Sentences with phrase «risk of heart»

People with depression and schizophrenia are known to have a much higher risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, and elevated levels of IL - 6 have previously been shown to increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

These conditions are associated with high blood sugar, which can damage the vessels that supply blood to vital organs and can also increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Until then, clinicians should be alert to the possibility that preeclampsia may increase the risk of heart defects in fetuses, although more research is needed in other settings to confirm our findings before modification of clinical practice.»

This loss means that more blood stays in the heart, and ultimately increases a person's risk of heart failure.

Featuring abundant fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable oils, as well as optional portions of fish and chicken, Willett's plan resembles the much - touted Mediterranean diet shown in several studies to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Willett calculated that replacing 5 percent of saturated fat calories with unsaturated would cut the risk of heart attack or death from heart disease by 40 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.

On the one hand, PCI has improved treatment for myocardial infarction so the risk of heart failure would be expected to decrease.

«Post-ER care for chest pain reduces risk of heart attack, death.»

Long - term exposure to air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, but the biological process has not been understood.

«The next step is to identify treatment strategies to decrease this risk of heart attack, particularly in individuals who may have increased susceptibility.»

The most widely reported involved a study by Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Steven Nissen showing that the diabetes drug Avandia, FDA - approved in 1999, raised the risk of heart attack by 30 to 40 percent.

Graham's group found that people taking Avandia had about an 18 % higher risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or death compared with those on Actos, which other work has shown is just as effective.

Following additional scrutiny after Vioxx's withdrawal, and the addition of cardiovascular experts to the trial's data safety monitoring board, the DSMB concluded that patients taking a high dose of Celebrex had a 3.4-fold increase in the risk of heart attacks or strokes compared to those on placebo; those on a moderate dose had a 2.5-fold increase in risk.

A targeted anti-inflammatory drug can reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokes, often brought on by narrowed coronary arteries (pictured), in high - risk patients.

The second study was led by cardiologist Steven Nissen at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio; it was Nissen who, 3 years ago, set off the Avandia firestorm with a meta - analysis of 42 Avandia trials that he said suggested an increased risk of heart attack.

Short total reproductive duration was associated with an increased risk of heart failure, which was found to be related to an earlier age at menopause and was more pronounced in women who experienced natural, rather than surgical, menopause.

High levels of low - density lipoproteins (LDL — the «bad cholesterol») and triglycerides, a type of blood fat, are associated with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel diseases.

Diabetic patients suffer from high blood glucose or sugar, putting them at risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness, and other complications.

In fact, based on previous studies, the US Food and Drug Administration concluded in 2003 that eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts «may reduce the risk of heart disease.»

«Higher risk of heart failure in cold weather.»

«Conducting a PET / CT test to measure coronary artery calcium means clinicians can tell the difference between the potential risk of heart disease and actually having disease,» Le said.

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.

Witness Avandia, a popular drug available since 1999 that lowers blood glucose by making cells more receptive to insulin — but that also, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine in May, increases the risk of heart attack.

He noted these findings are of greatest concern for people who have obesity and prediabetes or diabetes, since they are already at heightened risk of heart attacks and strokes.

«Eating breakfast is associated with a decreased risk of heart attacks.

Studies have shown that when doxorubicin is administered slowly, rather than all at once, patients may have a lower risk of heart failure.

«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.

This is the first demonstration of a genetic mutation that raises HDL but increases risk of heart disease.»

Using drugs to lower systolic blood pressure to less than 120 millimeters of mercury cut people's risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular woes by 25 percent, researchers report November 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

«Knowing someone is a smoker can not tell us for sure whether someone will have a heart attack, but it does tell us that they have increased risk of heart attack,» said Bauch.

In 2007 Steven Nissen, a prominent cardiologist from the Cleveland Clinic, and another researcher published an analysis of 42 studies, concluding that Avandia increases the risk of heart attack and death.

In the 1980s and»90s, researchers observed that women using hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms had a lower risk of heart disease, bone fractures and overall death.

A large 16 - year study finds men who reported that they skipped breakfast had higher risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart disease.

Men who reported they skipped breakfast had a 27 percent higher risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart disease than those who reported they didn't.

Even demon alcohol, when taken in moderation, cuts the risk of heart attacks, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and a hodgepodge of other ailments.

From this, Rader and colleagues had a hunch, based on their knowledge of SCARB1 function and previous studies in mice, that having the SCARB1 P376L mutation, despite raising HDL, might paradoxically increase the risk of heart disease.

The trial, part of a multifaceted project called the Women's Health Initiative, or WHI, was meant to examine hormone therapy's effectiveness in lowering the risk of heart disease and other conditions in women ages 50 to 79.

For example, when an ad for the anticholesterol drug Lipitor trumpets a one - third reduction in the risk of heart attack or stroke, that is a relative risk, devoid of meaning without context.

The discovery may explain why eating lots of meat increases the risk of heart disease.

Bariatric surgery and subsequent weight loss reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes and even some forms of cancer.

While ezetimibe is known for its cholesterol - lowering effect, there is debate over whether it also reduces risk of heart disease.

The piece based its recommendation on a meta - analysis of 27 clinical trials published in the same issue that concluded statins significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in healthy people without posing substantial risks.

A high waist - to - hip ratio portends a greater risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and even certain cancers — for both men and women.

Rare mutations that shut down a single gene are linked to lower cholesterol levels and a 50 percent reduction in the risk of heart attack, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Broad Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, and other institutions.

«But we can say this genetic analysis gives us some confidence that targeting this gene should reduce the risk of heart attack.

Further work showed that genetic differences affecting some of these characteristics are linked to increased risk of heart attack, or to rheumatoid arthritis and other common autoimmune diseases.

However, it is important to point out that the risk of heart attack is determined by a combination of genetic factors and lifestyle choices.

The now - deceased professors» overall conclusion left «no doubt» that reducing the risk of heart disease was a matter of reducing saturated fat and cholesterol, according to

Atrial fibrillation, diagnosed in 3.4 million Americans and the most common heart rhythm condition in the United States, is marked by irregular and sometimes extremely rapid heart rates that cause fatigue and shortness of breath, and significantly increase the risk of heart failure and stroke.