Sentences with phrase «with heart attack and stroke»
To obtain a triage nurse position in «Mercy Hospital» and provide fast and quick access to medical care for patients badly injured, and with heart attack and stroke.
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11/19/2008 American Heart Association Bestows Award on UC San Diego Pioneer in Peripheral Artery Disease Little - known condition strongly associated with heart attack and stroke University of California, San Diego Professor Michael Criqui, M.D., M.P.H., has been awarded the American Heart Association's 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award, sponsored by... More...
The commonly prescribed arthritis drug Vioxx was withdrawn after it was linked with heart attacks and strokes, a drug trial which went horribly wrong left six men fighting for their lives in intensive care, hospitals were names and shamed for MRSA and Clostridium difficile deaths, and measles made a come back after public confidence in the MMR vaccine plummeted.
James Mitchell, who studies stress resistance at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, was especially interested in ischemic reperfusion injury, a problem that often occurs with heart attacks and strokes, and sometimes even from heart and vascular surgery.
Researchers have even begun to test whether hydrogen sulfide can protect us against the damage associated with heart attacks and strokes (Science, 30 May 2008, p. 1155).
Not exact matches
«Conclusive studies on how effective they are at reducing heart attacks and strokes are ongoing, with preliminary results available next early next year.
The risk of arterial clotting can lead to stroke, and heart attack; those of venous clot can lead to a deadly pulmonary embolus, or in those with a patent (still open) foramen ovale in the heart, to a paradoxical embolus to the brain and a stroke.
Help someone with diabetes have access to medication and health care & they are much less likely to go on disability due to stroke, amputations, or heart attack.
That the issue at stake is a spiritual one is evident in the religious imagery that pervades Callahan's account of technological medicine: that the war on death is a search for «immortality»; that the dying patient might be «saved»; that medicine is seen as «omnipotent, holding life and death wholly in its hands»; that a lobbyist equates heart attacks, cancer, and strokes with sin (interesting rhetoric in the public sphere, but I'll save that discussion for another day).
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).
The heart - healthy Omega - 3 fat found in salmon is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular problems, such as heart attacks, strokes, heart arrhythmias, high blood pressure, and high triglycerides circulating in the blood.
I though that as readers of my articles on MomsTEAM are likely to have an interest in this subject, as I'm sure every one of you has been affected by an overweight relative or friend who is dealing with cancer, heart attack, stroke, and / or diabetes, and want to keep your kids from having those kinds of health problems.
One of the main reasons to quit smoking is because of the health risks; there are numerous conditions associated with cigarettes, including heart disease and an increased risk of heart attack, many types of cancer including lung and oral cancer, and an increased risk of stroke.
People with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of cardiovascular - related events, such as heart attacks, stroke, and even death, often because their levels of triglycerides are so high, and their high - density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are low.
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.
A multicenter study that previously reported a reduction in heart attack and stroke with a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or with nuts now also reports a lower risk of peripheral artery disease, according to a study in the January 22/29 issue of JAMA.
Patients also have to factor in their own sense of how much they fear a heart attack or stroke — all the while knowing there are other means of prevention with almost no risk that can get lost in the statin debate, including weight loss, exercise and a better diet.
«With the world population getting older, the incidence of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and stroke will only increase,» says Professor Malte Kelm, Professor of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine at University Hospital Düsseldorf and Scientific Director of FLAVIOLA.
Compared to people with a lean body weight, individuals with higher BMI have an elevated risk of developing life - shortening cardiometabolic diseases, such as diabetes, heart attack, and stroke.
The study shows those apparently healthy individuals identified with increased carotid plaque burden and coronary artery calcium were two to three times more likely to have an adverse event such as an artery blockage, or a piece of plaque becoming loose causing a heart attack or stroke.
«People with psoriasis, particularly those with more severe disease, have an increased risk for a variety of other health problems, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke and heart attack,» says board - certified dermatologist Jashin J. Wu, MD, FAAD, director of dermatology research at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.
When compared to women unaffected by the condition, the risk of developing a heart attack was 39 % higher for women with migraine, the risk of having a stroke 62 % higher, and that of developing angina 73 % higher.»
With colleagues, I have calculated that this has prevented approximately 9000 stroke and heart attack deaths per year.
«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 showed that regardless of whether people have high blood pressure, low - sodium intake is associated with more heart attacks, strokes, and deaths compared to average intake.
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.»
Similar results were seen for participants with vitamin D deficiency at study entry and for other outcomes such as heart attack, angina, heart failure, hypertension, and stroke.
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.
Two classes of blood pressure medications, angiotensin - converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), are associated with a 16 % lower risk of strokes, heart attacks and death in patients with end - stage renal disease who are undergoing peritoneal dialysis, a new study in the journal, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, reports.
Yoga, an ancient mind - body practice which originated in India and incorporates physical, mental, and spiritual elements, has been shown in several studies to be effective in improving cardiovascular risk factors, with reduction in the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Overall, the researchers found that patients taking the sodium - containing effervescent, dispersible and soluble medications had a 16 % increased risk of a heart attack, stroke or vascular death compared with other patients taking the non-sodium versions of those exact medications.
«Type 2 diabetes is growing rapidly all over the world and we need drugs that not only deal with glucose levels, but that also protect the many millions of people from the very real risks of stroke and heart attack.»
For example, the U.S. appears to have the best outcomes for those who have heart attacks or strokes, but is below average for avoidable hospitalizations for patients with diabetes and asthma.
Conversely, patients with high platelet counts, prone to strokes and heart attacks, might be candidates for estrogen - blocking drugs, she says.
Large observational studies report that in severely obese individuals, bariatric surgery is associated with long - term reductions in all major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, CVD events such as heart attacks and strokes, cancer and all - cause mortality, including a 92 % decrease in diabetes - related deaths.
The researchers compared patients who received antidepressant medication at discharge with those who did not with regard to baseline characteristics and one - year outcomes including mortality, a subsequent heart attack, and stroke.
The condition interferes with sleep quality and has been associated with high blood pressure, and diabetes as well as heart attack and stroke.
People with heart problems often have diabetes, which puts them at greater risk for heart attacks, heart failure and stroke.
Strokes and heart attacks are rare for women with diabetes who use hormonal contraception, with the safest options being intrauterine devices (IUDs) and under - the - skin implants, new research published in Diabetes Care shows.
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.
Frits R. Rosendaal, M.D., Ph.D., of Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, and coauthors determined long - term mortality and morbidity in young women who survived myocardial infarction (heart attack) or ischemic stroke compared with a control group.
The study included 226 women who had a heart attack (average age 42), 160 women who had ischemic stroke (average age 40) and 782 women (average age 48) in the comparison group with no history of arterial thrombosis (blood clot in an artery).
«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.
At its national meeting in November 2013, the American Heart Association, in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology, presented and published its new guidelines for the use of statins in the treatment and primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes, in which the organizations also recommended wider utilization in both treatment and prevenHeart Association, in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology, presented and published its new guidelines for the use of statins in the treatment and primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes, in which the organizations also recommended wider utilization in both treatment and prevenheart attacks and strokes, in which the organizations also recommended wider utilization in both treatment and prevention.
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.
«Lowering «bad» cholesterol (LDL) with an optimal intensity of tolerated statins and adherence to healthy lifestyle changes remains the most effective approach to prevent strokes and heart attacks for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease.»
People with metabolic syndrome have a two-fold risk for heart attack or stroke, and a five-fold increased risk for developing diabetes compared to individuals who do not have the condition.
Progeria affects one in every four million to eight million births; there are about 50 cases currently recognized worldwide with 10 to 12 in the U.S. Common symptoms include fragile bones, hair loss, limited growth, stiff joints and wrinkling of the skin by as young as age two; about 90 percent of progeria patients die by age 13 from fatal heart attacks or strokes, according to the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.