Filtered By:
Condition: Alcoholism
Nutrition: Diets

This page shows you your search results in order of relevance. This is page number 2.

Order by Relevance | Date

Total 302 results found since Jan 2013.

Health risk factors in Australian Stroke Survivors: A latent class analysis
CONCLUSIONS: We identified two distinct health risk factor groups in our population. SO WHAT?: Future interventions may benefit from targeting the specific needs and requirements of people who have experienced stroke based on their distinct risk group. Alcohol consumption in post stroke populations requires further attention. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.PMID:36799087 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.706
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - February 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Brigid Clancy Billie Bonevski Coralie English Robin Callister Amanda L Baker Clare Collins Michael Pollack Parker Magin Alyna Turner Jack Faulkner Ashleigh Guillaumier Source Type: research

Risk of stroke following antivenom use after venomous snakebite: correspondence
We read with great interest the epidemiological study by Hunget al.1 on the risk of stroke with antivenom use after venomous snakebite in Taiwan. According to the national medical claims data, the authors provide us with useful information and disclose that venomous snakebite is associated with an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke after the use of antivenom after using the matching propensity score in relevant measurable covariates. We strongly agree with the comments by Yehet al.2 on the unmeasured confounders associated with stroke in the present study. Furthermore, we are concerned that other residual confounders rel...
Source: QJM - April 26, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research

Clinico-epidemiological profile of stroke patients admitted in a tertiary care Hospital of Assam
Conclusion haemorrhagic CVA constitutes a larger percentage of stroke subtypes on this side of the globe effecting poor to lower middle class. Proper strategy to prevent and treat haemorrhagic CVA in this part of the world is the need of the hour.
Source: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health - September 12, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

The Efficacy of a Comprehensive Reminder System to Improve Health Behaviors and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusion: At 3 months, use of the Comprehensive Reminder System based on the Health Belief Model, yielded improvement in most health behaviors and blood pressure control in hypertensive ischemic stroke patients. Continued implementation of this intervention protocol is warranted to determine the long-term effect. Smoking and alcohol use behaviors need to be targeted with a different intervention.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - October 11, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: ARTICLES: Prevention Source Type: research

Primary Prevention of Acute Stroke.
Abstract Primary Prevention of Acute Stroke Abstract. Strokes are frequent. Vascular risk factors are increasing the stroke risk. Most vascular risk factors are treatable. Their therapy is important in the primary prevention of stroke. According to the INTERSTROKE study, arterial hypertension, inactivity, overweight, dyslipidemia, smoking, unhealthy diet, cardiac pathologies such as major arrhythmia, diabetes mellitus, stress/depression and overconsumption of alcohol are the most important treatable vascular risk factors. In this article, we will also report on at present less well known treatable vascular risk fa...
Source: Praxis - March 20, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Scutelnic A, Streit S, Sarikaya H, Jung S, Heldner MR Tags: Praxis (Bern 1994) Source Type: research

Health behavior of young patients with ischemic stroke in Estonia: A score of five factors
ConclusionsBefore stroke, young patients displayed significantly worse health behavior than the general population. The largest differences were found for smoking and obesity, and a cumulation of risk factors was observed via the HBSR score.
Source: Brain and Behavior - February 15, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Minni Saapar, Riina Vibo, Siim Schneider, Liisa K õrv, Sandra Mallene, Janika Kõrv Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Clinico-epidemiological profile of stroke patients admitted in a tertiary care Hospital of Assam
Conclusionhaemorrhagic CVA constitutes a larger percentage of stroke subtypes on this side of the globe effecting poor to lower middle class. Proper strategy to prevent and treat haemorrhagic CVA in this part of the world is the need of the hour.
Source: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health - July 5, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of  Stroke
We read with interest the article by Nguyen et  al1 evaluating the association between proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use and ischemic stroke. The authors found that PPI use was associated with a significant increase in the risk of ischemic stroke after adjustment for established risk factors for stroke including smoking status, body mass index, p hysical activity, dietary quality, alcohol use, menopausal hormone use in women, multivitamin use, regular aspirin use, regular nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, use and personal history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, or diabetes.
Source: Gastroenterology - August 6, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Cong Dai, Min Jiang, Ming-Jun Sun Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research

Stroke symptoms: Four things you can to do prevent the life-threatening medical condition
STROKE symptoms are linked to a person ’s face, arms and speech. It is a serious life-threatening condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. The best way to print a stroke is to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, and avoid smoking and drinking too much alcohol.
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africa: New Coalition Plans to Tackle Continent's Growing Burden of Stroke
[The Conversation Africa] Africa is currently experiencing a changing pattern of diseases and deaths. The continent faces a double burden of infectious diseases and rapid escalation of non-communicable diseases such as stroke and heart disease. These conditions are driven by factors like ageing populations, changes in dietary habits, and rising rates of hypertension, physical inactivity, smoking, diabetes, raised cholesterol, alcohol abuse and obesity.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 18, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Stroke: Every hour of doing a certain activity could boost your risk by 14% - study
FROM a healthy diet to cutting back on alcohol, there are various interventions that could see your risk of a stroke drop. However, there are also activities that can make you more prone to the medical emergency. Research singles out a certain behaviour that could boost your risk by 14 percent.
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news