Rain And Temperature Predict Cholera Risks
Bad blood pressure and cholesterol numbers are predictors for future health problems. You won’t definitely have a heart attack, for example, but your risk is higher. Now researchers have developed a similar-style early warning system for the public health of an entire region. They found that an analysis of particular environmental conditions helps predict the risk of an outbreak of the deadly disease cholera. The work is in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . [Citation to come] [More]
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Study: Psoriasis in Kids Linked to Obesity, Heart Risks
Overweight and obese children are at greater risk for developing psoriasis, and teens who have this inflammatory skin condition are more likely to have high blood cholesterol levels regardless of their body weight.
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Heart patients with belly fat at higher risk of death
Rochester, MN, United States (AHN) – Having even just a small “beer belly” or “muffin top” may be deadly to people who already have coronary artery disease, according to a new study.
Researchers with the Mayo Clinic said people whose fat collects around the belly are more at risk of death than people whose fat collects elsewhere on their bodies. The researchers said in a statement that the effect was true even for patients with normal body mass indexes.
The researchers looked at the medical history of 15,923 people with coronary artery disease who participated in five studies from around the world. They found that participants who were centrally obese – measured by waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio – had up to twice the risk of dying.
They equated the risk to that of smoking a pack of cigarettes per day or having very high cholesterol, particularly for men.
Lead researcher Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez said that belly fat is called visceral fat, which has been found to be more metabolically active. He said it produces more changes in cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar.
Lopez-Jimenez said people whose fat is in places like the legs and buttocks don’t share the same risk.
A full report on the study is published in the May 10 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Breakfast meals
Beverly Mucha Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gives you energy to start the day as it keeps you refueled and focused.OatmealA low fat food full of soluble fiber and can help lower cholesterol and risk… April 21, 2011
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To Test, Or Not To Test, Kids’ Genes For Adult Diseases
More than 200 parents surveyed thought that the benefits of genetic testing for children outweighed the risk. Overall, the parents said conditions like high cholesterol and diabetes were serious health risks, and that it was very important to know the relationship between genetics and health.
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Treating high BP, cholesterol, diabetes may delay Alzheimer’s
A new study has suggested that treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other vascular risk factors may help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people who already show signs of declining thinking skills or memory problems.
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Treating high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes may lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other vascular risk factors may help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people who already show signs of declining thinking skills or memory problems. The research is published in the April 13, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Yoga halves irregular-heartbeat episodes: Study
Yoga, already proven to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, can cut in half the risk of a common and potentially dangerous irregular heartbeat, according to a U.S. study released on Saturday.
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Polypill ‘a viable treatment option for patients at high risk of CVD’
Window sills lined with prescription bottles – a pill for cholesterol, another for blood pressure, and an aspirin to keep blood thin and flowing – the list can get quite long and, as a result, many people, especially the elderly, often forget doses or take the wrong pill at the wrong time.
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Cholesterol drugs could cut clots
Drugs used to regulate levels of cholesterol in the blood may also reduce the risk of dangerous blood clots, say researchers.
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