Vitamin D has been associated with a lower risk of stroke and
heart attack risk in previous research.
Each participant in the current analysis was assigned a genetic risk score, based on whether they carried any of 50 gene variants that previous studies associated with
elevated heart attack risk.
In the future this information may even be used to predict a person's likelihood of having a heart attack, and that manipulating these organisms may help
reduce heart attack risk.
On average, high blood pressure medications reduce
heart attack risk by 15 percent and stroke risk by 25 percent; in a randomized, controlled trial, three daily portions of whole grains, such as brown rice, also helped achieve this blood - pressure - lowering benefit.
I want him healthy but still hold a fear that switching his eating to high - fat at this point in his life could literally kill him... is there any information available about the switch later in life from a high carb to a high - fat diet and danger to
high heart attack risk people?
Cat owners can take heart from the news that researchers have claimed all manner of health benefits from caring for a feline friend — in fact a study by the University of Minnesota found that cat owners have a much
lower heart attack risk.
Exercise decreases
heart attack risk as well as protects the heart in the event that a heart attack takes place.
Consuming 3 or more portions of strawberries and blueberries each week could help women
decrease heart attack risk by as much as a third, report researchers.
While its true that a total cholesterol level of 200 mg / dL puts you in a higher risk category, doctors now know that the amounts of HDL and LDL can
affect heart attack risk.
A 2004 German study found that
heart attack risk nearly tripled by exposure to heavy traffic, whether commuters are in a car, on a bike, or on public transportation.
Additional data from 13 other studies, involving 29,000 individuals in total, also revealed consistent increases in stroke and
heart attack risk associated with calcium supplementation, with or without vitamin D.
«Pedalling Health, an Australian study published in 1996, concluded that an hour of biking a day — normal for a regular bike commuter — prevents four times as
much heart attack risk as it adds in collision risk.
In addition to this limitation, the study involved patients at a single hospital and could not control for all possible influences
on heart attack risk since data relied on medical records of past heart attacks.
For people who don't want to take statins, CT scans could be a way to
assess heart attack risk more precisely, senior author Harlan M. Krumholz told The New York Times.
«Following a healthy lifestyle can greatly reduce
genetic heart attack risk: Even among those at highest genetic risk, lifestyle factors can reduce incidence by one half.»
New findings published in the British Medical Journal suggest that blood pressure medications may increase
heart attack risk for diabetes patients.
Among his scientific contributions, Kathiresan has helped highlight new biological mechanisms underlying heart attack, discovered mutations that protect
against heart attack risk, and developed a genetic test for personalized heart attack prevention.
While heart attack risk tends to go up with age, there are genetic conditions that may cause a young person to have a heart attack, such as familial hypercholesterolemia, which may be as common as 1 in 250 people worldwide.
The improvements are associated with increased adiponectin, which has an influence on insulin response and is linked to reduced
heart attack risk due to its anti-inflammatory properties.
A 2011 study in male Japanese factory workers found those who slept less than six hours a night had a five-fold increased
heart attack risk over a 14 - year span compared with those who logged between 7 and 8 hours a night.
Medical experts are increasingly focusing on «central obesity» and areas of fat distribution as more accurate markers of health, with a recent study published by the George Institute for Global Health demonstrating that the waist - to - hip ratio as a means of health assessment is 18 per cent stronger than BMI when it comes to predicting
future heart attack risk in women in particular (it's just 6 per cent more effective for men).
When researchers analyzed this data in relation to the risk of death from heart disease, they found that higher legume consumption was associated with a whopping 82 % reduction in heart attack risk!!
Women using hormone replacement therapy were also 20 percent more likely to have a coronary calcium score of zero (the lowest possible score, indicating a low likelihood of heart attack) and 36 percent less likely to have a coronary calcium score above 399 (indicative of severe atherosclerosis and
high heart attack risk).
Probably the biggest mistake in modern medicine is focusing too much on Total and LDL cholesterol levels as indicators
of heart attack risk.
Cooke said recent lab research suggests that proton pump inhibitors can interfere with normal blood vessel function — a potential mechanism by which the drugs could
affect heart attack risk.
While red wine gets most of the study spotlight, an analysis of more than 38,000 health professionals found it was no better than beer or spirits at
reducing heart attack risk in moderate consumption.
Their finding suggests that low HDL should be considered an indicator of
increased heart attack risk, says lead author Bradley Collins, a fourth - year student at Harvard Medical School, particularly in younger patients.
Whole grains also offer important minerals like magnesium, which has been shown to lower blood pressure and reduce
heart attack risk.
After one year
your heart attack risk is half that of a smoker.
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Heart attack risk increases 17-fold following respiratory infections.»