According to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published today in the Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Traffic. An estimated 6 million people ages 20 and older in the United States suffer from heart failure, a condition that occurs when the heart does not function normally. The statement, “Complementary and Alternative Medicines in …
It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday we were expecting. Two weeks prior, my 94-year-old stepfather, Melvin Zax, suffered a stroke after receiving dialysis and was rushed to a hospital near his residence in western New York. There he underwent a series of tests over the course of several days. With each test, Mel grew more agitated. …
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CNN — Doctors know that drugs called statins reduce the risk of stroke from a blood clot. But a new study shows that inexpensive drugs can also lower the risk of a first stroke following the deadliest intracerebral hemorrhage. An intracerebral hemorrhage occurs when blood from an artery suddenly begins to bleed into the brain. …
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CNN — Doctors know that drugs called statins reduce the risk of stroke from a blood clot. But a new study shows that inexpensive drugs can also lower the risk of a first stroke following the deadliest intracerebral hemorrhage. An intracerebral hemorrhage occurs when blood from an artery suddenly begins to bleed into the brain. …
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3 hours ago Amy Norton Job : December 5, 2022 06:49 Updated: December 5, 2022 9:14 a.m. MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who have had a bout of shingles may face an increased risk of heart attack or stroke in years to come, according to a large new study. Anyone who has …
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Study population The UK Biobank is a large-scale prospective population-based cohort study of 502,656 UK residents aged 40-69 who were registered with the National Health Service (NHS). Overall study protocols and data are available elsewhere [24]. Briefly, baseline assessments were carried out between 2006 and 2010 at 22 assessment centers across the UK. Participants completed …
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CHICAGO— A patient’s risk of heart attack or stroke over the next 10 years can be predicted from a single chest X-ray thanks to a new computer system. Researchers from the Radiological Society of North America say it combines AI (artificial intelligence) with standard X-ray to find patterns associated with hardening of the arteries. This …
