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Shingles rash linked to higher risk of stroke
Shingles, the nerve rash in adulthood caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus, is an independent risk factor for stroke and other blood clot events, the largest study to confirm the association has found.Publishing their findings in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, the researchers found that shingles was a risk factor for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA, a mini-stroke).The increased risk was independent of other factors known to raise the chances of vascular events, including obesity, smoking and high cholesterol.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Obesity does not predict equal risk for all stroke types
Being overweight or obese is a well-known risk factor for stroke. However, recent research shows that this risk is not equal across all types of stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the progression of atherosclerosis and the risk of stroke
A Finnish population-based study showed that binge drinking was associated with increased atherosclerotic progression in an 11-year follow-up of middle-aged men. The progression of atherosclerosis was increased among men who consumed 6 drinks or more on one occasion. In addition, the risk of stroke increased among men who had at least one hangover per year. Hangovers increased the risk of stroke independent of the total amount of alcohol consumed. Hypertension and overweight, in the presence of alcohol consumption, further increased the risk of stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
Young Women Witth High BMI At Increased Risk For Heart Attack, Stroke
A nationwide study of women in Denmark who are of child-bearing age finds that those who are obese appear to have a much greater risk of heart attack or stroke, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. In fact, women with a high body mass index (BMI) - a measure of the body's fat content - that is indicative of obesity were twice as likely as those of normal weight to suffer a potentially life-threatening heart attack or stroke within just four to five years following childbirth...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Seem To Have Higher Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke
A syndrome common in women of reproductive age may place them at greater risk for hardening of the arteries, which predisposes them to heart attack and stroke, according to research published Feb. 15 in the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Glucose can stimulate an inflammatory process that allows white blood cells to enter the artery walls and attract cholesterol. Researchers studied 18- to 40-year-old women, lean and obese, with polycystic ovary syndrome and weight-matched controls...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Women's Health / Gynecology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Being overweight or obese may improve stroke survival
New research further strengthens the theory that excessive body fat may have a protective effect and improve survival after a stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Risk Factors For Heart Disease Likely Decrease Brain Function Too
Brain function in adults as young as 35 may decline as their heart disease risk factors increase, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. "Young adults may think the consequences of smoking or being overweight are years down the road, but they aren't," said Hanneke Joosten, M.D., lead author and nephrology fellow at the University Medical Center in Groningen, The Netherlands. "Most people know the negative effects of heart risk factors such as heart attack, stroke and renal impairment, but they do not realize it affects cognitive health...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
What is metabolic syndrome? What causes metabolic syndrome?
Metabolic Syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, refers to a number of conditions that occur simultaneously and increase the risk of diabetes, stroke and heart disease. People with metabolic syndrome have high blood sugar levels, hypertension (high blood pressure), too much fat around their belly, and unhealthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Although on its own, each condition can raise the risk of heart attack or stroke, people with just one or two of them do not have metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a preventable and reversible condition...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Link Between TV Viewing, Sedentary Lifestyle In Teens And Disease Risk In Adulthood
A team of scientists at Umea University, in collaboration with colleagues in Melbourne, Australia, have found that television viewing and lack of exercise at age 16 is associated with the risk of developing metabolic syndrome at 43 years age. Metabolic syndrome is a name for the disorder of metabolism - a combination of abdominal obesity, elevated blood lipids, hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance - which provides for a significantly increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, stroke and cardiovascular disease...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Scientists Identify Culprit In Obesity-Associated High Blood Pressure
Obesity and its related conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke are among the most challenging of today's healthcare concerns. Together, they constitute the biggest killer in western society. New findings, published in Cell, have identified a target that could hold the key to developing safe therapies to treat obesity and its associated conditions...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news
First Signs Of Heart Disease Seen In Newborns Of Overweight/Obese Mums
Artery wall thickening already present at birth The walls of the body's major artery - the aorta - are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds a small study published online in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease of Childhood. Importantly, this arterial thickening, which is a sign of heart disease, is independent of the child's weight at birth - a known risk factor for later heart disease and stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
First patient receives innovative new treatment to tackle combined diabetes and obesity in NHS approved trial initiated by the ABCD, UK
Combined diabetes and obesity, 'diabesity', is a serious health problem with considerably increased risks of premature heart attack, stroke and death. If not controlled, it can also affect the eyes leading to blindness, the kidneys leading to kidney failure and the feet leading to ulcers and amputation. The number of patients with diabesity is increasing rapidly, both in the UK and world-wide...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
Obesity combined with exposure to cigarette smoke may pose new health concerns
Millions of people who are obese and smoke tobacco may face additional health problems - including their responses to common prescription medicines - that extend beyond the well-known links with cancer, heart attacks and stroke, according to a report presented here today. Scientists told an audience at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, that those health threats may include "passive" or "second-hand" smoking. It occurs when non-smokers inhale smoke from cigarettes smoldering nearby...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Could leptin explain the link between abdominal obesity and cardiovascular disease
High levels of adipose tissue hormone leptin in the blood reduces blood vessels' ability to dilate, and also affects blood clotting, all of which increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. These are some of the results that Manuel Gonzalez shows in his doctoral thesis that he defended at Umea University. Numerous population studies have shown that overweight people, especially those with abdominal obesity, have a higher risk of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Personalized preventive care best for older heart patients
Strategies to prevent heart attack, stroke and other major cardiac events should be individualized for older adults who should play a role in choosing their therapies, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement published in its journal Circulation. The statement is a comprehensive review of the benefits and risks of medical and lifestyle interventions for cardiovascular disease patients age 75 and older. It addresses obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, inadequate nutrition, physical inactivity and tobacco use...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
