Fewer suicides after antidepressive treatment for schizophrenia
(Medical Xpress) -- Antidepressive drugs reduce the mortality rate of schizophrenic patients, while treatment with bensodiazepines greatly increases it, especially as regards suicide. Giving several antipsychotics simultaneously, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 08, 2012 |
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Long commutes may be hazardous to health
As populations move even further away from urban centers, more people spend longer hours behind the wheel on their way to and from work. While sedentary behavior is known to have adverse effects on cardiovascular and metabolic ...
Health
May 08, 2012 |
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Lower all-Cause, cardio mortality in obese with RA
(HealthDay) -- Overweight and obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, but have substantially increased risks of comorbidities, medical costs, and reduced quality of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 02, 2012 |
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Global CVD leaders call the world to action—25 by 2025—from the World Congress of Cardiology
The Global Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce called on the 11,000 World Congress of Cardiology delegates in Dubai, and the cardiovascular disease (CVD) community at large, to support the adoption of a global goal to reduce ...
Cardiology
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Hypertension study proves treatment with RAAS inhibitors saves lives
Treatment with an ACE inhibitor for lowering high blood pressure showed a significant mortality reduction in patients with a high prevalence of hypertension, according to a report published in the European Heart Journal, the fl ...
Cardiology
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Metformin can substantially reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease in diabetes
A major 12-year study based on a Taiwanese population cohort has demonstrated that not only does diabetes increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease more than 2-fold, the use of sulfonylureas, commonly used as treatment ...
Diabetes
Apr 16, 2012 |
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High blood pressure medication use by heart failure patients not linked with increased risk of death
Although observational studies have suggested that losartan, a drug used primarily for the treatment of hypertension, may be associated with an increased risk of death among patients with heart failure compared with other ...
Cardiology
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Report says new evidence could tip the balance in aspirin cancer prevention care
A new report by American Cancer Society scientists says new data showing aspirin's potential role in reducing the risk of cancer death bring us considerably closer to the time when cancer prevention can be included in clinical ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Nearly half of cancer survivors died from conditions other than cancer
Although cancer recurrence may be the overriding fear for many survivors, nearly half of survivors from a recently presented study died from other conditions.
Cancer
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Poor health-related function, diabetes combo ups death risk
(HealthDay) -- The combination of type 2 diabetes and impaired health-related functioning (HRF) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, according to a study published ...
Diabetes
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Alcohol in moderation reduces deaths in men who have survived a heart attack
Men who are moderate drinkers and who have survived a first heart attack have a lower risk of death from heart disease or any other cause than non-drinkers, according to the results of a study of nearly 2000 men in the USA.
Cardiology
Mar 28, 2012 |
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More red meat consumption appears to be associated with increased risk of death
Eating more red meat appears to be associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, but substituting other foods including fish and poultry for red meat is associated ...
Health
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Short-term exposure to most major air pollutants associated with increased risk of heart attack
Short-term exposure (for up to 7 days) to all major air pollutants, with the exception of ozone, is significantly associated with an increased risk of heart attack, according to a review and meta-analysis of previous studies ...
Health
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Deaths from heart attacks halved in last decade
The death rate from heart attack in England has halved in the last decade, claims a research paper published today in the British Medical Journal.
Cardiology
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Some groups have trouble controlling diabetes
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, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 17, 2012 |
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