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Kids continue to consume too much salt, putting them at risk
Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, kills more than 800,000 Americans each year. We know that too much salt may contribute to high blood pressure and increased cardiovascular risk. According to a new study, American children are consuming sodium at levels that far exceed the daily recommended limit. Taste preferences for high sodium foods, formed as children, follow individuals into adulthood and put them at increased risk for developing cardiovascular problems later in life.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 3, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pre-stroke risk factors influence long-term future stroke, dementia risk
If you had heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, before your first stoke, your risk of suffering subsequent strokes and dementia long after your initial stroke may be higher. Taking good care of your heart disease risk factors -- even if you have never experienced a stroke -- is not only important to prevent the first stroke, but it can go a long way to prevent a second stroke and dementia, say researchers.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
High blood pressure by itself is not necessarily an emergency
Visits to emergency departments for patients with hypertension increased by 64 percent between 2002 and 2012 while hospitalizations for those visits declined by 28 percent. A new study suggests that aggressive home monitoring of blood pressure may be driving patients to emergency departments despite the lack of other emergency conditions, such as stroke.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 7, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Anabolic steroid abuse may increase risk of abnormal heart rhythm and stroke
Research has already shown that taking anabolic steroids is associated with high blood pressure and an increased risk of developing heart conditions such as left ventricular hypertrophy. Now research has shown that for some people misusing steroids can be particularly dangerous.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Are childhood stroke outcomes associated with BP, blood glucose, temperature?
Infarct (tissue damage) volume and hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) were associated with poor neurological outcomes after childhood stroke but hypertension and fever were not, according to a new article.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Research suggests new contributor to heart disease
Medical professionals have long known that the buildup of plaque in arteries can cause them to narrow and harden, potentially leading to a whole host of health problems -- including heart attack, heart disease and stroke. While high blood pressure and artery stiffness are often associated with plaque buildup, new research shows they are not the direct causes. Their findings suggest a new culprit: elastic fibers in the arterial wall.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
HIV identified as leading risk factor for stroke in young African adults
HIV infection is the leading risk factor for stroke in young African adults, a new study has found. The incidence of stroke is on the increase across most of sub-Saharan Africa. In countries like Malawi, a substantial proportion of stroke patients are young adults, and have a low prevalence of established risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and smoking.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 19, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Blood pressure medications can lead to increased risk of stroke
The importance of preventing hypertension is reinforced by a study showing anti-hypertension medicines can increase stroke risk by 248 percent, according to new research.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pharmacists help patients control blood pressure, study finds
Medical teams with a pharmacist helped patients with hypertension control their blood pressure more effectively, a new study has concluded. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death for Americans.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Heavy drinking in middle-age may increase stroke risk more than traditional factors
Drinking more than two alcoholic beverages a day in middle-age raised stroke risks more than traditional factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Heavy drinking in mid-life was linked to having a stroke about five years earlier in life irrespective of genetic and early-life factors.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Revolutionary device found to lower blood pressure
A revolutionary device has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure among patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure, compared to those treated with usual drug measures. "High blood pressure is very dangerous and leads to hospital treatment, stroke, heart attack and chronic kidney disease. We must find better means of treating high blood pressure as drugs do not work for everyone and the Coupler is a big step forward in our search for alternative treatment," said the lead investigator.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Controversial nitrite hypothesis confirmed
Understanding how nitrite can improve conditions such as hypertension, heart attack and stroke has been the object of worldwide research studies. New research has potentially moved the science one step closer to this goal.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 12, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Rising prevalence of sleep apnea in US threatens public health
Public health and safety are threatened by the increasing prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea, which now afflicts at least 25 million adults in the US, according to experts. Several new studies highlight the destructive nature of obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic disease that increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke and depression.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 29, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Potassium-rich foods cut stroke, death risks among older women
Older women who eat foods with higher amounts of potassium may be at lower risk of stroke and death than women who consume less potassium-rich foods. The health benefits from potassium-rich foods are greater among older women who do not have high blood pressure. Most older American women do not eat the recommended amounts of potassium from foods.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 4, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Severity of sleep apnea impacts risk of resistant high blood pressure
A strong association between severe, untreated obstructive sleep apnea and the risk of elevated blood pressure despite the use of high blood pressure medications has been made by researchers. "High blood pressure that is resistant to treatment with medications is a strong warning sign for the presence of obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic disease that increases the risk for heart disease and stroke," said one expert.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 14, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
