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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

Pathological Laughter as a Symptom of Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
Pathological laughter is defined as uncontrollable and inappropriate laughter unrelated to an emotion or a mood. This symptom can reveal a stroke.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 21, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: G ülden Özel, David Maltête, Romain Lefaucheur Tags: Clinical Communications: Adult Source Type: research

Prognosis Among Healthy Individuals Discharged With a Primary Diagnosis of Syncope
This study sought to examine the risk of major cardiac adverse events and death in a nationwide cohort of patients without previous comorbidity admitted for syncope. Background: Syncope is a common clinical event, but knowledge of prognosis is not fully elucidated in healthy individuals. Methods: Patients without previous comorbidity admitted for syncope in Denmark from 2001 to 2009 were identified in nationwide administrative registries and matched by sex and age with 5 control subjects from the Danish population. The risk of death or recurrent syncope, implantation of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillat...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - December 17, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Martin Huth Ruwald, Morten Lock Hansen, Morten Lamberts, Carolina Malta Hansen, Michael Vinther, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Jim Hansen, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason Tags: Heart Rhythm Disorders Source Type: research

UK 'among worst' for cancer linked to obesity
Conclusion This international study has shown alarming increases in cases of cancer that can be attributed to high BMI. Overall, they estimated that 3.6% of cancers in adults (aged over 30 years) worldwide are caused by high BMI, with the proportion attributed to obesity slightly higher in women than in men. In the UK, 4.4% of all cases of cancer per year in men and 8.2% of all cases of cancer per year in women, were estimated to be attributable to obesity. The research focused on cancers that the WCRF has already established are linked to high BMI. When looking at these cancers, the UK was joint second highest in the worl...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Obesity Source Type: news

Contribution of chronic diseases to the prevalence of disability in basic and instrumental activities of daily living in elderly Brazilians: the National Health Survey (2013).
This study's objective was to assess the contribution of selected chronic diseases to the prevalence of disability in elderly Brazilians, based on data from the National Health Survey (PNS 2013). Disability was defined as some degree of difficulty in performing ten activities, considering three levels: (i) without disability; (ii) disabled only in some instrumental activity of daily living (IADL); and (iii) disabled in some basic activity of daily living (BADL). The multinomial additive hazards model was the attribution method used to assess the contribution of each self-reported chronic condition (hypertension, diabetes, ...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - February 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Costa Filho AM, Mambrini JVM, Malta DC, Lima-Costa MF, Peixoto SV Tags: Cad Saude Publica 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

Atherosclerosis risk factor management - what's new for the neurologist?
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2022 May;80(5 Suppl 1):88-93. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X-ANP-2022-S102.ABSTRACTStroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and the vast majority can be attributed to modifiable risk factors, mainly behavioral and metabolic. The top six risk factors responsible for cardiovascular mortality in Brazil in 2019 were high systolic blood pressure, inadequate dietary exposure, high body mass index, high LDL cholesterol, high fasting blood glucose levels, and tobacco. We intend to discuss in this paper the evidence and recommendations in the approach of three essential risk factors for patients with a hist...
Source: Atherosclerosis - August 17, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Luciana Dornfeld Bichuette Marcos Pita Lottenberg Francisco Akira Malta Cardozo Daniela Calderaro Source Type: research

Hyperdense artery sign in middle cerebral and basilar arteries: A catastrophic stroke
Publication date: Available online 23 March 2016 Source:Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska Author(s): Frederico Carvalho de Medeiros, Danielle Christine Ribeiro Viana, Danilo Malta Batista, Cíntia Alvarenga Pereira
Source: Polish Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery - March 22, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Source Type: research

Echocardiographic and electrocardiographic parameters during the normal postpartum period in toy breeds of dogs
In conclusion, there were changes in systolic function and some structural adaptive changes in the bitch during the first 80days postpartum. In addition, maternal heart rate and corrected QT interval decreased, while P wave and QRS amplitudes increased.
Source: The Veterinary Journal - October 20, 2017 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Neuroimmunology of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
Conclusion Recent advances in research on HTLV-1 provide better understanding of the molecular pathogenesis and mechanisms of HAM/TSP, and several clinical trials of novel therapies for patients with HAM/TSP have been initiated. However, long-term improvement of motor disability and quality of life still have not been achieved in HAM/TSP patients, and the clinical management remains challenging. Given that HAM/TSP is characterized by activated T-cells in both the periphery and CNS, studies in HAM/TSP will be highly informative for clarifying the pathogenesis of other neuroinflammatory disorders such as multiple sclerosis....
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - April 23, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research

Cells to Society: "Gold Standard" Chicago Parent Program / Research News
This study was conducted to enhance the rate of advance care planning conversations and documentation by improving knowledge, attitudes, and skills of caregivers.      Read more   Violence and Trauma ...
Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - October 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Electrocardiographic abnormalities, preclinical carotid atherosclerosis andcardiovascular risk, in an apparently healthy real-world population: data from the project "No Stroke, No Infarction" of the rotary international - District 2110 "Sicily & amp; Malta"
CONCLUSIONS: A total of 302 (16.2%) subjects were at least at high risk for CV events according to the EUROSCORE, increasing to 681 (36,61% - p < 0.001) adding ACP. The combination of EUROSCORE with ECG may help to stratify CV risk in primary prevention. Carotid ultrasound furtherly increases the power of stratification of asymptomatic patients suitable for pharmacological treatment.PMID:34282855 | DOI:10.23736/S0392-9590.21.04637-X
Source: International Angiology - July 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Salvatore Novo Davide Diana Claudio Tomasino Giulia Zambelli Antonino Mignano Andrea Scalmato Laura Maniscalco Alfredo Galassi Domenica Matranga Giuseppina Novo Source Type: research