Science news articles about 'cardiac risk factors'
Developing depression after a heart attack increases one's risk of death or readmission
... depression at the time of hospitalization. In contrast, even after controlling for traditional cardiac risk factors such as age, gender, and smoking status, depression that developed in the month ...Hormone therapy for prostate cancer does not appear to increase cardiac deaths
... apparently had no effect on the risk of cardiovascular death. Instead, it was established cardiac risk factors – including heart disease or diabetes that existed prior to GnRH agonist treatment – ...Walking often and far reduces risks in heart patients
An exercise program that burns a lot of calories reduced cardiac risk factors better than standard ... "walk often and walk far." However, Ades said cardiac patients require supervision by medical staff. ...Study: Women with hard to diagnose chest pain symptoms at higher risk for cardiovascular events
... women who experienced the most frequent cardiovascular events were those with four or more cardiac risk factors. The physicians hypothesize that this difficult to diagnose chest pain could be caused ...Web-based nutrition program reduces health care costs for employees with cardiac risk factors
... -cost benefit to lower healthcare costs for those at higher risk for above-average costs and healthcare utilization such as cardiac, hyperlipidemia, hypertension or diabetes patients. These findings ...Highlights from the American College of Rheumatology 2008 Annual Meeting
... checkups are important -- as are lowering traditional cardiac risk factors, such as taking care of blood pressure and ... maintenance in the body, Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-2 (IGFBP-2), ...Contraceptive use may be safe, but information gaps remain
... those who smoke, should consider alternative forms of contraception. Those with other cardiac risk factors, such as hypertension or elevated cholesterol, can consider using hormonal contraceptives if ...Mayo clinic: Retired national football league linemen have high incidence of sleep apnea
... nonlinemen reported having high blood pressure. "High blood pressure is another risk factor ... sleep disordered breathing and its connection to cardiac risk factors, says lead author Felipe Albuquerque ...Students with a lower socioeconomic background benefit from daily school physical activity
... students, researchers examined specific cardiac risk factors. Then they randomized 121 students ... factors of children of different socioeconomic levels." At the start of the study, body mass index (BMI ...
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