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Smokers have higher risk for multiple strokes
(Reuters Health) - Smokers who have a stroke are much more likely to have another one if they don't quit or at least cut back, a Chinese study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Former U.S. pro football players may face increased risk of heart rhythm problem
(Reuters Health) - Former players from the National Football League may face an increased risk of a type of irregular heartbeat that could lead to stroke, a new study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - July 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Czech doctors deliver baby girl 117 days after mother's brain-death
When a helicopter rushed an unconscious Czech woman who had suffered a severe stroke to hospital in April, her chances of survival were slim - and those of the fetus she had carried in her womb for 15 weeks little better.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
One pill with four drugs may lower heart risks in poor population
A single daily pill containing low doses of common medications might provide a simple, inexpensive way to reduce risks for heart attacks and stroke in underprivileged communities, researchers say.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Occupational pesticide exposure may raise heart risk
(Reuters Health) - On-the-job exposure to high levels of pesticides might raise the risk of developing heart disease or having a stroke, according to a long-term study in Hawaii.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Optimism tied to lower rates of heart attacks, death
(Reuters Health) - People with a positive outlook on life may be less likely than pessimists to experience events like a heart attack or stroke, and they may live longer, a recent review of existing research suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - October 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Diabetics can reduce heat illness from exercise
(Reuters Health) - Diabetes can make people more prone to heat stroke when they exercise on hot days, but two studies suggest there are things diabetics and others can do to lower their risk of heat-related illnesses.
Source: Reuters: Health - October 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Early menopause tied to heart problems before 60
(Reuters Health) - Women who go through menopause earlier in life may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke before they reach age 60 than their counterparts who go through menopause later on, a recent study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - October 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Northern Ireland prepares for momentous abortion, same-sex marriage changes
Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland's same-sex marriage ban and restrictions on abortion gathered in Belfast on Monday to prepare for a momentous change to the laws on both at the stroke of midnight.
Source: Reuters: Health - October 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Trauma outcomes worse with risk factors for heart disease and stroke
(Reuters Health) - Severely injured patients are more likely to have complications or die if they have a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, a recent study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Colchicine cuts odds of new heart attack, stroke in heart attack survivors
(Reuters Health) - The inflammation-fighting drug colchicine, already a treatment for gout, dramatically reduces the odds of future cardiovascular problems in people who have just survived a heart attack, a large new study has concluded.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Breast cancer survivors face other health risks after treatment
(Reuters Health) - In the years following breast cancer treatment, women are at increased risk of death from other cancers, heart disease, stroke and infections, a new analysis finds.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Too old for new heart? Germany faces dearth of organ donors
Siegfried Richtsteig has been waiting in hospital for more than 130 days for a heart that would allow him to do the things he enjoyed most, like playing with his grandchildren, before a stroke damaged the organ beyond repair.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Dutch 'walking-bike' helps disabled people gain mobility, sit tall
Lindsey Main from Massachusetts was an active woman who enjoyed yoga, running and walking her dog, until she suffered a stroke in January 2018 and lost mobility.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
AstraZeneca's heart drug gets FDA nod
AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug for reducing the risk of a first heart attack or stroke in high-risk patients with coronary artery disease.
Source: Reuters: Health - June 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
