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Impaired Odour Identification Predicts Cognitive Decline for the Elderly

...ange even when it was considered that factors like stroke and smoking habits might have influenced the results. The researcher also said that the impaired odour identification was also associated with lower cognitive scores at the beginning of the study, and with a more rapid decline in the memory of pas...

Daily Dose of Dark Chocolate Helps the Heart: Study

...c blood pressure would reduce the relative risk of stroke deaths by eight percent and the risk of coronary artery disease by five percent, the authors wrote. The results of the trial were "intriguing," the study said, as having heart patients eat small amounts of dark chocolate would be much simpler than ...

Dark Chocolate Possible Medicine for Blood Pressure

...n in systolic BP would reduce the relative risk of stroke mortality by 8 percent, of coronary artery disease...ism, the mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke may be reduced by as much as 19 percent in those who ate the highest amounts of cocoa rich foods, co...

Dietary Counseling Leads to Weight Loss

...besity. Diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, and stroke risk all appear to be nicely reduced by a moderate amount of weight loss. People don't have to lose 100 pounds to make a big difference in their health." The study, "Meta-analysis: Effect of Dietary Counseling for Weight Loss," appears in the July ...

New Heart Disease Risk Score Will Help Minimise Health Inequalities

...fy patients most at most risk of heart disease and stroke who are most likely to benefit from treatment. We thank the many thousands of doctors who have enabled this research by freely contributing anonymised data to QRESEARCH without which this work would not have been possible....

An Accurate Score to Measure Heart Risk

...fy patients most at most risk of heart disease and stroke who are most likely to benefit from treatment. We thank the many thousands of doctors who have enabled this research by freely contributing anonymised data to QRESEARCH, without which this work would not have been possible. PDF copies of the bmj.com ...

Hormone Replacement Therapy Liberation at a Cost

...e link of HRT with increased risk of heart attack, stroke and breast cancer putting this treatment under a scanner. The History of Hormone Replacement Therapy Estrogen has been used to treat the symptoms of menopause for years, beginning in the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid-1970s, medical studies f...

Pharmacogenomic Market Gaining Greater Acceptance Across Europe

...ated diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and heart failure represent the highest cost burden to the healthcare systems. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, European Personalised Medicine and Pharmacogenomics Market, finds that revenues in this market totalled $57.1 million in 2005, and are...

Alcohol Does Not Destroy Brain Cells

...have positive benefits for blood vessel health and stroke prevention....

FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients

Robotic devices, that help stroke patients practise daily tasks with impaired limbs...tic device called the Myomo e100, designed to help stroke patients regain motion in their arms. It is to hit the market shortly. Worn as an arm brace, the d...

Fat Tax Could Avoid Considerable Amount of Heart Attack and Stroke Deaths Annually

...d prevent up to 3200 deaths from heart attacks and stroke every year, suggests a study in the Journal of Epi...d prevent up to 3200 deaths from heart disease and stroke every year, equivalent to a drop of 1.7% across the nation. The authors conclude that food taxes w...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

... who were shy died either due to a heart attack or stroke and the overall risk of such death 50 percent high...ave also linked increased risk of heart attack and stroke with type D personality, which is seen in people who are pessimistic and have low self-confidence. ...

Bak Protein Sets Stressed Cells on Suicide Path

...ell is seriously stressed, say by a heart attack, stroke or cancer, a protein called Bak just may set it up for suicide, researchers have found. In a deadly double whammy, Bak helps chop the finger-like filament shape of the cell's powerhouse, or mitochondrion, into vulnerable little spheres. Another...

Strategies for the Summer

...those who are unable to leave their homes. Heat stroke can catch you quite unawares. Familiar symptoms ar...(106 degrees Fahrenheit). Person affected by the stroke must be given immediate medical attention. The person must be kept in cool and shady place. His clot...

Nasal Cannula Treatment for Sleep Apnea Patients

...ving high blood pressure and risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes, as well as putting patients at risk for work-related accidents and driving accidents. At present, CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] is most effective at eliminating apneas and hypopneas, [but] long-term effectiveness is compr...

Drink Milk for a Healthy Heart

...ge of serious conditions, including heart disease, stroke and type-2 diabetes. The findings are the latest to emerge from a 25-year study of 2,400 men aged between 45 and 59 in Britain. One in six who took part in the study was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome - a combination of medical disorders that ...

Flavonoids In Orange Juice Make It A Healthy Drink, Despite The Sugar

... many chronic diseases, includingheart disease and stroke as well as diabetes. "Many major diseases are associated with oxidative stress andinflammation in the arterial wall, so the search for foods that areleast likely to cause these conditions must be pursued," said PareshDandona, M.D., Ph.D., head o...

Alien Hand Syndrome Causes Random Hand Movement

...ght-handed man who had AHS after suffering a large stroke in the right parietal lobe. His left hand had normal motor function, with only slight weakness and clumsiness, but showed marked sensory loss. His alien movements consisted of involuntary gestures or grasping with his left hand, which he sometimes ...

Genes Influence the Ability to Listen Two Things at a Time

...luding dyslexia. APDs also affect older adults and stroke victims and can limit the successfulness of hearing aids in the treatment of hearing loss. The researchers suggest that scientists may be able to fine-tune their understanding of what an APD is and the role these disorders play in the development o...

Anticoagulants is Better for Atrial Fibrillation

...ies at reducing stroke. They reduced the risk of a stroke in people with AF by about 33% compared with anti-...arin offers larger, more predictable reductions in stroke for AF patients who can receive it, says lead researcher Maria Aguilar, who works in the department ...

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