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Folic acid, a B vitamin, lowers stroke risk in people with high blood pressure
If you’re among the one in three American adults with high blood pressure, be sure you’re getting plenty of the B vitamin known as folate. Doing so may lower your odds of having a stroke, an often disabling or deadly event linked to high blood pressure, a new study suggests.
Folate occurs naturally in many foods, but especially green leafy vegetables, beans, and citrus fruits. Here in the United States, add to the list most grain products, including wheat flour, cornmeal, pasta, and rice. They are fortified with the synthetic version of folate, known as folic acid.
That’s not the case in many countries ar...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - March 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Drugs and Supplements Hypertension and Stroke high blood pressure Source Type: news
Speed Vital For Stroke Patients' Survival
The sooner stroke patients receive thrombolytic treatment, the lower their risk of in-hospital mortality and intracranial hemorrhage, says a new study published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). In addition, the prompter the treatment, the higher the rate of walking ability at discharge. Intravenous (IV) tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a form of treatment proven to help stroke patients within 4.5 hours of onset of symptoms...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Early Stroke Increases Mortality Risk
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A stroke or mini-stroke before age 50 significantly increases a survivor’s risk of death compared to stroke-free peers, suggests a study from Holland recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Aspirin: Initial Heart Attack and Stroke
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A daily, low dose aspirin may not prevent heart attacks, strokes as well as some other heart disease related conditions for older adults, suggests a comprehensive Japanese study and an accompanying editorial recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - January 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
9 Healthy Reasons To Indulge Your Coffee Cravings
There's no need to feel guilty about your morning cup o’ joe. On the contrary: People who drink four or more cups of coffee a day have up to a 20 percent lower risk of melanoma than those who sip the dark stuff less often, according to a 2015 study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. But this study is hardly the first one touting good news for java junkies. "Coffee is incredibly rich in antioxidants, which are responsible for many of its health benefits," says Joy Bauer, RD, nutrition and health expert for Everyday Health and The Today Show. And studies show that its caffeine content may also play a prot...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Studies support broader use of cholesterol-lowering statins
The latest guidelines used to determine who should take a cholesterol-lowering statin to prevent heart disease appear to be more accurate and cost-efficient than the previous guidelines. That’s according to two studies led by Harvard researchers, both published in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association.
For many years, the main deciding factor in who needed to take a statin was the level of an individual’s harmful low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL). Updated guidelines published in 2013 by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association moved away from LDL and ...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - July 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Drugs and Supplements cholesterol high cholesterol statins Source Type: news
Plant-Based Diets Protect From Heart Disease Better Than Mediterranean Diets
The Mediterranean diet has long been touted for its benefits as an overall balanced way of eating. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at the Mediterranean diet as it relates to prevention of heart disease, finding that it may be protective against heart attack and stroke.
But according to Washington DC based group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a better way to prevent heart disease is to focus on high-fiber, plant-based foods. These include fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains. These foods provide safe and healthy sources of omega-3 fats without the risks of toxin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study: Fish Oil Doesn ’ t Seem To Prevent Heart Problems
This study is consistent with earlier trials.
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the fish oil-based drug Vascepa for heart attack and stroke prevention in 2019.
Nissen hopes the FDA will take a look at these studies and reconsider that decision.
“But it’s hard to get something undone once the genie gets out of the bottle,” he said.
An editorial in the journal that accompanies the study written by Dr. Gregory Curfman, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, also suggested the FDA should require a postmarketing clinical trial of a high-dose of fish oil, such as Vascepa, vs. corn...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN fish oil Source Type: news
Video: New research shows U.S. falling behind in life expectancy
A new study being published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows the United States rates behind other countries when it comes to premature death, with the top causes of years of life lost coming from heart disease, lung cancer and stroke. CBS News' Wendy Gillette reports from New York.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Director's Comments: Pneumonia Increases Heart Disease Risk for Seniors
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Adults after age 65, who are hospitalized with pneumonia, have an immediate and sustained higher risk of a heart attack, stroke, or death from heart disease, finds a comprehensive study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - March 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New recommendations aim to improve safety of pain-relieving spinal steroid injections
More and more people are seeking injections of anti-inflammatory steroid medications for back and neck pain. In 2011, the last year for which complete information is available, doctors pushed the plunger on 2.3 million steroid injections into the spine — and that’s just among people covered by Medicare.
These injections deliver drugs that mimic the effects of two hormones, cortisone and hydrocortisone, to reduce inflammation and help relieve pain. When they work — they don’t always — such injections can bring profound relief.
“If you are in severe pain with a ruptured spinal disc and you get a stero...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - May 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Pendick Tags: Back Pain Drugs and Supplements anti-inflammatory steroid medications spinal injections spine steroid injections Source Type: news
CPR during cardiac arrest: someone’s life is in your hands
Cardiac arrest is the ultimate 911 emergency. The heart stops sending blood to the body and brain, either because it is beating too fast and too erratically, or because it has stopped beating altogether. Oxygen-starved brain cells start to die. Death occurs in minutes — unless a bystander takes matters into his or her hands and starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Doing CPR keeps blood circulating until trained and better-equipped first responders arrive on the scene to jump-start the heart back into a normal rhythm.
“The brain is the most sensitive of the body’s organs to oxygen deprivation,” sa...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - July 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Pendick Tags: Heart Health cardiac arrest CPR Source Type: news
Flu Shot Could Prevent a Heart Attack
The flu vaccine protects against more than just influenza ― it also reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke by about one-third, according to studies published by the British Medical Journal Heart and the Journal of the American Medical Association. This February during American Heart Month, Texas physicians urge everyone who hasn’t yet received an annual flu shot to get vaccinated.
Source: TMA News Room - February 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When Your Blood Pressure Reaches 180/100 Sell
I have never been in the best of shape. You can certainly say I am in a shape; it's called round. Of course, when I was younger, I had a lot more muscle. Over time, I traded some of that muscle for fat (got a great two-for-one deal down at the fat store). But with that weight gain came a variety of issues -- the worst being high blood pressure. I've been on medication for a while and it's normally under control. I take a measurement at home and most often it's within an acceptable range. At least, what I consider an acceptable range; as long as my head does not explode I'm good.
Every six months my doctor's office insists...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To Your Health: NLM update: Salt linked to heart disease among CKD patients
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Adults who have chronic kidney disease - and eat a diet high in salt - comparatively increase their odds of a heart attack or stroke, finds a pioneering study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association..
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - July 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
