LONDON (Reuters) – Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors’ poor advice, scientists said on Thursday. [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who have had an attack of shingles involving the eyes may have a heightened risk of stroke for a year afterward, a study published Wednesday suggests. [...] CHICAGO (Reuters) – Working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. government $32 billion in healthcare costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday. [...] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Don’t expect your calcium and vitamin D supplements to improve your heart health or prevent a stroke, according to a systematic review of published studies. [...] CHICAGO (Reuters) – A newer, less invasive approach to preventing strokes using a device called a stent proved to be as safe and worked just about as well as surgery, U.S. researchers said on Friday, a finding that may be a boon to medical device makers. [...] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman’s risk of heart disease and stroke in middle-age and beyond may be associated with the number of children she gives birth to, a large study of Swedish women hints. [...] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck said on Thursday a new analysis of a clinical phase III trial with its candidate stroke drug Desmoteplase showed positive results. [...] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tiny electric shocks to the throat may help stroke victims overcome disabling swallowing difficulties, a small British study suggests. [...] HONG KONG (Reuters) – Diabetes and its complications — such as strokes and heart disease — will place an enormous financial burden on poorer countries in years to come, researchers warned in a report published Tuesday. [...] LiveScience.com – Despite the hype, mega-doses of antioxidants have failed to deliver the promise of a long, healthy life. Quite to the contrary, too much vitamin E can increase the risk of stroke; too much beta-carotene can increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers; and so on down the [...] |
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