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Lashing out with angry outbursts increases heart, stroke risk
BOSTON, March 6 (UPI) -- People who lash out with angry outbursts appear to be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, especially within 2 hours of outburst, U.S. researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Those with pre-diabetes reduce heart attack risk by walking
LEICESTER, England, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A British researcher says an international team found those at higher risk for type 2 diabetes may reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke by walking.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Decline in stroke deaths called great public health feat
CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. public health efforts since the 1970s to get people to lower their blood pressure and quit smoking have helped reduce stroke deaths, researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heart/stroke guidelines call for statins, lifestyle changes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released new U.S. cardiovascular prevention guidelines to prevent heart attack and stroke.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Testosterone therapy linked to higher heart risk
DENVER, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Men taking testosterone had a 29 percent greater risk of death, heart attack and stroke compared with a "real world" population of men, U.S. researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gardening, home improvements help reduce heart/stroke risk
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Gardening and home do-it-yourself projects can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by 30 percent in those age 60 and older, researchers in Sweden say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Flu shot cuts heart attack risk in half in heart patients
TORONTO, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The flu shot cuts in half the risk of heart attack or stroke among those who have already had a heart attack, researchers in Canada say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Richest U.S. adults have better odds surviving a stroke
TORONTO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. adults in the highest socio-economic groups have a significantly greater chance of surviving a stroke than the poorest Americans, researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stroke risk may be reduced by vitamin B supplements
By CAROLINE LEE, UPI.com Taking vitamin B supplements may help reduce the risk of stroke.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reduce heart risk by smoking cessation, eat healthy, exercise
ATLANTA, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer in the United States, but a researcher says healthy living can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More U.S. adults age 44 and younger are at risk of stroke
CHICAGO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. hospital discharges for stroke among U.S. adults ages 15-44 increased from 23 percent to 53 percent from the mid-'90s to the mid-2000s, researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
200,000 U.S. heart disease, stroke deaths can be prevented
ATLANTA, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- More than 200,000 preventable U.S. deaths from heart disease and stroke occurred in 2010, half in people age 65 and younger, federal health officials said.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Women in developed countries living longer
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The leading causes of death of women age 50 and older worldwide are heart disease, stroke and cancer, officials at the World Health Organization in Geneva say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Those who moved away from the U.S. Stroke Belt still at risk
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Just by living in the U.S. Stroke Belt -- a wide swath of the Southeast -- while a teenager increases a person's risk of stroke deaths, researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From 2000-11 in NYC 154 died of heat stroke
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Summer temperatures in New York City are increasing, with longer and hotter heat waves projected into the next century and beyond, city health officials say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
