Sentences with phrase «including heart disease and stroke»

Antioxidants are believed to prevent cancer, as well as a variety of other diseases, including heart disease and stroke.

This increases your risk for a number of more serious health problems, including heart disease and stroke.

The problem emerges when an inflammatory attack is not resolved and becomes chronic, as occurs in almost every inflammatory disease, including heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's Disease — or when it targets the wrong cells, as is the case in autoimmune conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and a major risk factor for other life - threatening conditions, including heart disease and stroke.

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They include: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, and suicide.

Previous research has tied cocoa flavanols to a number of health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease, stroke and hypertension.

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, abnormal cholesterol and excess waistline fat that is known to increase one's risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

A plant - rich diet has numerous health benefits including lower blood cholesterol, reduced risk of heart disease and stroke, lower blood pressure, and a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes.

People who eat more generous amounts of fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet are likely to have reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stroke, type 2 diabetes, some types of cancer, and perhaps heart disease and high blood pressure.

Meat consumption has been linked to serious health risks including heart disease, stroke, and certain types of cancer, while an increase in consuming plant - based foods shows numerous health benefits, namely decreasing the risk of many of those diseases caused by excessive consumption of animal products.

One of the main reasons to quit smoking is because of the health risks; there are numerous conditions associated with cigarettes, including heart disease and an increased risk of heart attack, many types of cancer including lung and oral cancer, and an increased risk of stroke.

During a median of 8.1 years (IQR 7.2 - 9.1) of follow - up, 49,377 incident cases of cardiovascular disease were recorded, including 16,671 cases of coronary heart disease and 23,983 of stroke (14,290 ischaemic and 2,998 hemorrhagic stroke).

Obesity and overweight can cause serious health problems, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, several forms of cancer, and osteoarthritis.

Several leading health bodies, including the World Health Organization, the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee have concluded that excess added sugar intake increases the risk not only of weight gain, but also of obesity and diabetes, which are associated with a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease, and tooth decay.

Secondary endpoints were total coronary heart disease, defined as fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, and total stroke, which included all fatal and non-fatal strokes.

Researchers documented 14,136 cardiovascular disease cases, including 8,390 coronary heart disease cases and 5,910 stroke cases.

«People with psoriasis, particularly those with more severe disease, have an increased risk for a variety of other health problems, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke and heart attack,» says board - certified dermatologist Jashin J. Wu, MD, FAAD, director of dermatology research at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Dr Du said: «Our data clearly shows that eating fresh fruit can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, including ischaemic heart disease and stroke (particularly haemorrhagic stroke).

Dr Du said: «CVD, including ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, is the leading cause of death worldwide.

Subsequent studies have shown that shortened telomeres are linked to many age - related diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, stroke and obstructive lung disease.

Overall, nearly 20 percent of the men and 12 percent of the women who participated in the study developed or died from heart disease, a suite of conditions that includes stroke, coronary heart disease caused by the buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries, acute coronary syndromes such as heart attack, and other diseases.

These risk factors raise the likelihood of developing heart and blood vessel diseases and conditions in adulthood, including coronary artery disease, heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

As long ago as the 1950s, scientists discovered that many diseases — including heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, cataracts, arthritis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's — were linked to damage caused by highly destructive chemicals called free radicals.

Large observational studies report that in severely obese individuals, bariatric surgery is associated with long - term reductions in all major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, CVD events such as heart attacks and strokes, cancer and all - cause mortality, including a 92 % decrease in diabetes - related deaths.

Heart disease was the leading cause of death for 2016, followed by cancer, unintentional injuries such as drug overdoses and car crashes, chronic lower respiratory diseases including asthma, and stroke.

One clinician who has not waited for controlled clinical studies is California osteopath David Steenblock, who offers stem cell therapy for more than 20 diseases, including Alzheimer's, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's, arthritis, stroke, and heart disease.

When compared to women who did not have migraine, these results show that women who reported a migraine had a greater risk for major cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks, strokes and angina / coronary revascularization procedures.

These «exposure response relationship» equations enabled the researchers to calculate how fine particles and smog would affect the risk of a range of diseases, including heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, and pulmonary disorders.

Ischemia / reperfusion injury underlies health issues such as heart attack, stroke, and numerous other ailments including diseases of the kidney, liver, skeletal muscles, and more.

The study, which was a meta - analysis of all available research in populations worldwide, included up to 2 million people, and assessed up to 43,000 cases of heart disease, 47,000 cases of stroke, 81,000 cases of cardiovascular disease, 112,000 cancer cases and 94,000 deaths.

The prospective study included 23,928 participants without coronary heart disease from Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS), a large biracial population - based cohort study.

Ward's lab is focused on studying the pathogenesis of the disease and its co-morbidities, including heart attack and stroke.

«Those health issues include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, cancer and stroke,» she said.

Most common diseases, heart disease and stroke included, do not result from a single - point mutation — or even a combination of them; such diseases also involve one's own lifestyle and environmental exposures.

Cardiovascular disease includes coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, circulatory system disease, and other vascular / arterial disease.

The leading cause of death in women, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a constellation of ailments affecting the heart and blood vessels, including conditions such as coronary heart disease, stroke, and diseases of the small blood vessels, such as in the eyes and kidneys.

Researchers looked at 536 heart disease patients between 30 and 70 years old to evaluate sexual activity in the 12 months before a heart attack and estimate the association of frequency of sexual activity with subsequent cardiovascular events, including fatal heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death.

A reduction in blood pressure leads to a reduction in mortality caused by stroke or coronary heart disease — so changing your diet to include more meat, fish, dairy produce and pulses could help both prevent and treat the condition.

To measure the impact of physical fitness on heart disease risk factors, the researchers selected 205 men and 44 women with heart disease, including coronary artery disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and heart valve disease, and had them undergo a cycle ergometer (stationary bike) stress test to determine their fitness level.

Components of post-transplant metabolic syndrome include diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and abnormal fat and cholesterol blood levels, which can cause heart disease and related adverse events such as heart attack and stroke.

It boosts your risks of several disorders, including atherosclerosis, which can lead to heart disease and stroke.

Hypertension underlies an array of life - threatening conditions, including heart disease, stroke, heart attack and kidney disease.

Long - term complications (due to high blood sugar) include heart disease, stroke, eyesight problems, and kidney failure.

These include a history of depression, alcohol, education, diet, and a cluster called vascular risk factors because they affect the blood supply in the brain, such as stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity.

Chronic conditions in the study, included: cardiovascular disease and heart failure, lung disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, asthma, joint pain and osteoporosis.

Risk factors include body mass index, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, alcohol consumption, previous heart attack or stroke and presence of heart disease.

Depression, even when undiagnosed, can have many negative effects on cardiovascular patients, including poor healthcare experiences, more use of healthcare resources and higher health costs, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policymakers.

The review is in response to growing evidence connecting environmental noise, including from road traffic and aircrafts, to the development of heart disease, such as coronary artery disease, arterial hypertension, stroke and heart failure.

Obesity is recognized as a leading risk factor for a range of serious diseases, including heart disease, stroke and diabetes, and its treatment represents an area of compelling unmet medical need.