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Study challenges 'obesity paradox' in heart disease risk
(Reuters Health) - The more overweight people become, the more likely they are to have a heart attack or stroke and to develop risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure, a large UK study concludes.
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Less heart disease, stroke in immigrants than in U.S.-born
(Reuters Health) - People living in the U.S. but born elsewhere may have lower risk for heart disease and stroke than their native-born neighbors, suggests a new study.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
More Americans at risk for heart attack and stroke
(Reuters Health) - Most U.S. adults have poor cardiovascular health, and more people are at risk for heart attacks and strokes today than was true a generation ago, a U.S. study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Short kids may have a higher stroke risk as adults
(Reuters Health) - Children who are just a few inches shorter than their peers are more likely to suffer a stroke in adulthood, a large Danish study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Migraine tied to higher risk of cardiovascular diseases
(Reuters Health) - People with a history of migraines may be more likely to develop cardiovascular problems like heart attacks, stroke, and an irregular heart beat than individuals who don ’t experience these headaches, a Danish study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Biogen stops testing Tysabri to treat stroke after study fails
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc said on Wednesday it would stop developing its multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri to treat patients with acute ischemic stroke after it failed a mid-stage study.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Biogen stops developing Tysabri to treat stroke after failed study
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc said on Wednesday it would stop developing Tysabri to treat acute ischemic stroke patients after the drug failed to meet the main goal of a mid-stage study.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Just one cigarette a day can lead to heart disease
(Reuters Health) - Smoking just one cigarette a day carries half the risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke as a pack-a-day habit, according to research that concludes there is no safe level of smoking.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Even obese breast cancer survivors may cut heart disease risk with exercise
(Reuters Health) - Exercise can help overweight and obese breast cancer survivors reverse what ’s known as metabolic syndrome - a cluster of conditions like high blood pressure and elevated blood sugar that raise risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes - a new study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 31, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Updated stroke guidelines expand window for clot removal, clot-busting drugs
(Reuters Health) - Many people who wake up with stroke symptoms may find doctors reluctant to provide some treatments because guidelines put a time limit on when they can be given effectively, and sleepers don't know when their symptoms appeared.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Study confirms late clot extraction can save brain cells of stroke victims
(Reuters Health) - Early treatment is always best for stroke, but a new study adds to the evidence that removing a major brain clot up to 16 hours after the patient was last known to be healthy can still dramatically reduce death and disability.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Early puberty puts women at higher risk for heart disease and stroke
(Reuters Health) - Girls who start menstruating before they ’re 12 years old may have a greater risk of heart disease and stroke later in life than their peers who go through puberty later, a U.K. study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Time limit for stroke treatment may be longer in selected patients
(Reuters Health) - Removing a stroke-causing clot from a large blood vessel in the brain can improve outcomes in some patients, even when extraction occurs 6 to 24 hours after symptoms develop, according to results of a large new test of the technique.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Aspirin habits unchanged by recommendations from U.S. doctors
(Reuters Health) - U.S. guidelines urging more adults who never had a heart attack or stroke to take a daily aspirin may not have convinced people to take these pills, a recent study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - October 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Stopping aspirin therapy may raise heart attack, stroke risk
(Reuters Health) - Stopping low-dose aspirin therapy without good reason raises the likelihood of heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent, a large Swedish study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - September 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
