Tag: Heart Attack
Higher weight in young children increases the risk of higher blood pressure
Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. Children who are obese are above the normal weight for their age...
Statins reduce heart attack and stroke risk in older people
Statins work by lowering cholesterol. They are one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the UK, based on a wealth of evidence that...
Aspirin reduces heart attack risk but increases chance of dangerous bleeding
Cardiovascular disease is an umbrella term for any condition affecting the heart and blood vessels and is the leading cause of heart attack and...
Cardiac events, stroke lead to loss of work, reduced income in survivors of working...
Cardiac events, stroke listed as the underlying cause of death, accounts for nearly 836,546. One-third of heart attacks, 25% of strokes and 40% of...
How ambulance crews can improve heart attack diagnosis?
Scientists at the Kingston University and St George's, University of London, in collaboration with Swansea University and the University of Leeds have carried out a...
Genetically encoded oxygen sensor tracks changes in oxygen levels with very high sensitivity
In light of a protein from E. coli, researchers at Tokyo Tech have built up a fluorescent protein sensor ready to give ongoing data...
Does loneliness increase your risk of heart attack or stroke?
According to a new stroke.
The study was conducted on 181,000 people for between three and 21 years. Longitudinal studies can be good at establishing...
Heart attacks are more deadly during colder months
Analyzing data from almost 4,056 people who received treatment for a heart attack in four separate years, scientists found that the patients who had a...
Mothers with four children have increased risk of heart disease
Gathering data from over 8,000 White and African-American women from the United States, aged 45-64 years, scientists found that mother who has 5 or more children, is...
