In the U.S., one in every four deaths is
a result of heart disease, which includes a range of conditions from arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, to defects, as well as blood vessel diseases, more commonly known as cardiovascular diseases.
In the U.S., one in every four deaths is
a result of heart disease, which includes a range...
Together, those in the study who consumed the greatest amount of whole grains in their diet were found to be less likely to die by approximately 9 % and less likely to die as
a result of heart disease by 15 %, when compared to those who consumed less whole grains.
As
a result of this heart disease, fluid may build up in the cat's lungs or outside the lungs.
Some of the pets in this group will never develop any problems as
a result of their heart disease.
This can occur due to weakness as
a result of heart disease or can also happen if arrhythmias are present secondary to heart disease.
Once patients have evidence of the development of pulmonary edema as
a result of heart disease it is termed left - sided congestive heart failure (CHF).
Not exact matches
«We don't have a specific list
of conditions that would be disqualifying, but certainly uncontrolled medical problems (whether it's hypertension or
heart disease or lung
disease, or many other conditions), would most likely cause concern and
result in disqualification,» Dr. Tarah Castleberry, an assistant professor
of aerospace medicine at the University
of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, told Reuters Health by email.
In a surprising twist, Merck's anacetrapib, a
heart disease drug, produced strong
results in a large clinical trial
of 30,000 patients, according to the company.
The Healthy Start product line is a
result of Hendrickson's belief that his company has a social responsibility to help Jamaicans minimize
heart and
heart - related
diseases.
Extreme (but plausible)
results of sitting for extended periods
of time include:
heart disease, overproductive pancreas, colon cancer, foggy brain, strained neck, sore shoulders and back, mushy abs, tight hips, limp glutes, inflexible spine, disc damage, poor circulation, and soft bones.
Flu complications ranging from pneumonia and dehydration to the dangerous worsening
of chronic conditions like asthma,
heart disease and sinus problems can send children to the hospital and in rare circumstances even
result in death.
We considered the cost
of hypertension alone plus the cost
of hypertension as a risk factor for other cardiovascular
disease, 41 subtracting out that portion
resulting from coronary
heart disease.42, 43 We used a direct annual cost
of $ 998 and indirect annual morbidity cost
of $ 98.
We performed a retrospective cohort analysis
of pregnancies among women with moderate to complex congenital
heart disease or pulmonary hypertension over a 12 - year period,
resulting in a cohort
of 107 cases in 65 women.
In rare cases, failure to gain weight can turn out to be a
result of a lung problem, such as cystic fibrosis; a nervous system problem, such as cerebral palsy; a chromosome problem, such as Down syndrome;
heart disease; anemia; or a metabolic or an endocrine disorder, such as growth hormone deficiency.
There is a growing body
of evidence suggesting that early contact with some
of the infectious microbes found in soil can
result in a lower risk
of heart disease later in life.
«That said, the health and safety
of our children as well as the ability to prevent horrific
diseases like cancer,
heart disease and lung
disease and reduce those rates as a direct
results of fewer people smoking is without question the over-riding interest.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune
disease that occurs when the immune system attacks the body instead
of defending it, causing inflammation that often
results in serious damage to bones, joints and tendons, and can also affect internal organs like the
heart, eyes and lungs.
«Decreased adiponectin, if it happens in vivo, appears to be a bad thing and could
result in increased
heart disease,» says environmental health scientist Richard Stahlhut
of the University
of Rochester Medical Center, who was not involved in the research.
However,
results for women who decreased their alcohol intake over the five year period were not significantly associated with risk
of breast cancer or coronary
heart disease.
That's when a women's health study, stopped early after a data review, published
results linking a common hormone therapy to an increased risk
of breast cancer,
heart disease, stroke and blood clots.
«In part, some
of the
results are explained by more effective treatments for cancer and
heart disease, with advances in medicine making such physical illnesses easier to treat, whilst there have been less advances in the treatment
of neurological conditions»
The
results for breast cancer are in line with previous research, but the true effect
of alcohol on risk
of ischaemic
heart disease remains uncertain, say the editorial authors.
Compared to eating earlier in the day, prolonged delayed eating can increase weight, insulin and cholesterol levels, and negatively affect fat metabolism, and hormonal markers implicated in
heart disease, diabetes and other health problems, according to
results from researchers at the Perelman School
of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania.
These findings provide evidence for the timing hypothesis, also supported by animal studies, as an explanation for the
results seen in younger women, especially in terms
of heart disease and stroke.
«If these improvements continue over time, they may
result in a lower risk
of heart disease,» said the study's principal investigator, Carel Le Roux, MD, PhD, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, University College Dublin.
While men are more likely to suffer serious chronic illnesses, such as
heart disease and hypertension, as a
result of stress, women tend to suffer from a much wider variety
of psychological and physical complaints.
Other causes
of heart failure include systemic processes such as inflammatory
diseases, metabolic disorders, endocrine derangements, and kidney
disease, which
result in an unknown number
of cases.
By 2002 the
results were positive enough for the American
Heart Association panel on which Kris - Etherton sat to issue a statement recommending increased fish consumption for the general public and daily consumption or supplements of fish oil for coronary heart disease pati
Heart Association panel on which Kris - Etherton sat to issue a statement recommending increased fish consumption for the general public and daily consumption or supplements
of fish oil for coronary
heart disease pati
heart disease patients.
The
results, if confirmed, could enable doctors to better prevent those ills for which the lonely are at greater risk, such as
heart disease, infection, age - related dementia, and certain types
of cancer.
Traditional first - line checks
of such
heart disease risk factors as cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking habits aren't nearly good enough to identify cardiovascular
disease in otherwise healthy, young firefighters, according to
results of a small Johns Hopkins study.
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.
- The
results are also significant in that the group included different kinds
of patients, some
of whom had
heart failure, coronary
disease, and ventricular extrasystole at the same time.
In 1982
results came in from the Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial, which was designed to reduce the risk
of coronary
heart disease by counseling an experimental group to stop smoking, lower their blood pressure and cut back on saturated fat.
Since people often find it difficult to determine the relevance
of relative risks, Mons and her colleagues also used an alternative method to assess the
results of their meta - analysis: They calculated the number
of years by which smoking accelerates death from
heart disease.
Its long - term monitoring
of a large group, or cohort,
of people in a Massachusetts town has yielded landmark
results on everything from the link between cholesterol and
heart disease to the genetic risk
of stroke.
An analysis
of diagnostic test
results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation
of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial — in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either anatomic or functional testing as an initial diagnostic strategy — showed that the presence and extent
of coronary artery
disease detected by CT angiography better predicted the risk for future cardiac events than did measures
of exercise tolerance or restricted blood flow to the
heart muscle.
The «extra» deaths are mostly a
result of flu - like respiratory
disease, but deaths from
heart attacks, strokes and a wide range
of other ailments also increase.
HLHS is a rare congenital
heart disease where the left side
of the
heart is poorly developed,
resulting in an inability to effectively pump blood to the rest
of the body.
They add: «What is similar between now and then is the human genetic material, our genome, including ancient polymorphisms that were uncovered to predispose the carrier to the development
of atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease... however, our ancient ancestors were certainly susceptible to many other conditions, such as infectious
diseases, nutritional deprivation, and trauma, which often
resulted in death at an early age, before atherosclerotic
heart disease had a clinical impact.»
The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) is reporting
results for the first time from a clinical trial
of patients who have a complication
of coronary
heart disease known as moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR).
The
resulting immune reactions inflame the lungs and cause the blood to become more sticky, increasing the risk
of clotting, and thus
of both
heart and lung
disease.
«In the majority
of patients, bariatric surgery may
result in the remission
of many cardiovascular
disease risk factors, which could prevent those patients from experiencing more serious health conditions, such as
heart attack and stroke,» Coleman said.
According to researchers, the
results show that the use
of the internet to investigate
heart symptoms is widespread across many regions and suggest that search trends can be a useful resource for tracking
heart disease over time and in different regions.
«These exciting new
results suggest that drugs that reduce the activity
of TRIM21 could be highly effective new tools for the treatment
of conditions that are driven by high oxidative stress, including liver and
heart disease,» Zong said.
Joachim Fandrey, a physiologist at the University
of Duisburg - Essen in Germany, adds that the
results suggest that nitroglycerin patches, which have a long track record in treating chest pain in
heart disease patients, might boost EPO production in people suffering from anemia due to kidney
disease or cancer.
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.
The
results — pre-teens with MPS had thicker arterial linings than other kids their age — helped Wang secure funding for additional studies, which revealed evidence
of moderate to severe
heart valve
disease in kids with MPS.
For people with
heart disease, these
results emphasize the importance
of finding ways to reduce psychological stress and its potential impact on the body, researchers said.
Gender differences in the impact
of stress on the cardiovascular system detected in this study emphasize the importance
of including enough women in all studies
of heart disease so that their
results can be analyzed separately.