Sentences with phrase «reducing heart attacks and stroke»
The findings do suggest, however, that exercise advice to lower heart failure may be different from recommendations for reducing heart attacks and stroke.
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«Conclusive studies on how effective they are at reducing heart attacks and strokes are ongoing, with preliminary results available next early next year.
In the accompanying editorial titled, «Can a Toothpaste Reduce Heart Attacks and Strokes?
«However, perhaps someday a PAI - 1 inhibitor can be used in combination with other approaches such as proper diet and exercise, aspirin and cholesterol medications to prevent blood vessel blockages and reduce heart attack and stroke risk.»
Niacin did not reduce heart attacks and stroke rates compared with a placebo.
After 50 years of being a mainstay cholesterol therapy, niacin should no longer be prescribed for most patients due to potential increased risk of death, dangerous side effects and no benefit in reducing heart attacks and strokes, writes Northwestern Medicine ® preventive cardiologist Donald Lloyd - Jones, M.D., in a New England Journal of Medicine editorial.
Lloyd - Jones's editorial is based on a large new study published in the journal that looked at adults, ages 50 to 80, with cardiovascular disease who took extended - release niacin (vitamin B3) and laropiprant (a drug that reduces face flushing caused by high doses of niacin) to see if it reduced heart attack and stroke compared to a placebo over four years.
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There is debate within the medical community about what an optimal blood pressure target is, especially for older people like Trump, and how aggressively medications should be used to lower blood pressure to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
New York City adopted the rule, which took effect on Tuesday, in an effort to help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
They lower the risk of stroke and heart attacks by reducing blood pressure, making blood platelets less likely to clot, and improving blood flow to the heart and brain.
They have a high concentration of oleic acid an omega - 9 fatty acid that is known to prevent cancer, reduce blood pressure, prevent strokes and help lower bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol that helps prevent heart attacks.
Intake of these foods protect against the formation of plaque in arteries and is associated with the reduced occurrence of heart attack and stroke (53).
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A new study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association links reduced consumption of trans fats found in things like frying oils to reduced instances of myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) and strokes reported in New York counties that enacted bans.
U.S. doctors enrolled 42,418 patients from 623 offices and clinics, treated participants with one of four commonly prescribed drugs, and followed them for at least five years to see how well the medications controlled their blood pressure and reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular problems.
Statins, a class of drugs that lower cholesterol in the blood, are prescribed to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes.
«While it is very well accepted that improving cardiovascular health can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attacks, we now believe that drugs aimed at improving cerebrovascular health may be an additional strategy to treating brain diseases in the future.»
«Blood pressure medications reduce stroke, heart attack in peritoneal dialysis patients: New study finds a 16 percent reduction in cardiovascular events with the use of ACEIs and ARBs.»
The study looked at 7,470 patients with PAD who took part in the COMPASS study, and found the combination reduced heart attacks, stroke or cardiovascular death by 28 per cent and damage to limbs by 46 percent.
The researchers then reviewed the outcomes and discovered the reduced risk of heart attacks, strokes and death among the group that had filled prescriptions for the blood pressure medications.
Professor Philip Eaton, Professor of Cardiovascular Biochemistry at King's College London, said: «The findings of our study help to explain why previous research has shown that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular problems like stroke, heart failure and heart attacks.»
The clear result of this clinical study — that the combination reduced strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular death by practically 25 per cent compared to either drug alone in both patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery disease — caused the clinical trial to be stopped early, after 23 months, in February 2017.
If we can prevent their blood pressure from increasing earlier in life we can reduce their risk of future heart attacks and stroke.»
On the basis of similar — though admittedly stronger — evidence, doctors already advise millions of people to take low - dose aspirin to reduce their risk of having heart attacks and strokes.
«This study represents promise that this treatment may reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in the future.
They found that deaths, repeat heart attacks, heart failure admissions and strokes were all significantly reduced among patients who'd been diagnosed.
The hypothesis holds that vegetable oils rich in linoleic acid, like safflower and corn, are good for heart health, that saturated fats, such as those in red meat and dairy products, clog arteries and are very bad, and that replacing the latter with the former reduces deaths from heart attacks, heart disease, and strokes by lowering blood cholesterol levels.
Johns Hopkins researchers report that an analysis of survey responses and health records of more than 10,000 American adults for nearly 20 years suggests a «synergistic» link between exercise and good vitamin D levels in reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Chinese subjects who enjoyed spicy foods appeared to eat less salt and have lower blood pressure, potentially reducing their risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertenheart attack and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal HypertenHeart Association's journal Hypertension.
A fruit and vegetable intake above five - a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and early death.
The omega - 3 fatty acids that it contains have been shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes and slow the formation of plaques in the arteries, and they may also lower blood pressure.
«Reducing the amount of salt in processed foods and restaurant foods is perhaps the single most important thing we could do to reduce blood pressure and the incidence of heart attacks and strokes in this country and around the world,» Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), said after a recent confab of food industry and health reps designed to help consumers limit their salt intake.
ApoB backers point to recent analyses that found high apoB levels better predicted patients» likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke and a genetic study that showed that reducing apoB had a bigger effect on cardiovascular risk than did reducing LDL cholesterol.
According to Dr. Miedema, «The less stringent blood pressure goals will increase the number who are «at goal,» indicating to the patient and their primary care provider that treatment is not indicated when in fact treatment of their mildly elevated blood pressure may reduce their risk for a heart attack and stroke.»
Both ticagrelor doses reduced the chances of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke, the study's primary endpoint, with a 15 percent reduction in the 90 - mg group and a 16 percent reduction in the 60 - mg group compared to the placebo group.
In all but one, the measure improved, suggesting the vessel had become more flexible and potentially reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Greater awareness is needed by women and the medical profession to ensure that women reduce their risk factors and decrease their chances of having a heart attack and stroke.»
Novartis Pharma advertisements had pointed to the studies as showing that the use of Diovan reduced the risk of heart attack and stroke in hypertension patients better than alternative medications.
Statins, prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce risks of heart attacks and strokes, seem to diminish inflammation that occurs after people breathe airborne particles
«Our observational study found that treating to low pressures doesn't provide any benefit to patients with regard to reducing risk of dangerous heart events like heart attack, heart failure and stroke.
A reduction in systolic blood pressure reduces pressure on arteries, potentially lessening incidences of heart attacks and strokes.
«All patients suffering from blockage of an artery in the heart or brain should receive 325 mg regular aspirin promptly and daily aspirin thereafter to reduce their death rate as well as subsequent heart attacks and strokes,» said Hennekens.
deCODE's findings suggest that inhibiting the activity of FLAP may thus be an effective means of reducing inflammation and thereby preventing the development of heart attack and stroke.
Their work could pave the way for more effective prevention of heart attack and stroke in humans caused by atherosclerosis, in which artery walls thicken and suffer reduced plasticity due to an accumulation of white blood cells.
He said that while it is already well accepted that improving cardiovascular health can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attacks, «we now believe that drugs aimed at improving cerebrovascular health may be an additional strategy to treating brain diseases in the future».
TUESDAY, May 29, 2012 (Health.com)-- Regular aspirin use, which doctors have long recommended for heart attack and stroke prevention, also may help reduce the risk of some forms of skin cancer, a new study suggests.
«Harvard also reports that regular coffee consumption could lower the rate at which liver cancer progresses, may help prevent gallstones, is not harmful with respect to heart attacks or strokes, and may well be associated with a reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease, a movement disorder now diagnosed in about half a million Americans.»
Moderate drinkers have lower overall mortality and tend to have reduced cardiovascular disease (including heart attacks and strokes), as alcohol has a cardio - protective effect — even for those with preexisting hypertension.
The results of this study suggest that if consumed over time, hibiscus tea can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack, which is another huge benefit of hibiscus tea.
One survey of studies comprising nearly 100,000 people found that aspirin therapy reduced the risk of cardiovascular events and stroke in women by 12 % and 17 %, respectively, but did not reduce the likelihood of a heart attack or early death.