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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

Low-fiber diet tied to higher cardiometabolic risk
A new US study that analyzed data from a large national survey has found a significant link between diets low in fiber and increased cardiometabolic risk, a cluster of risk factors that increases a person's chances of having diabetes, heart disease or stroke. The researchers report their findings online in the latest issue of The American Journal of Medicine. There is already a wealth of evidence that diets high in fiber can help lower blood pressure, cholesterol and cardiovascular inflammation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news

Statins may slow aging process
Researchers have found that statins, a class of drugs widely used for lowering cholesterol, may also slow down the process of human aging, according to a study published online in The FASEB Journal. Statins are commonly used to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who are at high risk. They work by blocking the action of an enzyme in the liver that is responsible for making cholesterol. But now, Spanish researchers have discovered that statins could reduce the rate at which telomeres "shorten," meaning they could potentially be used as an anti-aging therapy...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Statins Source Type: news

New signal stabilizes atherosclerotic plaques
Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease with accumulation of cholesterol in the vessel walls. The atherosclerotic plaque is built up throughout life and when it ruptures it leads to heart attack or stroke. T cells are important immune cells able to direct the immune response; they are present in the plaques at all stages and signal to other cells through contact or secretion of cytokines, a type of hormone-like signal molecules. In the present study the researchers have identified a cytokine produced by T cells that can stabilize atherosclerotic plaques and protect them from rupture...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cholesterol Source Type: news

American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report On Statin Use And Side Effects
Statins - the popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs used widely to prevent recurrent heart disease or stroke as well as risk for having a first cardiac or stroke event - appear to cause few side effects, according to new research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Researchers conducted the largest meta-analysis on statin side effects to date, reviewing data from 135 previous drug studies to evaluate the safety of the seven statins on the market. They concluded "as a class, adverse events associated with statin therapy are not common...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Statins Source Type: news

Pitavastatin, Alternative Cholesterol-Lowering Drug For Patients Who Can't Tolerate Statins
Heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option, according to a new study by researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Researchers found that pitavastatin, a newer cholesterol-lowering drug, may reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and even death in up to 68 percent of patients with high cholesterol who can't tolerate other cholesterol-lowering medications due to side effects...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Statins Source Type: news

In Preventing Diabetes-Related Heart Disease, Blood Pressure And Cholesterol Targets Are Higher Priorities Than Blood Sugar
For people with diabetes, meeting the recommended guidelines for blood pressure and cholesterol is even more important than meeting the guidelines for blood sugar control in reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The study included more than 26,000 patients with diabetes. Patients who met guidelines for all three risk factors and those who met the blood pressure and cholesterol guidelines were least likely to be hospitalized for a heart attack or stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news