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Hypertension in pregnancy and future maternal health.
Abstract Preeclampsia is a specific risk factor chronic of hypertension, of coronary events (Ray et al., 2005), of stroke (Brown et al., 2006), of chronic renal failure (Kattah and Garovic, 2005; McDonald et al., 2003; Williams, 2003) and a specific risk factor of cardio-cerebrovascular mortality (Magnussen et al., 2009). According to Magnusson et al. (2009), the relative long-term risk of developing hypertension is multiplied by 4; the risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome multiplied by 3; the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke multiplied by 2. Cardiovascular risk is particularly important when pregnancy...
Source: Presse Medicale - July 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Mounier-Vehier C, Madika AL, Boudghène-Stambouli F, Ledieu G, Delsart P, Tsatsaris V Tags: Presse Med Source Type: research

Daytime sleepiness is associated with hyperhomocysteinemia in rural area of China: A cross-sectional study.
CONCLUSIONS: Daytime sleepiness, but not sleep duration abnormity, snoring, apnea and sleep disruption was an independent risk factor for Hhcy. PMID: 27321249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - June 15, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Zhang N, Chen S, Chen Y, Guo X, Sun G, Qian H, Sun Y Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research

A cost-effectiveness analysis of over-the-counter statins.
CONCLUSIONS: With proper labeling and consumer education, it is highly likely that OTC statins would be cost-effective, as they significantly improve population health without large increases in healthcare costs. PMID: 27266585 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - June 10, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Stomberg C, Albaugh M, Shiffman S, Sood N Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research

What The Government's Latest Asian-American Health Report Got Wrong
Asian-Americans fare better than the general population on five different measures of health, according to a new national study.  But though it may appear that the "model minority" myth about the 15 million Asians in America extends even to physical and mental health, experts say this finding obscures the truth about vast disparities between Asian subgroups -- and that the study's methodology may have prevented the elderly, immigrants and people who don't speak English from contributing to a more nuanced picture of the health status of Asians in America.  The report, published by the U.S. Center fo...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 20, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

The Pooled Cohort Equations for Predicting Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke: Validated in Representative Natural History Populations
The American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Pooled Cohort equations (PCEs) were introduced in late 2013 and published in mid-2014.1 Unlike the Framingham score used to determine coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines,2 the new PCEs focused on estimating risk of CHD and stroke and additionally provided specific risk assessment for African American individuals. Because stroke may occur before CHD, particularly in women and African Americans, the PCEs were seen as a major advance in disease prognostication.
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - May 10, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Neil J. Stone, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Obesity in the U.S. and Europe on the Rise: A Comparison
Levels of obesity in adults and children are rising worldwide. The World Health Organization calls the rising level "an epidemic" citing sugary drinks and processed foods as the main culprits, along with an urban sedentary lifestyle. A study published in The Lancet named "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" stated obesity issues "were estimated to have caused 3.4 million deaths globally, most of which were from cardiovascular causes. Research indicates that if left unaddressed, the ri...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Impact on Quality of Life of Migraine in a Community in Northeast China.
CONCLUSION: Migraine is a highly prevalent disease that can significantly affect quality of life. Age, sex, education level, depression, CHD, COPD, IS, and hypertension were all associated with migraine. PMID: 27128478 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Orofacial Pain - April 30, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: J Oral Facial Pain Headache Source Type: research

Med diet best for heart disease (but some junk food won’t hurt)
Conclusion This study showed 3% fewer people with CHD, at high risk of major cardiovascular events, who reported eating the healthiest Mediterranean-style diets, had either died, or had a non-fatal heart attack or stroke over a three-year period than those with less healthy diets. Western diet scores were not related to major cardiovascular events. The study was large, worldwide and its methods quite robust, all boosting the believability of the findings. It is possible that unmeasured factors explain all or part of the findings, but the study made a concerted attempt to minimise the chance of this through adjusting for i...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Food/diet Source Type: news

Prevalence of Healthy Sleep Duration among Adults - United States, 2014.
Abstract To promote optimal health and well-being, adults aged 18-60 years are recommended to sleep at least 7 hours each night (1). Sleeping <7 hours per night is associated with increased risk for obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, frequent mental distress, and all-cause mortality (2-4). Insufficient sleep impairs cognitive performance, which can increase the likelihood of motor vehicle and other transportation accidents, industrial accidents, medical errors, and loss of work productivity that could affect the wider community (5). CDC analyzed data from the 2014 Behavioral...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - February 20, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Liu Y, Wheaton AG, Chapman DP, Cunningham TJ, Lu H, Croft JB Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

More Than A Third Of Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep
We spend about one-third of our life doing it, but more than one in three Americans still aren’t getting enough sleep, according to a new government report.  In their first study of self-reported sleep length, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 34.8 percent of American adults are getting less than seven hours of sleep -- the minimum length of time adults should sleep in order to reduce risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, mental distress, coronary heart disease and early death. In total, an estimated 83.6 million adults in the U.S. are sleep deprived, the CDC repor...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Hypertension in late adolescence and cardiovascular mortality in midlife: a cohort study of 2.3 million 16- to 19-year-old examinees
Conclusions Established hypertension at a young age was independently associated with elevated stroke mortality in midlife. This finding warrants confirmatory large-scale long-term follow-up studies to address the distant effects of adolescent hypertension.
Source: Pediatric Nephrology - February 18, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

Clinical round-up
HIV and stroke The association between HIV infection and coronary heart disease and haemorrhagic stroke has already been described1–3 but less is known about ischaemic stroke. Sico et al4 looked at the risk factors for ischaemic stroke in HIV+ individuals as part of the Veterans Administration Cohort Study, a study of clinical and laboratory data sets collected from 99 688 US veterans. They compared HIV+ patients with HIV– controls matched for age, sex race/ethnicity and clinical site over a 6-year period from 2003 to 2009, and after women and those with baseline cardiovascular disease (CVD) or stroke were...
Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections - January 20, 2016 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Herbert, S., Haddow, L. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Drugs: infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, Contraception, Drugs: obstetrics and gynaecology, Reproductive medicine, HIV / AIDS, Gonorrhoea, HIV infections, Health education, Smoking Clinical round-up Source Type: research

Psychological factors and DNA methylation of genes related to immune/inflammatory system markers: the VA Normative Aging Study
Conclusions These findings suggest that positive and negative psychological factors affect DNA methylation of selected genes involved in chronic immune/inflammatory processes and inflammation-related endothelial dysfunction. Such epigenetic changes may represent biological pathways that mediate the effects of psychological factors on CHD.
Source: BMJ Open - January 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kim, D., Kubzansky, L. D., Baccarelli, A., Sparrow, D., Spiro, A., Tarantini, L., Cantone, L., Vokonas, P., Schwartz, J. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Public health Research Source Type: research

Economic Hardship and Biological Weathering: The Epigenetics of Aging in a U.S. Sample of Black Women
Conclusions These findings support the view that chronic financial pressures associated with low income exerts a weathering effect that results in premature aging.
Source: Social Science and Medicine - December 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

African-Americans with depression more likely to have strokes, heart attack
Major depressive symptoms -- perceived stress, neuroticism, life dissatisfaction -- are associated with nearly twice the increased risk of stroke and coronary heart disease among African-Americans. African-Americans with depressive symptoms suffered more chronic conditions, exercised less, and had lower levels of education and income.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 17, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news