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Cholesterol Drug Halves Heart Attack and Stroke in Early Test
The results, though not conclusive, provide the first evidence that targeting a protein known as PCSK9 could reduce cardiovascular risks for millions of patients.
Source: NYT Health - August 31, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By REUTERS Tags: Heart Pfizer Inc PFE NYSE Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Sanofi SA SNY NYSE Cholesterol Amgen Inc AMGN NASDAQ Research Stroke Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc REGN NASDAQ Source Type: news
For First Time, Treatment Helps Patients With Worst Kind of Stroke, Study Says
Researchers have found that directly removing large blood clots in the brain greatly improves the prognosis for people having the most severe strokes.
Source: NYT Health - December 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By GINA KOLATA Tags: Clinical Trials Research Brain Stroke Medicine and Health Source Type: news
Well: Extra Sleep Linked With Stroke Risk
Sleeping more than 8 hours may be an early sign of stroke risk, a new study shows.
Source: NYT Health - March 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Sleep Featured Source Type: news
Q&A: Hold the Calcium Supplements
Should women stop taking calcium supplements after menopause, because of a danger of heart attack and stroke?
Source: NYT Health - March 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: C. CLAIBORNE RAY Tags: Heart Stroke Medicine and Health Calcium calcium supplements Source Type: news
Well: Air Pollution Tied to Brain Aging
Air pollution is known to increase the risk for stroke and other cerebrovascular disorders. But now researchers have found it is also linked to premature aging of the brain.
Source: NYT Health - April 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Air Pollution Brain Stroke Mind Featured Source Type: news
Well: Researchers Link Longer Work Hours and Stroke Risk
An analysis of data on more than 600,000 people is the largest study thus far of the relationship between working hours and cardiovascular health.
Source: NYT Health - August 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: United States Heart Europe Body Stroke Working Hours medicine and health Featured Australia Source Type: news
Jardiance, a Diabetes Drug, Cut Cardiovascular Deaths by 38%, Study Says
In a clinical trial, the drug reduced the risk of having a heart attack or stroke, or of dying from cardiovascular causes by 14 percent.
Source: NYT Health - September 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ANDREW POLLACK Tags: Johnson & Johnson JNJ NYSE Heart Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Eli Lilly and Company LLY NYSE Stroke Merck Company Inc MRK NYSE Diabetes Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Source Type: news
Well: After Shingles, Higher Risk of Heart Attack or Stroke
Researchers found that in the first week after a herpes zoster diagnosis, patients were more susceptible to cardiovascular events.
Source: NYT Health - December 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Heart Shingles (Disease) Stroke Live Featured Aging Source Type: news
Stay Optimistic, Live Longer?
Increasing levels of optimism were tied to decreasing risks of death from cancer, heart disease, stroke and infections.
Source: NYT Health - December 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Optimism Heart Respiratory Diseases Stroke Infections Cancer Deaths (Fatalities) Source Type: news
Scientists Discover a Bone-Deep Risk for Heart Disease
Few doctors, and even fewer patients, have heard of C.H.I.P. But it is emerging as a major cause of heart attacks and stroke, as deadly as high blood pressure or cholesterol.
Source: NYT Health - January 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Heart Stem Cells Leukemia Genetics and Heredity Stroke Bone Marrow Blood Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis McCarroll, Steven A (1970- ) Kathiresan, Sekar Walsh, Kenneth Source Type: news
For Many Strokes, There ’ s an Effective Treatment. Why Aren ’ t Some Doctors Offering It?
As many as 30 percent of stroke patients do not receive a clot-busting drug because a vocal minority of physicians believe it to be dangerous.
Source: NYT Health - March 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Stroke Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Brain Emergency Medical Treatment Disabilities University of California, Los Angeles Source Type: news
Dizziness on Standing May Be a Risk Factor for Dementia
Feeling dizzy or lightheaded when you stand up may be a risk factor for stroke and dementia years down the road, a new study reports.
Source: NYT Health - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Stroke Dementia Blood Pressure 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
Well : Even a Little Weight Training May Cut the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Weight training might not just improve your physique — it might help build a healthier heart, too.
Source: NYT Health - December 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Tags: Exercise Weight Lifting Heart Deaths (Fatalities) Stroke Source Type: news
Heart Attack May Be Early Sign of Cancer
The risk of a heart attack or stroke rose in patients who would later be diagnosed with cancer.
Source: NYT Health - December 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Heart Stroke Cancer Colon and Colorectal Cancer Lung Cancer Source Type: news
