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Q & A: saturated fat, your health and what the experts say
The key points in a debate between cardiology experts over the link between fat, cholesterol and coronary diseaseWhat ’s the fuss about?A furore has blown up over whether eating saturated fat increases the risk of coronary heart disease after three cardiologists said that “the conceptual model of dietary saturated fat clogging a pipe is just plain wrong”. They also dismissed the drive for foods with lower cholesterol and the use of medications as “misguided”.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 25, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Nutrition Medical research Health & wellbeing Obesity Diets and dieting Heart attack Diabetes Stroke Smoking Doctors Science Source Type: news
Trans fat bans lessen health risks, research suggests
People living in areas that restrict trans fats in foods had fewer hospitalizations for heart attack and stroke compared to residents in areas without restrictions, according to a new study.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 15, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Where you live could determine risk of heart attack, stroke or dying of heart disease
People living in parts of Ontario with better access to preventive health care had lower rates of cardiac events compared to residents of regions with less access, found a new study.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 3, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Insomnia associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke
Insomnia is associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new research.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 31, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Molecular therapy set to protect at-risk patients against heart attack and stroke
Even a single dose of a specific ribonucleic acid molecule, known as a small interfering RNA (siRNA), offers patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease long-lasting protection against high LDL cholesterol -- one of the main risk factors for heart attack and stroke -- conclude researchers.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
A Centuries-Old Aphrodisiac Might Help People With Sleep Apnea
This study is the first time that researchers are aware of that the chemical has been used to help to treat sleep apnea, Poon said.
The recent experiments were done in rats ― so a drug available for people is still a long way off. (The chemical still needs to be formulated into a drug and then be tested on humans.) But the scientists are excited because if the chemical does have the same effect in people, it may be pivotal in designing the first drug to target the root cause of obstructive sleep apnea.
‘Waking Up’ The Tongue Muscles
In people with sleep apnea specific motor neurons (the nerve cells that cont...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 23, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
New Cholesterol Drug Lowers Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
It remains to be seen whether the treatment, which was effective in a large clinical trial, will live up to its promise
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Source: Scientific American - March 17, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Heidi Ledford Nature magazine Tags: Health Medicine The Body Source Type: research
Intensive blood pressure control could prevent 100,000 early deaths each year
Researchers have projected that aggressively lowering blood pressure could help prevent more than 100,000 deaths in the US each year. Experts from across the country built upon the landmark Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial which found that decreasing blood pressure to 120 mmHg compared to 140 mmHg reduced heart attack, stroke and death in people that were at high risk. Until now, the number of lives that could be saved was unknown.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 13, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Skipping Breakfast Could Increase Your Risk Of Heart Disease
(Reuters Health) - Planning meals and snacks in advance and eating breakfast every day may help lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, new guidelines from U.S. doctors say.
Eating more calories earlier in the day and consuming less food at night may also reduce the odds of a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac or blood vessel diseases, according to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
“When we eat may be important to consider, in addition to what we eat,” said Marie-Pierre St-Onge, chair of the group that wrote the guidelines and a nutrition researcher at Columbia University Medica...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 1, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
How Stress Can Cause A Heart Attack
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Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 12, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Carrie Fisher's Death Highlights The Reality Of Heart Disease In Women
Carrie Fisher died early Tuesday morning, four days after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles. The actress and author, best known for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” franchise, was 60 years old.
Experts say that Fisher’s death highlights an important reality about heart disease: It is the leading cause of death among men and women alike in the U.S.
While heart disease encompasses many different conditions, a heart attack occurs when coronary arteries become blocked and oxygenated blood can’t reach the heart. About 735,000 Americans have hea...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Rate of death, heart attack after noncardiac surgery decreases, although risk of stroke increases
Medical researchers have examined national trends in perioperative cardiovascular outcomes and mortality after major noncardiac surgery.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
New drug could help prevent artery disease in high-risk patients
Approximately 2,200 Americans die each day from heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases. The most common cause is blocked blood vessels that can no longer supply oxygen and nutrients to the heart and brain. A recent study has shown that a protein inhibitor drug prevents these blockages, and could be a new therapeutic approach to prevent heart attack, stroke and other diseases caused by blocked blood vessels.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 21, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
HIV patients have nearly twice the heart attack risk
Current methods to predict the risk of heart attack and stroke vastly underestimate the risk in individuals with HIV, which is nearly double that of the general population, reports a new study. The higher risk exists even when virus is undetectable in blood because of antiretroviral drugs. Accurately predicting risk is vital for preventive treatment, say clinicians.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 21, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Declines In Dementia: Of Hearts And Minds
In this season when we are meant to be thankful, but when so many of us have had so many reasons to be otherwise, we have received a timely, welcome bit of universally good news. Rates of dementia in the United States appear to be declining.
This news reaches us courtesy of a study published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine. The investigators used standard, validated measures of cognitive function and dementia in two groups of more than 10,000 people in the U.S. with an average age of roughly 75 in the year 2000, and again in 2012. The overall rate of dementia declined over that span from 11.6% to 8.8%.
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Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
