News tagged with cardiovascular epidemiology


Living close to major road may impair kidney function

Living close to a major road may impair kidney function—itself a risk factor for heart disease and stroke—and so help contribute to the known impact of air pollution on cardiovascular risk, suggests research published ...

Health created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure to everyday noise influences heart rate variability

(Medical Xpress)—Exposure to noise, for example from road traffic, may adversely affect the cardiovascular system. Until now, underlying mechanisms linking noise to elevated cardiovascular risk have rarely been explored ...

Health created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eating too much salt led to 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010

Eating too much salt contributed to 2.3 million deaths from heart attacks, strokes and other heart-related diseases throughout the world in 2010, representing 15 percent of all deaths due to these causes, according to research ...

Cardiology created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Implementation of smoke-free legislation reduces the number of acute myocardial infarctions by 11 percent

Researchers participating in the REGICOR Study (Girona Heart Registry), with the participation of IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) from Barcelona, the Josep Trueta Hospital, the Blanes Hospital and IDIAP ...

Health created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoke-free workplace laws lead to decline in MI incidence

(HealthDay)—Following implementation of workplace smoke-free laws, the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) decreased significantly in Olmsted County, Minn., according to a study published online Oct. ...

Cardiology created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The complex association between moderate alcohol consumption and breast cancer

An excellent review article from two scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the USA to be published in Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012, describes the epidemiologic and basic scientific evidence linkin ...

Addiction created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Link found between environmental toxins and stroke

(Medical Xpress) -- Individuals with elevated levels of PCBs and DDT in their blood run a greater risk of having a stroke. This is shown in a study from Uppsala University that is being published today in the scientific journal ...

Cardiology created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prevention is better than cure for killer cardiovascular disease

European experts in cardiovascular medicine will today gather at a two day symposium to address the national agenda on cardiovascular disease prevention, held at Imperial College London and sponsored by leading independent ...

Cardiology created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Knee injections for arthritis? Save your money, study says

(HealthDay) -- It's not good news for baby boomers with arthritic knees: Injections of hyaluronic acid have little effect on pain and no effect on function, according to a new analysis.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol intake in the elderly affects risk of cognitive decline and dementia

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other types of dementia are most common in the very elderly, and are associated with huge health costs. With a rapidly ageing population throughout the world, factors that affect the risk of cognitive ...

Health created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep apnea associated with higher mortality from cancer: study

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), commonly known as sleep apnea, is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality, according to a new study.

Sleep apnea created May 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stroke risk considerably higher if sibling had stroke

If your brother or sister had a stroke, you may be at least 60 percent more likely to have one too, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.

Cardiology created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cool hands may be the key to increasing exercise capacity

Cooling the palms of the hands while working out could help you stick with a physical activity program, according to a small study presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical ...

Health created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to increased risk of heart disease in men

Men who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to men who didn't drink any sugar-sweetened drinks, according to research published in Circulation, an Americ ...

Cardiology created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Is it the alcohol or polyphenols in red wine that decreases cardiovascular disease?

Observational epidemiologic studies relating wine and alcohol to health all suffer from the fact that they, of necessity, compare people who prefer certain beverages, but not the beverages themselves. While there have been ...

Cardiology created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1