeat.
Compared to people who were not active at all, those who
followed the recommended 150 minutes of activity a week lowered their
risk of
heart failure by 10 %.
Affected cats are at
risk for the
following: arrhythmias related to
heart muscle thickening and ischemia (decreased oxygen supplied to the muscle), congestive
heart failure and feline arterial thromboembolism (clots) related to the left atrial enlargement.
Following heart bypass surgery, the patient was discharged home to the care of district nurses, but there was a
failure to adhere to
risk assessment procedures and no preventative measures were instigated which led to the patient developing sores to both heels.
Patient 25: A man admitted to hospital with congestive
heart failure and 12 other medical conditions is discharged home without the necessary home care
follow up, placing him at a much higher
risk of readmission.