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Common painkiller could increase risk of stroke and heart attack by 50%, study finds
Heart concerns led to British regulators banning the drug over-the-counter in 2015, but authors of the study, published today in the British Medical Journal, are calling for global action.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Studies: Low-Dose Aspirin May Not Prevent Initial Heart Attack, Stroke
Taking a low-dose aspirin every day has long been known to cut the chances of another heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already have had one, but the risks don’t outweigh the benefits for most other folks, major new research finds.
Although it’s been used for more than a century, aspirin’s value in many situations is still unclear. The latest studies are some of the largest and longest to test this pennies-a-day blood thinner in people who don’t yet have heart disease or a blood vessel-related problem.
One found that aspirin did not help prevent first strokes or heart attacks...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch aspirin Source Type: news
Heatwave UK WARNING: Nine signs you need to call 999 immediately
HEATWAVE UK: temperatures are set to reach a scorching 34C in Britain this week, but while sun worshippers rejoice, health experts have warned of the health dangers that come with the heat. Heat stroke is a potentially fatal condition which can be triggered in hot weather. You should call 999 if you see a person experience the following nine signs and symptoms.
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drug hope for dementia and stroke victims
A DRUG to prevent dementia and strokes could soon be on the horizon after a breakthrough study. British scientists have reversed a condition that causes blood vessels in the brain to narrow – triggering the devastating neurological illnesses.
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fat patients with an irregular heartbeat can REVERSE by losing weight
Around one million people in Britain and up to six times as many in the US suffer from atrial fibrillation, which can cause a stroke and eventually lead to heart failure.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cheap pills may prevent dementia after a stroke
CHEAP drugs being prescribed for heart and circulatory diseases could halt the onset of dementia after a stroke, British scientists say.
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trilobites: He Ate the World ’ s Hottest Pepper, Then Landed in the Hospital With ‘ Thunderclap ’ Headaches
After eating the Carolina Reaper during a contest, an unidentified patient suffered headaches so severe he was hospitalized. The symptoms resembled those of a stroke.
Source: NYT Health - April 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JAMES GORMAN Tags: Headaches British Medical Journal Henry Ford Hospital Cooperstown (NY) Guinness World Records (Book) Carolina Reaper Source Type: news
'Britain's youngest stroke victim' goes blind during treatment
20-month old Ronnie Kerman from Bransholme is thought to be Britain's youngest stroke victim. Doctors are attempting to drain the cysts that caused his stroke, but he may never see again
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Woman Woke Up With a British Accent. Here ’s What to Know About Foreign Accent Syndrome
This article originally appeared on Health.com
Source: TIME: Health - February 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme / Health.com Tags: Uncategorized healthytime Mental Health/Psychology onetime Source Type: news
Smoke 1 Cigarette a Day? It Can Still Kill You
British researchers say lighting up just once a day was linked to a much higher risk of heart disease and stroke than might be expected.
Source: WebMD Health - January 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Obesity epidemic puts 240,000 lives at risk each year
BRITAIN ’S obesity epidemic has put hundreds of thousands at risk of heart disease and stroke, analysis shows.
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One in 10 men aged 50 'have the heart of a 60-year-old'
"One-tenth of 50-year-old men have a heart age 10 years older than they are," BBC News reports. This is the finding of an analysis of 1.2 million people who used the NHS Heart Age Test.
The principle behind the test is that you can "age" your heart through unhealthy behaviour such as smoking and being obese.
Underlying conditions like high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which often have no noticeable symptoms, can also age the heart.
An obese smoker in their 50s who has high blood pressure and high cholesterol could have the heart of a 60- or 70-year-old.
The quick and simple test tells you the...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Being fit in middle-age is as good as exercising in youth
The findings, by experts in Norway, offer hope that it is not too late to get fit to the millions of middle-aged people in Britain who do very little exercise. Around 100,000 people have a stroke each year in the UK.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Fat but fit' people may still be at risk of heart disease
Conclusion
This large, valuable study confirms that – as has long been thought – an increased BMI is linked with an increased risk of heart disease.
It shows that people with an obese BMI had a higher risk of heart disease, even if they didn't have other risk factors like high cholesterol and high blood pressure, proving that body fat is an independent risk factor.
That said, this study does have some limitations. For example, definitions of being metabolically unhealthy aren't entirely consistent with other definitions of metabolic syndrome.
This was also only assessed at the start of the study, and risk factors may...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity Source Type: news
Investigation launched after B.C. father visits hospital 4 times before stroke diagnosis
Northern Health, which runs hospitals in northwest, B.C., is looking into why it took four hospital visits over four days for doctors to confirm that a Hazelton, B.C., man had suffered at least two strokes.
Source: CBC | Health - August 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
