... heart disease.
Edward Giovannucci, M.D., Sc.D., of Harvard School of Public ... milliliter of blood or less) had an increased risk for heart attack compared with those with a sufficient amount (having 30 ...
... age, pregnancy can increase a woman's risk of heart attack 3- to 4-fold, according to a study ... to 44 years, and older maternal age was shown to be a risk factor. The majority of patients (72 percent) ...
... whether there is a link between fat deposits around the heart, known as pericardial fat, and the development of hard, ... amount of body fat in determining risk of heart attacks," said Jingzhong Ding, M.D ...
... adiponectin levels may lead to heightened risk of heart attack in older adults.
This study examined ... adiponectin would predict lower cardiovascular risk, and studies in middle-aged adults appeared ...
... by a combination of oestrogen and progesterone) there was a tendency for these women to have a reduced risk of heart attacks compared to women who had never used HRT, and this was also seen if a ...
... heart attacks 2 years after vaccination, suggests a large hospital-based case-control study ... .pdf In a population of patients at high risk of heart attack, the study compared the rates of pneumococcal ...
... in October, which gives us an extra hour's sleep, is followed by a reduction in the risk of heart attack on the Monday. The reduction for the whole week is, however, less than the increase related to ...
Long-term harmful effects of marijuana include risk for heart attacks and strokes in addition to impaired learning and memory.
The active chemical in marijuana, called delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol ( ...
... also increases the risk of breast cancer.
Identifying which women are more likely to be at increased risk for heart attack when taking hormone therapy can help women and their clinicians make better ...
... they will not seek treatment for them. If they do not perceive themselves to be at risk for heart attack, they will look for another explanation when they experience these symptoms.
Kathleen Dracup, ...
... method may better predict a person’s risk of heart attack, according to a new multicenter study published ... cardiac event and a 52 percent increase in the risk of any cardiac event.
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... GBP3billion every year. Scientists know that heredity plays an important role in causing heart ... exact genetic mechanisms that transmit the risk of heart attacks from generation to generation still elude ...
... levels when presenting to the ED, but showed evidence of heart damage up to 12 hours later.
The study ... percentage of them assigned a higher risk of heart attack to the EMI (76 percent) and NSTEMI ...
... with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a significantly increased risk of heart attack, stroke of cardiovascular death, according to a meta-analysis of randomised trials ...
... intake, including the consumption of more fruits and vegetables, can help reduce the risk of having a heart attack in populations worldwide, he said.
"At the same time, an unhealthy dietary intake, ...