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UK HealthCare, partners receive prestigious CDC grant to improve stroke care in Kentucky
(University of Kentucky) UK HealthCare, UofL Health, the Kentucky Department for Public Health's Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (KHDSP), and other state partners have been awarded the prestigious Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program Grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This $1.8 million grant aims to optimize both stroke prevention among those at high risk as well as improve the care and outcomes for stroke patients throughout Kentucky.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
People with mental health disorders twice as likely to have heart disease or stroke
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) People facing mental health challenges are significantly more likely to have heart disease or stroke, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Heart disease, stroke less widespread among foreign-born vs. US-born adults
(American Heart Association) Foreign-born adults living in the United States had a lower prevalence of coronary heart disease and stroke than US-born adults in nationally representative data spanning 2006-2014, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 28, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Stroke risk factors on the rise in Native-Americans
(American Heart Association) Stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and smoking are common and on the rise among Native-Americans with clot-caused stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
After stroke, women and men significantly more likely to have dangerous heart complications
(University of Western Ontario) The study demonstrated for the first time that in people with no underlying heart disease, after a stroke they were more than 20 times more likely than those who didn't have a stroke (23-fold in women and 25-fold in men) to have a first-in-life major adverse cardiovascular event. These events include things like heart attack, chest pain, cardiac failure or cardiac death.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
History of stroke and coronary heart disease -- a fatal combination
(INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)) The cardiology service team at the Hôpital Bichat and the Mixed INSERM Unit 698 (AP-HP, Université Paris Diderot), in collaboration with international teams of researchers, studied a cohort of patients suffering from coronary disease. The study showed that those patients with a history of stroke or transient ischæmic attack are not only at higher risk of cardio-vascular episodes but also of haemorrhagic events, stressing the therapeutic challenge involved in treating such patients. The research is published online in Circulation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cleveland Clinic research shows gut bacteria byproduct predicts heart attack and stroke
(Cleveland Clinic) A microbial byproduct of intestinal bacteria contributes to heart disease and serves as an accurate screening tool for predicting future risks of heart attack, stroke and death in persons not otherwise identified by traditional risk factors and blood tests, according to Cleveland Clinic research published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cardiology leaders call for global prevention of heart disease, stroke
(American College of Cardiology) Heart disease and stroke contribute to 30 percent of global deaths, more than all infectious and parasitic diseases combined, and 11 cardiovascular organizations are calling for the United Nations to address prevention of heart disease and other non-communicable diseases.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Women active a few times weekly have lower risk of heart disease, stroke and blood clots
(American Heart Association) Middle-aged women physically active a few times per week have lower risks of heart disease, stroke and blood clots than inactive women. More frequent physical activity does not appear to lower the risks further.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 16, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
'Corkscrew' shape of blood flow in heart's upper chamber may signal lower stroke risk
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Using specialized CT scans of a healthy heart and one with heart disease, a team of Johns Hopkins cardiologists and biomedical engineers say they've created computer models of the 'shape' of blood flow through the heart's upper left chamber that someday may help predict stroke risk.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
High number of deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes linked to diet
(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) Nearly half of all deaths in the United States in 2012 that were caused by cardiometabolic diseases, including heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, have been linked to substandard eating habits, according to a study published in the March 7 issue of JAMA and funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 7, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Skin cell model advances study of genetic mutation linked to heart disease, stroke risk
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Using a new skin cell model, researchers have overcome a barrier that previously prevented the study of living tissue from people at risk for early heart disease and stroke. This research could lead to a new understanding of disease progression in aortic aneurysm -- ballooning of the large artery in the chest that carries blood from the heart to the body.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Starting periods before age of 12 linked to heightened risk of heart disease and stroke
(BMJ) Starting periods early -- before the age of 12 -- is linked to a heightened risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, suggests an analysis of data from the UK Biobank study, published online in the journal Heart.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
E-cigarettes linked to higher risk of stroke, heart attack, diseased arteries
(American Heart Association) E-cigarette smokers may have higher odds of stroke, heart attack and coronary heart disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Vitamin D and estradiol help guard against heart disease, stroke, and diabetes
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Vitamin D and estrogen have already shown well-documented results in improving bone health in women. A new study from China suggests that this same combination could help prevent metabolic syndrome, a constellation of conditions that increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes in postmenopausal women. Results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
