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Comparisons Between OACs Among Older Nonvalvular AF Patients Comparisons Between OACs Among Older Nonvalvular AF Patients
This study compared the risk of stroke and major bleeding with NOACs vs. warfarin among patients 80 years of age and older with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Weight-Loss Surgery Dramatically Lowers the Risk of Early Death, a New Study Finds
For decades, doctors have known that losing weight can significantly lower risk of heart disease and by extension, reduce the risk of dying from heart-related events such as stroke and heart attack. Studies have shown that both lifestyle changes including diet and exercise as well as medications and weight-loss surgery can improve heart disease risk factors such as obesity and diabetes, for example, but data supporting the benefits of any of these approaches in actually lowering rates of heart events such as heart attack and atrial fibrillation, or in reducing early deaths from heart disease, have been less robust. The dat...
Source: TIME: Health - September 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized diabetes Heart Disease Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Atrial fibrillation may raise dementia risk by 50%
According to the largest research of its kind yet, atrial fibrillation may raise the risk of dementia even in people who did not experience a stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Risk Stratification for Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Risk Stratification for Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
This review discusses the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation and its role in thromboembolic stroke risk. What are the strengths and limitations of current risk stratification strategies?European Heart Journal
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Pradaxa Fails to Prevent Recurrence After Cryptogenic Stroke Pradaxa Fails to Prevent Recurrence After Cryptogenic Stroke
Dabigatran, sold under the brand name Pradaxa by Boehringer Ingelheim to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation, is no more effective than aspirin for preventing a subsequent stroke in patients who have experienced a cryptogenic stroke.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Atrial fibrillation patients often overestimate risk of stroke, bleeding
(Reuters Health) - Patients with the irregular heart rhythm atrial fibrillation may overestimate both their risk of having a stroke and their risk of bleeding as a side effect of medication prescribed to prevent strokes, a recent study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - April 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
10 Biggest Myths About Sleeping, According To Researchers
(CNN) — Hey, sleepyheads. What you believe about sleep may be nothing but a pipe dream.
Many of us have notions about sleep that have little basis in fact and may even be harmful to our health, according to researchers at NYU Langone Health’s School of Medicine, who conducted a study published Tuesday in the journal Sleep Health.
“There’s such a link between good sleep and our waking success,” said lead study investigator Rebecca Robbins, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health. “And yet we often find ourselves debunking myths, whether ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health Healthwatch News CNN Sleep Source Type: news
Alcohol, caffeine are common triggers of irregular heart rhythm
(Reuters Health) - The most common triggers of atrial fibrillation - an irregular heart rhythm that's a leading cause of stroke - are avoidable behaviors like drinking alcohol or coffee, a recent study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Feb 1 2019 This Week in Cardiology Feb 1 2019 This Week in Cardiology
New guidelines for atrial fibrillation, PFO closure for stroke prevention, fried chicken, skipping breakfast and e-cigarettes are discussed in this week ’ s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
New blood thinners better than warfarin for atrial fibrillation
(Reuters Health) - Patients with atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder, should take newer blood thinners to prevent stroke instead of the old standby drug warfarin, U.S. doctors recommend.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Stroke Risk Should Be Reassessed Annually in A-Fib Stroke Risk Should Be Reassessed Annually in A-Fib
The risk of stroke should be reassessed annually in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), because CHA2DS2-VASc scores used to determine the need for anticoagulation commonly rise over time, researchers from Taiwan report.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Could Your Apple Watch Spot Dangerous A-Fib?
The watch contains a simple electrocardiogram (ECG) that tracks your heart rhythm and can detect the presence of atrial fibrillation ("A-fib"), an irregular heartbeat that increases your risk for stroke and heart failure.
Source: WebMD Health - December 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blacks Are Less Likely Than Whites to Get Treatment for Heart Disorder
African-Americans are less likely than whites to get the newest stroke-preventing medicines for atrial fibrillation, a new study found.
Source: NYT Health - November 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Blacks Whites Stroke Heart Source Type: news
Racial disparities seen in U.S. heart rhythm treatment
(Reuters Health) - Black patients in the U.S. with atrial fibrillation - an irregular heart rhythm - are less likely to receive the medications that would help prevent stroke, the most dangerous outcome of the condition, compared to whites and Hispanics, according to a new study.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Migraine With Aura Linked to Increased Risk for AF Migraine With Aura Linked to Increased Risk for AF
Migraine with visual aura appears to increase the risk for incident atrial fibrillation (AF), a connection that may place this population at increased risk for subsequent ischemic stroke, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
