http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Data from a new study of British adults suggest that adherence to a "Western-style" diet (fried and sweet food, processed and red meat, refined grains, and high-fat dairy products) reduces a person's likelihood of achieving older ages in good health and with higher functionality. Study results appear in the May issue of The American Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-western-style-diet-greater-premature.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:45:10 EST news285248704 (Medical Xpress)—A laboratory study has shown for the first time that coenzyme Q10 offsets the cellular changes that are linked to a side-effect of some statin drugs - an increased risk of adult-onset diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-co-q10-deficiency-statin-drugs-higher.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:40:46 EST news284816434 (HealthDay)—Patients with cardiovascular disease who discontinue low-dose aspirin therapy after peptic ulcer bleeding have a seven-fold higher risk of death or acute cardiovascular event, according to research published in the January issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-aspirin-therapy-gi-ups-cardiovascular.html Cardiology Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:30:01 EST news279204337 (HealthDay)—In elderly individuals without type 2 diabetes, high levels of fetuin-A, a protein that inhibits arterial calcification and insulin action, is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fetuin-a-linked-cardiovascular-disease.html Diabetes Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:20:01 EST news276874379 Unemployment, multiple job losses and short periods without work may be associated with increased risk for acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack), according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-unemployment-heart.html Cardiology Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:00:01 EST news272562446 Low antioxidant levels contribute to increased blood pressure during exercise for people with peripheral arterial disease, according to researchers at Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-antioxidants-ease-pad-blood-pressure.html Cardiology Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:06:09 EST news271613163 (HealthDay)—Among people at high risk for cardiovascular disease, knowing their blood levels of two specific markers for inflammation might help prevent a heart attack or stroke, according to British investigators. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-c-reactive-protein-fibrinogen-slightly.html Cardiology Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:10:02 EST news268546615 Strategies implemented in high-income countries to improve blood glucose control in people with type 1 diabetes and so reduce complications, such as heart attacks, strokes, and early death, are working, but there is much need for further improvement, according to a study from Scotland published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-complications-people-diabetes-ongoing-poor.html Diabetes Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:00:01 EST news268407469 Assessment of sexual function should be incorporated into cardiovascular risk evaluation for all men, regardless of the presence or absence of known cardiovascular disease, according to Dr. Ajay Nehra, lead author of a report by the Princeton Consensus (Expert Panel) Conference, a collaboration of 22 international, multispecialty researchers. Nehra is vice chairperson, professor and director of Men's Health in the Department of Urology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cardiovascular-men-sexual-function.html Cardiology Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:35:47 EST news265556136 Women with high job strain are 67% more likely to experience a heart attack and 38% more likely to have a cardiovascular event than their counterparts in low strain jobs, according to a study published July 18 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The researchers, led by Dr. Michelle A. Albert of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, did not find any correlation between job insecurity and long-term cardiovascular disease risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-higher-job-strain-cardiovascular-women.html Cardiology Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:00:04 EST news261848992 Ticagrelor, a potent anti-platelet medication, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the summer of 2011 and is known to significantly reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack, vascular death and death overall in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), which are characterized by symptoms related to obstruction in coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart. Now, new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows that the use of ticagrelor not only reduces the time to a first cardiovascular event (the metric used in most trials) but also significantly reduces the time to a second cardiovascular event or death, and reduces total events including cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke, ischemic events and urgent revascularization. These findings will be presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions on March 25, 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-ticagrelor-effective-recurrent-cardiovascular-events.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:10:01 EST news251980805 If you develop pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders or diabetes, you may have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-pregnancy-related-complications-cvd-middle-age.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:10:45 EST news248713824 Will you have a heart attack or a stroke in your lifetime? Your odds may be worse than you think. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-heart.html Cardiology Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:00:07 EST news246710496 Among individuals in the U.S. with diabetes, non-Latino whites tend to better control the cardiovascular risk factors blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol, while African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and those with little or no college education are at higher risk for complications of the disease, a recent study by UAlbany economists Pinka Chatterji, Heesoo Joo, and Kajal Lahiri found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-groups-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:08:33 EST news246006502 An increase or decrease in your blood pressure during middle age can significantly impact your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-middle-age-blood-pressure-affect-lifetime.html Cardiology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:00:02 EST news243520521 There is much interest in the unequal health care caused by postcode lotteries. The area you live in can impact the treatment you receive for cancer treatment, surgery or GP care. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that there are also geographic differences in the implementation of public health programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-postcode-lotteries-health-necessarily.html Health Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:57:03 EST news236401016 An analysis of data from previously published studies indicates that intensive-dose statin therapy is associated with an increased risk of new-onset diabetes compared with moderate-dose therapy, according to a study in the June 22/29 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-intensive-dose-statin-therapy-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:32:35 EST news227892743 The most lethal and sudden cardiovascular event can be the toughest for doctors to diagnose. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-simple-bedside-screening-effectively-patients.html Cardiology Mon, 16 May 2011 03:25:13 EST news224734540 Despite recent concerns that medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could increase the risk of cardiovascular events in children and adolescents, an observational study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and HealthCore Inc. finds they are no more likely to die from a severe cardiovascular event than those who do not take the drugs. The findings, published online in the journal Pediatrics, provide the first analysis of such events in a large population of children and adolescents receiving ADHD medications compared to non-users. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-severe-cardiovascular-events-children-adolescents.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 16 May 2011 03:14:05 EST news224734390 Increased levels of a protein that helps regulate the body's blood pressure may also predict a major cardiovascular event in high-risk patients, according to a study led by St. Michael's Hospital's cardiovascular surgeon Subodh Verma. Measuring the amount of the protein, known as plasma renin activity (PRA), in the blood stream may give doctors another tool to assess a patient's risk and help prevent a heart attack or stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-blood-protein-cardiovascular-event.html Medical research Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:33:37 EST news221484808