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Primary Prevention of Acute Stroke.
Abstract Primary Prevention of Acute Stroke Abstract. Strokes are frequent. Vascular risk factors are increasing the stroke risk. Most vascular risk factors are treatable. Their therapy is important in the primary prevention of stroke. According to the INTERSTROKE study, arterial hypertension, inactivity, overweight, dyslipidemia, smoking, unhealthy diet, cardiac pathologies such as major arrhythmia, diabetes mellitus, stress/depression and overconsumption of alcohol are the most important treatable vascular risk factors. In this article, we will also report on at present less well known treatable vascular risk fa...
Source: Praxis - March 20, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Scutelnic A, Streit S, Sarikaya H, Jung S, Heldner MR Tags: Praxis (Bern 1994) Source Type: research

Atrial fibrillation for internists: current practice.
Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) has become a global epidemic and puts affected patients at high risk of adverse events. In this review we summarise the current evidence on risk factors and complications of AF, describe current treatment strategies, and outline new fields of research. Current evidence shows that hypertension and obesity are the two most important modifiable risk factors for the development of AF. Patients with AF face an increased stroke risk. Oral anticoagulation reduces this risk substantially. Mainly for reasons of safety and ease of use, non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants are prefer...
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - March 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Meyre P, Conen D, Osswald S, Kühne M, Meyer-Zürn C Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research

AHA News: Legacy of Discrimination Reflected in Health Inequality
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Risk factors that can lead to heart disease and stroke include obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. For African Americans, another issue also threatens their cardiovascular health:...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Young Black Adults More Prone to Stroke, but Don ' t Know It
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 -- Young black Americans face higher rates of stroke than others as a result of high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, new research suggests. But the same study finds they typically underestimate their stroke risk. " If...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

En mann i 40- årene med akutt innsettende talevansker og ensidig lammelse.
En mann i 40-årene med akutt innsettende talevansker og ensidig lammelse. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2019 Dec 10;139(18): Authors: Jahr SH, Myro AZ, Vegge K, Campbell P Abstract BACKGROUND: Stroke has several causes and the diagnostic investigation can be challenging. Neurosyphilis occurs when Treponema pallidum infects the central nervous system, and is a rare cause of stroke. CASE PRESENTATION: A man in in his late forties with diabetes mellitus and overweight presented with headache, speech impairment and right-sided stroke symptoms. He also had cognitive impairment and psychiatric symptoms. He ...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - December 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jahr SH, Myro AZ, Vegge K, Campbell P Tags: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen Source Type: research

Prevalence of arterial hypertension in Brazilian adults and its associated factors and activity limitations: a cross-sectional study.
CONCLUSIONS: This study showed sociodemographic inequality in the prevalence of hypertension, especially in the population with some degree of limitation associated with hypertension. It showed that improvements in access to primary care services for controlling hypertension at its initial stages are essential in order to avoid comorbidities of greater severity and limitations and losses of quality of life, especially among socially disadvantaged people. PMID: 31691763 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Sao Paulo Medical Journal - November 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Marques AP, Szwarcwald CL, de Souza-Junior PRB, Malta DC, Montilla DER Tags: Sao Paulo Med J Source Type: research

Health Risks and Interventions in Exertional Heat Stress.
CONCLUSION: Immediately effective cooling interventions are the only causal treatment for heat stroke. Time once lost cannot be made up. Prevention (acclimatization, reduced exposure, etc.) and terminating the heat stress in good time (e.g., stopping work) are better than any cure. PMID: 31554541 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Deutsches Arzteblatt International - September 28, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Dtsch Arztebl Int Source Type: research

Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
We describe the prevalence, hazard ratios (HRs), and population-attributable fractions (PAFs) for cardiovascular disease and mortality associated with a cluster of behavioural factors (ie, tobacco use, alcohol, diet, physical activity, and sodium intake), metabolic factors (ie, lipids, blood pressure, diabetes, obesity), socioeconomic and psychosocial factors (ie, education, symptoms of depression), grip strength, and household and ambient pollution. Associations between risk factors and the outcomes were established using multivariable Cox frailty models and using PAFs for the entire cohort, and also by countries grouped ...
Source: The Lancet - September 3, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Association of Metabolic Surgery With CV Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
This matched-cohort study uses Cleveland Clinic Health System data to investigate the association between bariatric surgery and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including mortality, coronary disease and stroke, in adult patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - September 2, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Role of Bariatric Surgery in Managing Macrovascular Complications of Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes
Reducing the risk of macrovascular events, including myocardial infarction and stroke, is a major goal when treating diabetes. Despite this focus, of the major randomized trials used to support current diabetes guidelines (ACCORD, ADVANCE, UKPDS 33, UKPDS 34, VADT), none showed reductions in macrovascular events when the trial results were first reported. For example, UKPDS is still frequently cited in support of aggressive glucose lowering, yet when the primary outcome data were presented in 1998, the results showed no difference between groups in terms of reducing the risk of all-cause mortality (relative risk [RR], 0.94...
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - September 2, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Why Diet Sodas Aren ' t the Answer for Your Sugary Drink Cravings
THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2019 -- The health risks of sugary drinks, from juice to soda, are well known. They can lead to overweight and diabetes, stroke and other problems in the brain, including poorer memory and smaller brain volume. But diet sodas...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 22, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Prevalence of depression and anxiety and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in Northeast Brasil primary care patients
CONCLUSION: DAD were associated with an increased risk for arterial hypertension, obesity, and hyperlipidemia.RESUMO INTRODU ÇÃO: Transtornos de ansiedade e depressão (TAD) são os distúrbios psiquiátricos mais comuns no mundo. Dentre a população adulta atendida na atenção básica, estima-se que a depressão afete cerca de 14,3% desses indivíduos mundialmente, podendo este valor ir de 21,4% a 31% no Brasil. A an siedade afeta até 33,7% da população durante sua vida. OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de TAD em pacientes da atenção primária em um município do Nordeste brasileiro e associar sua ocorrência com...
Source: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira - July 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Overweight Kids Are at Risk for High Blood Pressure
FRIDAY, June 14, 2019 -- Overweight preschoolers have twice the odds of developing high blood pressure by age 6, putting them at risk of heart attack and stroke later in life. And those odds begin building as early as age 4, a new study...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Extended Risk Factors for Stroke Prevention.
Authors: Zhang S, Zhang W, Zhou G Abstract Stroke causes disability and high mortality, while it can be prevented by increasing public awareness of risk factors. The common known risk factors are hypertension, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, smoking, alcohol consumption, low physical activity, overweight and hypercholesterolemia. However, the deep understanding of risk factors is limited. Moreover, more risk factor emerges in recent years. To further increase the awareness of risk factors for stroke prevention, this review indicates the reasonable application of antihypertensive agents according to the age-depe...
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - March 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research

Could Olive Oil Help Keep Stroke at Bay for Obese Americans?
THURSDAY, March 7, 2019 -- If you ' re obese and you want to do your heart a favor, try adding some olive oil to your diet. So suggests new research, which found that healthy but severely obese patients who ate olive oil at least once a week had lower...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news