Sentences with phrase «risk of stroke after»

No significant association between proton pump inhibitor use and risk of stroke after adjustment for lifestyle factors and indication.

The risk of stroke after TIA is highest in the first 90 days, but this study shows that there continues to be an increased risk even after years of stability.

Perioperative (around the time of surgery) atrial fibrillation may be viewed as a transient response to physiological stress, and the long - term risk of stroke after perioperative atrial fibrillation is unclear, according to background information in the article.

«Previous stroke, vascular disease: Seniors at higher risk of stroke after heart surgery.»

Not exact matches

Study after study has shown that a mostly plant - based diet rich in nutrients reduces the risk of cancer, strokes, heart disease, auto - immune diseases, arthritis, diabetes and obesity just to name a few.

The risk flips only after age 35 because birth control pills increase the risk of stroke.

THE STATIN UMBRELLA After decades of study, a big question remains about the safety of statins: What are the risks for people who have a chance of benefit but haven't yet had a heart attack or stroke?

The results were the same after researchers adjusted for other factors that could increase the risk of stroke, such as high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking.

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.

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.

Lead researcher Professor Peter Rothwell, a stroke expert from the University of Oxford, explained: «The risk of a major stroke is very high immediately after a TIA or a minor stroke (about 1000 times higher than the background rate), but only for a few days.

Older people who have had strokes or who have vascular disease are at risk of stroke both immediately after cardiac surgery and during the following two years, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

We welcome this research which shows that taking aspirin after TIA can dramatically reduce the risk and severity of further stroke.

Patients who have atrial fibrillation after surgery are at risk of stroke in the postoperative period.

Researchers found several risk factors for stroke, both in the immediate postoperative period and up to two years after, including previous stroke, peripheral vascular disease (narrowing or obstruction of arteries), valve surgery and age 65 years or older.

The U.S. study testing the long - term benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was halted after an interim analysis found that the drugs — a combination of estrogen and progestin — increased the risk of breast cancer, stroke, and heart disease, and that those risks outweighed reduced risks of colorectal cancer and bone fractures (ScienceNOW, 9 July).

«Immediate aspirin after mini-stroke substantially reduces risk of major stroke: Benefits of taking aspirin immediately after minor strokes have been underestimated.»

A large study of 108,711 patients who had cardiac surgery in Ontario, Canada, sought to identify risk factors for long - term stroke after surgery to improve outcomes for patients.

After a mini-stroke, almost all of the benefit of aspirin in reducing the risk of another stroke was found to be in the first few weeks, and researchers also found that aspirin also likely reduced the severity of these early strokes.

Women with preeclampsia are at higher risk of stroke during pregnancy and after delivery.

According to Dr Emberson, «Although alteplase increased the risk of death from intracranial haemorrhage by about 2 % within the first few days after stroke, by a few months survivors treated with alteplase were less likely to be disabled than those not receiving such treatment.

In the past few years alone, researchers have had to backtrack on the health benefits of low - fat, high - fiber diets and the value and safety of hormone replacement therapy as well as the arthritis drug Vioxx, which was pulled from the market after being found to cause heart attacks and strokes in high - risk patients.

To identify patients at risk for DCI, Powers is studying the quantities of micro-RNAs that are created in the hours and days after a hemorrhage to see if he can identify biomarkers that could help predict the delayed stroke.

«Anemic adults may have a higher risk of death after stroke.»

Risk of death was also higher after a haemorrhagic stroke: one in four people recovered completely, but a third died.

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.

Additionally, elevated hemoglobin levels were associated with poorer outcomes and a higher risk of death, mainly within the first month following stroke, meaning both low and high levels of hemoglobin could be associated with a higher risk of death after stroke.

«Some previous research has suggested that treating patients with statins after they suffer hemorrhagic stroke may increase their long - term risk of continued bleeding,» said lead author Alexander Flint, MD, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Department of Neuroscience in Redwood City, Calif. «Yet the findings of our study suggest that stopping statin treatments for these patients may carry substantial risks.»

Johns Hopkins researchers, working with mice, say they have identified a chemical compound that reduces the risk of dangerous, potentially stroke - causing blood vessel spasms that often occur after the rupture of a bulging vessel in the brain.

But after adjustment for other stroke risk factors, there was no association between the level of the neighborhood advantage and stroke risk, suggesting that those living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to develop risk factors including hypertension, diabetes and smoking.

The agreement, believed to be the biggest drug settlement ever, comes three years after Vioxx was pulled off the market after researchers determined that it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

On September 30, 2004, Merck withdrew Vioxx after trial results unquestionably showed that the drug increased the risk of heart attack and stroke.

A higher risk was also seen for both ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke if the treatment was initiated later than five years after the onset of menopause and contained conjugated equine oestrogens.

The DSMB for the British study — the Women's International Study of long Duration Oestrogen after Menopause (WISDOM)-- does not dispute the increased risk of breast cancer and stroke.

Analyses indicated that perioperative AF after noncardiac surgery was associated with twice the risk of stroke and a 30 percent greater risk after cardiac surgery.

The Stoke Oxygen Study looked at whether or not giving patients oxygen soon after their stroke could prevent further brain damage and reduce the risk of disability or even death.

Gino Gialdini, M.D., of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, and colleagues conducted a study to determine the long - term risk of ischemic stroke after perioperative AF of patients undergoing surgery, using administrative claims data from California acute care hospitals between 2007 and 2011.

Statins, prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce risks of heart attacks and strokes, seem to diminish inflammation that occurs after people breathe airborne particles

Cognitive abilities such as memory and attention are not only important after a stroke but also before; according to Declining memory and cognitive ability may increase the risk of stroke in adults over age 65.

Because of this risk, the first 90 days after a stroke or TIA is the most critical window for medical intervention.

«These analyses indicate that survival after both stroke and TIA is a marker of long - term risk, which merits aggressive attention to risk reduction strategies,» write the authors.

After 12 weeks on the high sugar diet, the men with a high level of liver fat — a condition known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)-- showed changes in their fat metabolism that are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes.

«All these will contribute to an increased risk of events such as heart attacks and stroke after loss of a partner.

The risks of both stroke and heart attack were highest the first year after the onset of shingles and decreased with time.

More than a decade after the anti-inflammatory drugs Vioxx and Bextra were pulled from the market because of a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke in some patients, COX - 2 inhibitors may be on the verge of a comeback, this time as anti-cancer agents.

Routine use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) was not associated with a significant increase in the risk of ischemic stroke after adjustment for multiple risk stroke factors and PPI indications, according to results of a prospective, observational analysis published in Gastroenterology.

Routine use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) was not associated with a significant increase in the risk of ischemic stroke after adjustment for multiple risk stroke factors and PPI indications,...

Jan. 19, 2017 — More than a decade after the anti-inflammatory drugs Vioxx and Bextra were pulled from the market because of a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke in some patients, COX - 2 inhibitors may be on the verge of a comeback, this time as anti-cancer agents.

«Our results indicate that the risk of cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease and stroke, was increased after hospital admission for sepsis or pneumonia,» said lead author Dr. Cecilia Bergh, an affiliated researcher at Örebro University.

After 15 years, your risk of heart attack and stroke is close to that of a person who has never smoked.