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Medical News Today: Scientists probe link between stroke and cancer
New research that finds that higher rates of cancer, especially advanced cancer, are diagnosed in stroke survivors than the general population.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Stroke risk 'higher at start of warfarin treatment'
Conclusion
This study has found that warfarin was associated with an increased risk of ischaemic stroke during the first 30 days of treatment. After 30 days of treatment, warfarin was associated with a decreased risk of stroke.
However, this study has a number of limitations that should be considered:
All information was from patient records, which means that it wasn't subject to recall bias, but the information may not be complete – we do not know if, for example, people took the medication they were prescribed.
There may be other factors (confounders) that explain the association seen. In particular, the ba...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Medication Source Type: news
Longer sleep linked to stroke
Conclusion
This cohort study found that, overall, people who sleep for more than eight hours have a 46% increased risk of stroke. When analysed separately, there was no statistically significant association for men, but a much higher increased risk for women, of 80%.
A major strength of the study is the number of potential confounding factors that the researchers tried to account for, including many cardiovascular risk factors. However, it did not account for other illnesses such as sleep apnoea or cancer, which may have had an effect on the amount of sleep and risk of stroke.
In addition, the study is reliant on the i...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Neurology Older people Source Type: news
Let's Encourage Congress to Improve Stroke Care FAST
She thought she was choking. It was June of her first year as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Joyce Beatty had just returned to her office following a luncheon when she felt her throat shut down. She couldn't swallow, couldn't talk. Couldn't cry for help. As she reached for water, her left side went numb. She collapsed. Someone called 911, thinking it was a heart attack. It was a stroke. Specifically, a brain stem stroke. The brain stem is a precarious spot -- a half-inch wide area that controls basic activities like consciousness, blood pressure and breathing. A stroke there could harm any of those functio...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating chocolate may slightly lower your risk of stroke
ConclusionThis study used a large prospective cohort of English residents to estimate the risk chocolate poses to cardiovascular death and disease. In addition, they systematically combed the research literature for other similar studies, combining their results with that of other researchers. By comparing the highest chocolate consumers with chocolate abstainers, they found that chocolate was linked to a lower risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. The risk for coronary heart disease was not statistically significant. Results from the meta-analysis of eight additional studies showed higher chocolate consumption was li...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Heart/lungs Neurology Source Type: news
Aircraft noise linked with stroke and heart problems
Conclusion
With debate currently taking place about the expansion of airports around London, the possible effects of aircraft noise on health is an important area for research. But as the authors point out, this study has several limitations. In particular, although the authors took account of confounders such as ethnicity, deprivation and smoking rates at the area level, they had no information on these factors at the individual level. So results at area level are not applicable to all individuals within these small areas.
In addition, the risk of coronary heart disease may have been affected by large south Asian populati...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news
UK heart disease and stroke death rates now lower than cancer
Conclusion
This valuable research informs on the burden of cardiovascular disease and associated mortality across European countries.
It demonstrates that CVD is still the most common cause of death across Europe, but rates have been falling over the past 10 years. This fall means that in several European countries, including the UK, cancer rates now overtake CVD death rates in men. Generally, CVD disability and burden of disease seems to be greater in Eastern European countries.
The WHO mortality data and population data are quite up-to-date and should be reliable, though as the researchers say, there was a lack of high ...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Cancer Neurology Source Type: news
Ischemic Stroke May Hint at Underlying Cancer Ischemic Stroke May Hint at Underlying Cancer
Undiagnosed cancer may trigger ischemic stroke events by inducing hypercoagulability, say Spanish researchers. The findings suggest that in particular, older stroke patients should be followed closely.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Three times as many women die of a stroke compared to breast cancer in the UK
STROKE is the third leading cause of death amongst women in Britain. As part of World Stroke Day we explain the causes, symptoms and ways to prevent the life-threatening condition
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Childhood Cancer Survivors Who've Had One Stroke At Risk of Second
Rate is double that of people without cancer who've lived through one stroke, study finds
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Cancer in Children, Cancer--Living with Cancer, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Daylight Saving Time Switch May Boost Stroke RiskDaylight Saving Time Switch May Boost Stroke Risk
Turning the clock an hour forward or back in the spring and fall is linked to a temporary increase in the incidence of ischemic stroke, particularly in patients with cancer and in the elderly, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
High blood pressure: Why me?
“I go to the gym, and I never add salt. So why do I have high blood pressure?” Despite its astonishing prevalence of one in three Americans, many people struggle with the diagnosis of high blood pressure, or hypertension. It’s worth exploring why, because being an active participant in your care is crucial for optimal blood pressure control.
Certain features make any diagnosis easier to accept:
First, people are more likely to accept a diagnosis if they have symptoms. A person with cough and fever will believe a diagnosis of pneumonia. But someone who feels fine would not.
Next, people more readily accept a diagnosi...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - May 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Naomi D. L. Fisher, MD Tags: Behavioral Health Health care Heart Health Hypertension and Stroke Prevention Screening high blood pressure Source Type: news
AIs Not Tied to Cardiac Ischemia, Stroke in Breast CA PatientsAIs Not Tied to Cardiac Ischemia, Stroke in Breast CA Patients
Breast cancer patients on aromatase inhibitors (AIs) do not seem to be at greater risk for cardiac ischemia or stroke compared with those taking tamoxifen, researchers have found. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Drug Targeting Blood-Brain Barrier 'Hopeful' in Stroke Drug Targeting Blood-Brain Barrier 'Hopeful' in Stroke
Imatinib, a drug that is already available for the treatment of cancer, showed positive results in an initial randomized study in ischemic stroke. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
High Risk for CHD and Stroke in Patients With Thyroid Cancer High Risk for CHD and Stroke in Patients With Thyroid Cancer
Undergoing total thyroidectomy and high doses of levothyroxine were associated with a higher risk for coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
