Archive for the ‘stroke’ Category
Monday, April 28th, 2008
There has been considerable press recently on the cholesterol lowering medicine Zetia, also known as Ezetimibe, since the release of a recent study known as the ENHANCE study. This study compared the cholesterol medication simvastatin, also known as Zocor, to the combination of Zocor and Zetia used together. It looked ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease 18 months early due to concerns about a higher risk of death seen in a trial called the ...
Posted in Diabetes, Heart Attack, stroke | 728 Comments »
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Restless Leg Syndrome is a disease characterized by a strong urge to move your legs, typically being a movement that cannot be resisted. It is typically worse at rest, improves during periods of movement or activity and typically is worse in the evening. It occurs frequently during sleep, resulting ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
The link between high cholesterol and heart disease is fairly well established and accepted in the medical community, however recent research has left investigators wondering about the relationship between cholesterol and stroke. A study just published in The Lancet found that in middle to older age patients, elevated cholesterol was ...
Posted in Cardiology, Diet, Heart Attack, Preventative Medicine, stroke | 432 Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Death risk from stroke and heart disease may be linked to global warming, so say researchers at UC Irvine. The recent study showed that more heat and ozone, which come from global warming, appear to be strong factors in cardiovascular mortality. The researchers looked at the cardiovascular death rate in ...
Posted in Cardiology, Global Warming, Heart Attack, stroke, toxicology | 12 Comments »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Stroke is one of the most common causes of death and disability in developed countries, and smoking is a well recognized risk factor for having a stroke. This study evaluated the various risk factors for 151 patients who presented with a new stroke over a 12 month period in ...
Posted in Smoking, stroke | 31 Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Downing an “energy drink” may boost blood pressure as well as energy. This was the conclusion of researchers who performed a small study on healthy volunteers that was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007. In the study, conducted by Wayne State University researchers, blood pressure and heart rate levels increased in healthy ...
Posted in Heart Attack, hypertension, stroke | 2 Comments »