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Studies Identify Interactions Between Heart Disease, Kidney Disease

...heart attack, 1,336 (3.6 percent) had a history of stroke and 2,897 (7.8 percent) had a self-reported history of heart attack or stroke. Each of the three variables-anemia, microalbuminuria and low eGFR-was associated with cardiovascular disease. More than one-fourth of the patients who had all three kidn...

Studies Identify Interactions Between Heart Disease, Kidney Disease

...heart attack, 1,336 (3.6 percent) had a history of stroke and 2,897 (7.8 percent) had a self-reported history of heart attack or stroke. Each of the three variables-anemia, microalbuminuria and low eGFR-was associated with cardiovascular disease. More than one-fourth of the patients who had all three kidn...

Frostbite can Be Treated by Bloodclot Drug

A medication administered to heart attack or stroke victims to bust blood clots may help treat severe frostbite and reduce the risk of amputation, according to a study published Monday. While treatment for other areas of critical care has grown significantly in the last 25 years, it has largely rem...

Even Pre-diabetes can Kill, Australian Study Says

...Type Two diabetics had double the risk of having a stroke in the first five years of diagnosis....

Keep a Cool Head on Hot, Humid Days to Avoid Heat Stroke

...cal Society, warning young and old alike that heat stroke is a deadly illness to be avoided at all costs - e...if it means sacrificing a day at the beach. "Heat stroke is not an accident," says Marilyn J. Heine, M.D., an emergency physician in Bucks County and a membe...

Questions Over Drugs to Prevent Heart Complications During Surgery

...ications, such as heart attack, heart failure, and stroke 30 days after surgery in patients receiving blockers. Another study found no benefit six months after surgery, and a trial currently underway has so far not reported any beneficial effects. However, all studies did report significantly higher rate...

Stroke - Unfair to the Middle-aged Fair Sex

ST. PAUL, Minn Call it a stroke of bad luck a study published in the online editi...ws for middle aged women. Women are more prone to stroke during mid-life, as compared to men, thought to be due to expanding waist lines and heart disease. ...

Best-performing Hospitals Has Reduced Cardiovascular Mortality

...n do better, especially for women hospitalized for stroke or a heart attack, which make up 60 percent of the...o reduce mortality is among women hospitalized for stroke and heart attack, which combined represented 60 percent of the potentially preventable deaths. Wid...

Estrogen Therapy Protects Against Fading Mental Powers: Study

...stin could raise a women's risk for breast cancer, stroke and heart disease, but more recent research suggests it may have a role to play in women's health if it is taken early and for a limited period. The study released Monday appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

Angioplasty may Damage Kidneys

...be associated with increased risk of heart attack, stroke or death in the future. The results raise an important question: since the protection device was in place for the procedures, and it is designed to remove particles from the vessel, why did patients who had high particle counts before the artery wa...

Moderate Drinkers Outlive Their Teetotaler and Heavy Drinking Counterparts

...at bay, particularly hardening of the arteries and stroke caused by blood clots. However, despite the benefits of moderate drinking, the authors warn about the dangers of heavy drinking and how bad it is for health. "Heavy drinking by everybody's reckoning is bad business for health and social outcomes...

Good News for Sufferers of Heart Attack, Chest Pain

...p heart failure, have pulmonary edema, or suffer a stroke in their first six months after hospitalization. "These findings are exciting because they provide good evidence that improved use of guideline- based treatments has resulted in fewer deaths and fewer patients with heart failure in those that pres...

Migraine and Pregnancy Is the Combo Pregnant to Trigger Strokes?

...graine during 2000 to 2003. There were 97 cases of stroke and a negligible number died due to brain attacks....

Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Reduce Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

...owering drugs called statins reduced their risk of stroke and heart attack, according to research that will... 4,731 people within one to six months of having a stroke or transient ischemic attack, or mini-stroke, and with no history of heart disease. Half of the part...

Pain and Intensity Of Post-stroke Spasticity Decreased by Botox Treatment

...ide effects, which in turn improves the ability of stroke patients to perform such essential activities of d...r spasticity after a stroke. About 58 percent of stroke survivors experience post-stroke spasticity, and only 51 percent of those are receiving treatment fo...

Preserving Kidneys on a Pump May Promote More Organ Sharing

...ith health conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke or elevated levels of a protein called creatinine. Levels of creatinine, which is produced by muscle, are used to determine kidney function. The current study included 120 ECD kidney transplants -- 95 kidneys were preserved with machine and 25 with...

Heavy Drinking may Trigger Stroke

...er a dangerous heart condition that can trip off a stroke or heart failure - but reducing alcohol consumpti...tion, a dangerous heart condition that can cause a stroke or heart failure, said Joe Martins, a doctor and lead author of the study and a cardiologist at the ...

New Vaccine to Control Blood Pressure

...ts doubles the risk of dying from heart disease or stroke and is blamed for 60,000 deaths a year in Britain. It is currently treated with pills with side effects and some patients simply stop taking them. The Swiss firm Cytos Biotechnology is also developing a similar vaccine that uses an empty virus shel...

One Pill may Be Better Than Two for Treating Patients With High Blood Pressure

...orable outcomes: fatal and non-fatal heart attack, stroke and chest pain. Nearly one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure. About one-third of them do not know they have it. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure or kidney failure. High blood pressure is de...

The Forgotten Indian Medical Genius

...udies suggest it could help prevent heart disease, stroke and is beneficial in fighting some cancers. SubbaRow and his team were responsible for the discovery of Aureomycin, which when tweaked to become the tetracycline molecule, turned into a wide spectrum and effective antibiotic, which could be admini...

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