Not exact matches
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).
For the study, researchers measured the level
of calcium in the
coronary arteries
during stress testing using two common diagnostic tests — positron emission tomography, or PET, and computed tomography, or CT — to determine a patient's risk
of heart disease.
In both groups, participants consuming more than two servings a week
of yogurt had an approximately 20 percent lower risks
of major
coronary heart disease or stroke
during the follow - up period.
They found that patients from this group who required admission to intensive or critical care units after surgery were more likely to have a history
of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, congestive
heart failure,
coronary artery
disease, chronic kidney
disease, or suffering blood loss
of more than 1,000 milliliters
during surgery or requiring vasopressors (medications that raise low blood pressure)
during surgery.
«It is not clear whether this relationship is due to confounding factors such as poor socioeconomic environment, or nutrition,
during childhood that on the one hand determine achieved height and on the other the risk
of coronary heart disease, or whether it represents a primary relationship between shorter height and more
coronary heart disease.
Graveline also points out that statins are useful for secondary prevention
of heart disease in patients with significant pre-existing
coronary artery
disease (link), however the benefit is independent
of cholesterol response
during statin use.
Everything he heard
during those five days made sense to him and opened his eyes to the true cause
of his obesity and other health problems such as
coronary heart disease, chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, depression, or diabetes.
During the 10 year follow up, the study documented 761 cases
of coronary heart disease, 208
of which were fatal and 553 nonfatal, and dietary glycemic load was directly associated with risk
of cardiovascular
heart disease even when adjustments for smoking status, age, and total caloric intake and other risk factors for
heart disease were accounted for.
There is INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE [2,3,5] abut the effectiveness
of creatine in the prevention or treatment
of age related muscle loss, bipolar disorder, breathing problems
during sleeping (apnea) in infants, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD),
coronary artery
disease, dehydration, depression, dermatomyositis, diabetes mellitus type 2, fibromyalgia,
heart attack, hereditary motor sensory neuropathy, high cholesterol, HIV / AIDS - related muscle wasting, Huntington's
disease, McArdle
disease, mitochondrial myopathies, multiple sclerosis, muscle cramps, orthostatic hypotension, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's
disease [8], Rett syndrome, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, schizophrenia, skin aging, traumatic brain injury or vision loss due to gyrate atrophy
of the retina or in improving bone density, memory or cognitive function.