Sentences with phrase «incidence of heart disease risk»

Researchers also grouped participants into three groups according to abdominal adipose tissue volume and density change; they found that those with greater increases in fat volume and more decreases in fat density had relatively higher incidence of heart disease risk factors.

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We get heavily hyped drugs like Avastin, which shrank tumors without adding significant time to cancer patients» lives (and increased the incidence of heart failure and blood clots to boot); Avandia, which lowered blood sugar in diabetics but raised the average risk of heart attack by 43 percent; torcetrapib, which raised both good cholesterol and death rates; and Flurizan, which reduced brain plaque but failed to slow the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer's disease before trials were finally halted in 2008.

This has already been blamed for a high incidence of asthma and allergies, but might also up the risk of developing a host of other conditions common in rich countries, such as stroke and heart disease.

As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated with a decreased risk of dementia, consistent with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase risk for later - life cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older ages may be associated with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a declining risk for dementia in the face of a large increase in the prevalence of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia risk, along with the documented declines in the incidence of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack, stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding of a significant decline between 2000 and 2012 of the heart disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a decline in dementia risk.

Although medical and surgical treatments available today for the ischemic heart disease patients diminish the risk of acute myocardial infarction and reduce to some extent the incidence of recurrent heart attack, one of the unsolved challenges is to affect myocardium remodeling occurring during ischemic heart failure.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Prospective cohort studies with at least 50 events, reporting hazard ratios or relative risks (both hereafter referred to as relative risk) compared with never smokers or age specific incidence in relation to risk of coronary heart disease or stroke.

Studies also show numerous benefits to the mother, including decreased risk of cancers (breast, ovarian, cervical, endometrial), lower incidence of postpartum depression, and reduced chance of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

Knowledgeable doctors will encourage their patients to stay on bioidentical hormones due to many long term benefits such as maintaining bone density, reduce incidence of breast and uterine cancers and lower the risk of heart disease, strokes and dementia.

A survey of 1700 patients with hardening of the arteries, conducted by the famous heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, found no relationship between the level of cholesterol in the blood and the incidence of atherosclerosis.9 A survey of South Carolina adults found no correlation of blood cholesterol levels with «bad» dietary habits, such as use of red meat, animal fats, fried foods, butter, eggs, whole milk, bacon, sausage and cheese.10 A Medical Research Council survey showed that men eating butter ran half the risk of developing heart disease as those using margarine.11

Long - term usage of BHRT has been shown to help maintain bone density, decrease incidence of breast and uterine cancer, reduce risk of heart disease and stroke, and help prevent dementia.

Lack of sleep has been connected to an increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and a higher incidence of depression.

Dietary glycemic index in relation to metabolic risk factors and incidence of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study

Documented benefits include prevention of atherosclerosis, reduced incidence of heart disease and stroke, and relief from the symptoms associated with ulcerative colitis, menstrual pain, and joint pain.2 - 4 Omega - 3 fatty acid levels have also been associated with decreased breast cancer risk.5, 6

A pooled analysis of nine prospective studies that included 293,172 subjects free of coronary heart disease at baseline found that people who took ≥ 700 mg / day of supplemental vitamin C had a 25 % lower risk of coronary heart disease incidence than those who took no supplemental vitamin C [61].

Between 31 % and 45 % of people with coronary heart disease suffer from clinically significant depressive symptoms, and 15 % — 20 % of them meet criteria of major depressive disorder which is roughly threefold higher than in the general population.13 It is now well established that depression is related to the incidence of CVD and is also an independent risk factor for cardiac morbidity and mortality.

She directs the Southeastern San Diego Cardiac Disparities Project, which aims to reduce the incidence of heart disease among African - Americans, who are at greater risk for developing the disease, according to the American Heart Associaheart disease among African - Americans, who are at greater risk for developing the disease, according to the American Heart AssociaHeart Association.