Sentences with phrase «women with heart disease»

Life Insurance for women with heart disease may be more expensive.

Let's examine life insurance for women with heart disease.

3/11/2008 Support Group for Women with Heart Disease Launched by UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center Eight million women in the United States suffer from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women.

That's a huge potential impact on the single greatest killer of men and women with heart disease,» Kudenchuk said.

To measure the impact of physical fitness on heart disease risk factors, the researchers selected 205 men and 44 women with heart disease, including coronary artery disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and heart valve disease, and had them undergo a cycle ergometer (stationary bike) stress test to determine their fitness level.

«Mentally stressed young women with heart disease more likely to have reduced blood flow to heart.»

In women with heart disease, constriction of peripheral vessels during mental stress affects the heart circulation more than men's, potentially raising women's risk of heart - related events and death, according to new research in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association journal.

Among those age 25 to 49, about 23 percent know a woman with heart disease, compared to 37 percent of women aged 50 to 60.

«Since women who report knowing another woman with heart disease are more apt to express concern and importantly — bring up this issue with their doctor — awareness of heart disease is crucial,» said lead author C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., director of the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center and professor of medicine at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

A 2014 nationally representative survey of 1,011 adult women found that those who know another woman with heart disease are 25 percent more likely to be concerned about it for themselves and 19 percent more likely to bring up heart health with their doctors.

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Frequent consumption of nuts is associated with a lowered risk of sudden cardiac death and other coronary heart disease, as well as a lower risk of Type II diabetes in women.

In addition, it is also made known that high levels of caffeine are not suitable for pregnant or lactating women or for people with heart disease.

Since its inception in 1989, Project Angel Food has delivered more than 10 million meals to men, women and children who are debilitated by disease and struggling with life - threatening illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, renal failure and HIV / AIDS.

And in women who have been treated for breast cancer, a history of radiation therapy is also associated with increased risk of heart disease.

I am sure you did not mean to assume that women who are in shelters need formula more than you do, in fact, poor and minority women «need» it less; they are at greater risk for negative health consequences associated with formula like diabetes, obesity, heart disease, etc..

Share heart health information with some women you care about and ask if they have heard of the heart disease risk factors and what to do about them.

Yes the home group will contain some higher risk moms (some VBAC, some breech, some GDM) but it won't contain the full spectrum of high risk that the hospital gets: Women with clotting disorders on heparin, maternal heart disease, moms addicted to crack, moms with HIV, 12 and 13 year olds, women who walk in off the streets in labor with no prenatal care, women with sickle cell and cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes, babies with severe anomaWomen with clotting disorders on heparin, maternal heart disease, moms addicted to crack, moms with HIV, 12 and 13 year olds, women who walk in off the streets in labor with no prenatal care, women with sickle cell and cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes, babies with severe anomawomen who walk in off the streets in labor with no prenatal care, women with sickle cell and cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes, babies with severe anomawomen with sickle cell and cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes, babies with severe anomalies.

The reality is not «gentle proteins», cute pink hearts or «probiotics just like those in breastmilk» but dirty contaminated bottles, diarrhea, babies screaming with pain from otitis media, babies separated from their mothers in pediatric wards with acute respiratory disease, damaged guts that morph into chronic lifelong conditions such as Crohn's disease, more women dying of breast cancer, the cost and pain of living a life with diabetes and lives cut short because of cardiac disease and so on.

As women with PCOS age, the presence of these risk factors increases their risk for heart disease.

Women with PCOS are at higher risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and high blood pressure.

This study provides detailed anaesthetic and peripartum management of women with congenital heart disease, a patient population in whom evidence - based practice and data are largely lacking.

Enabling women to breastfeed is also a public health priority because, on a population level, interruption of lactation is associated with adverse health outcomes for the woman and her child, including higher maternal risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and greater infant risks of infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and metabolic disease (2, 4).

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.

No, women who die in pregnancy are most commonly women with serious pre-existing medical illness (heart disease, kidney disease) or serious pregnancy complications (pre-eclampsia).

In a cohort of nearly 300,000 women in China, mothers who breastfed their babies, compared with women who had never breastfed, had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease, with adjusted hazard ratios of 0.91 (95 % CI 0.84 - 0.99) for coronary heart disease (CHD) and 0.92 (95 % CI 0.85 - 0.99) for stroke, reported Zhengming Chen, MBBS, DPhil, of the University of Oxford in England, and colleagues.

Additionally, the U.S. Nurses» Health Study found only women with a lifetime duration of breastfeeding of 2 years or more had a significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease than those who never breastfed.

Compared with women who had never breastfed, those who breastfed between 0 - 6 months, 6 - 12 months, 12 - 18 months, 18 - 24 months, or over 24 months, respectively, had a 1 %, 7 %, 11 %, 13 %, and 18 % lower risk of coronary heart disease, with each additional 6 months of breastfeeding per child associated with 4 % lower risk (P < 0.001).

A recent study indicates long duration of lactation (at least 24 months) is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease in women.

«Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease.»

The men and women whose levels of HDL with apoC - III were in the top 20 percent had a 60 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than those in the bottom 20 percent.

HDL with a small proinflammatory protein called apolipoprotein C - III (apoC - III) on its surface may nearly double the risk of heart disease in healthy men and women, according to Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health and senior author on a paper in the April Journal of the American Heart Associaheart disease in healthy men and women, according to Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health and senior author on a paper in the April Journal of the American Heart AssociaHeart Association.

There was also less than one additional case for every 1,000 women per year for heart disease and for stroke in the hormone - treated women compared with those on placebo.

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.

For example, in the combined hormone therapy trial, treated 50 - to 59 - year - olds had five additional cases of heart disease and five more strokes per 10,000 women annually compared with the same - aged group on placebo.

• Since 1948, researchers with the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) have been monitoring a group of men and women from Framingham, Massachusetts for cardiovascular disease risks.

Researchers examined 28,516 postmenopausal women without cardiovascular disease from the Women's Health Initiative to test associations between total number of live births, age at first pregnancy lasting at least six months, and total reproductive duration (time from first menstruation to menopause) with incident heart faiwomen without cardiovascular disease from the Women's Health Initiative to test associations between total number of live births, age at first pregnancy lasting at least six months, and total reproductive duration (time from first menstruation to menopause) with incident heart faiWomen's Health Initiative to test associations between total number of live births, age at first pregnancy lasting at least six months, and total reproductive duration (time from first menstruation to menopause) with incident heart failure.

«These findings give us reason to rethink how we manage prostate cancer in men with known heart disease,» said Anthony D'Amico, MD, lead author of the research paper and chief of genitourinary radiation oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital..

[Stephanie Chiuve et al., «Adherence to a Low - Risk, Healthy Lifestyle and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Among Women»] These preventive measures might be especially important for women, who are less than half as likely as men to be diagnosed with heart disease or dysfunction before a fatal atWomen»] These preventive measures might be especially important for women, who are less than half as likely as men to be diagnosed with heart disease or dysfunction before a fatal atwomen, who are less than half as likely as men to be diagnosed with heart disease or dysfunction before a fatal attack.

Women's heart disease risk was more than doubled with one cigarette per day, when only studies that controlled for several factors were included in the analysis.

«Soy may help protect women with PCOS from diabetes, heart disease: Soy isoflavone supplements boosted markers of metabolic, cardiovascular health.»

Weight cycling in the normal - weight women was also associated with a 66 percent increased risk for coronary heart disease deaths.

Coronary artery disease was more prevalent among women with low rates of sexual activity; and women who had suffered a heart attack, had a coronary artery bypass, or angina were also less sexually active.

Besides age, other risk factors include family history, previous brain trauma, heart disease and gender (the prevalence rate for women over 70 is 16 percent, compared with men at 11 percent).

For decades, menopausal women and their doctors believed that estrogen and progestin could stave off various diseases associated with aging, including heart disease and dementia.

Physicians have been especially reluctant to prescribe hormonal birth control to women with diabetes, as adults with diabetes are two to four times more likely to die from heart disease than adults who do not have diabetes.

Women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome — the most common hormone disorder in women of reproductive age — face a heightened risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, mental health conditions, reproductive disorders and cancer of the lining of the uterus than healthy women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & MetaboWomen diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome — the most common hormone disorder in women of reproductive age — face a heightened risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, mental health conditions, reproductive disorders and cancer of the lining of the uterus than healthy women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabowomen of reproductive age — face a heightened risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, mental health conditions, reproductive disorders and cancer of the lining of the uterus than healthy women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabowomen, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The Endocrine Society recommended screening women and teens diagnosed with PCOS for heart disease risk factors and diabetes in its Clinical Practice Guideline on the condition.

«Research has long suggested people with heart disease in rural areas are at a disadvantage when it comes to access to health care and longevity,» says Dr. Sacha Bhatia, lead author of the study and a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital.

The risk of heart disease increases with age in women, especially after menopause.