News tagged with cardiovascular risk
Researcher sees marine nutraceuticals as growth industry
The marine nutraceutical industry is booming in Europe and Asia, and it has taken off in recent years in Canada as well. While the industry is still in its infancy in the United States, University of Rhode Island researcher ...
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Blood on the menu: New research could make it easier to grow health-promoting blood oranges
For the red pigmentation to develop, blood oranges normally require a period of cold as they ripen. The only place to reliably grow them on a commercial scale is in the Sicilian area of Italy around Mount ...
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Severe psoriasis linked to major adverse cardiovascular events
Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease, and if severe, has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, the degree to which psoriasis is associated with major adverse cardiac events ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Avoiding health risks could prevent more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation
Reducing cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and being overweight could potentially reduce more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation, according to research reported in Circulation: Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Coffee drinking linked to reduced stroke risk in women
Drinking more than a cup of coffee a day was associated with a 22 percent to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared with those who drank less, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Scientists identify new marker for heart disease
A new study from the Libin Cardiovascular Institute at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine is shedding light on an underlying cause of heart disease.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Study: Native Hawaiians at higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke at younger age
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders may be at higher risk for hemorrhagic stroke at a younger age and more likely to have diabetes compared to other ethnicities, according to a study released today that will be presented ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 15, 2011 |
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HEPA filters reduce cardiovascular health risks associated with air pollution
Using inexpensive air filters may help reduce cardiovascular disease risk that results from exposure to air pollution, according to researchers from Canada, who studied healthy adultsliving in a small community in British ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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New measure trumps HDL levels in protecting against heart disease
The discovery that high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good cholesterol") is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease has fostered intensive research to modify HDL levels for therapeutic ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Common painkillers linked to increased risk of heart problems
Commonly used painkillers for treating inflammation can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to an analysis of the evidence published in the British Medical Journal today.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Statin risks may outweigh benefits for patients with a history of brain hemorrhage
A computer decision model suggests that for patients with a history of bleeding within the brain, the risk of recurrence associated with statin treatment may outweigh the benefit of the drug in preventing cardiovascular disease, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Spanish heart risk study challenges image of healthy Mediterranean diet and lifestyle
A Spanish study has challenged the long-held belief that people in the Mediterranean all enjoy more healthy diets and lifestyles, after discovering alarmingly high cardiovascular risk factors similar to those found in the ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Women with both diabetes and depression at higher risk of dying from heart disease, other causes
Depression and diabetes appear to be associated with a significantly increased risk of death from heart disease and risk of death from all causes over a six-year period for women, according to a report in the January issue ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 03, 2011 |
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New QRISK score to predict heart disease in younger people
Experts at The University of Nottingham have developed a new 'score' to help GPs detect heart disease in younger people - before it damages their health.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Blood vessel dysfunction linked to heart disease also impacts Alzheimer's
A dysfunction in the lining of blood vessels that is linked to cardiovascular illness also appears to play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in Circulation Research: Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Non-infectious disease
Non-infectious diseases are those diseases that are not caused by a pathogen and cannot be shared from one person to another. Diseases caused by these organisms are infectious diseases. There are many kinds of non-infectious diseases.
A non-infectious disease is a disease that may be caused by either the environment, nutritional deficiencies or genetic inheritances. Some examples include; Environmental causes such as skin cancer from radiation (from the Sun), or lack of food (e.g. scurvy from lack of Vitamin C), genetic disorders, or any source other than an infection. They can also be caused by drugs and carcinogens (cancer-causing agents).
Non-infectious diseases cannot be spread from person to person as in infectious disease, but can be passed down genetically in some cases such as hemophilia in the royal blood line.
Historically, infectious diseases were the main cause of death in the world and, indeed, in some developing regions this may still be the case. With the development of antibiotics and vaccination programs, infectious disease is no longer the leading cause of death in the western world.
Non-infectious disease is now responsible for the leading causes of death in both developed and some developing countries.
For more information about Non-infectious disease, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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