THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease may be a risk factor for prostate cancer, a new study suggests.
If this link is confirmed in future research, it means that lifestyle changes that reduce heart disease risk — such as weight loss, exercise and a healthy diet — may also protect men against prostate cancer, the Duke Cancer Institute researchers said.
By Jenifer Goodwin
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) — When Jane Able’s 4-year-old daughter, Ellie, was diagnosed with a severe peanut allergy, the New Albany, Ohio, mother got trained in using an epinephrine pen and never leaves home without it.
The device contains an injectable dose of epinephrine, a hormone that can halt even life-threatening allergic reactions. But it’s not only Able who needs to know how to use the device — so do teachers, babysitters, even the parents of Ellie’s friends.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Trans fat levels in the blood of white adults in the United States fell by 58 percent between 2000 and 2009, which should help lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in the nation, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study says.
The findings suggest that public health initiatives to increase consumer awareness about the danger that trans fats pose to heart health and to help people reduce their consumption of trans fats have been effective, according to the researchers.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — An increased risk for coronary artery disease can be passed genetically from father to son on the male Y chromosome, a new study says.
The Y chromosome, a part of DNA present only in men, appears to play a role in the inheritance of coronary artery disease, according to researchers at the University of Leicester in England and their colleagues.
By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — Getting and staying physically fit might help fend off heart disease even if you’ve put on a few pounds, new research suggests.
“If you would like to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, you want to be cautious about weight gain but at the same time concerned about maintaining or improving fitness,” said study author Duck-chul Lee, a research fellow at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia.
MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — A new scoring system can help quickly identify stroke patients who will respond well to the clot-busting drug alteplase (Activase), Finnish researchers say.
Their study, published in the Feb. 7 issue of the journal Neurology, included 1,319 ischemic stroke patients, average age 69, who were treated with alteplase, a tissue-plasminogen activator drug. An ischemic stroke is caused by blocked blood flow to the brain.
By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporte
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — While a clot-busting medication can often help stop a stroke in its tracks if it’s given promptly, a new study finds that a high number of stroke victims continue to fail to get to the emergency room quickly enough to get the drug.
An analysis of about 115,000 patients who had strokes between 2005 and 2010 found that almost 44 percent didn’t get to the hospital until more than 4.5 hours after the time they were known to first show symptoms. That’s a sign of trouble: it’s actually up from 39 percent in 2005.
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THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — A new medication that helps prevent strokes in people with the abnormal heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation poses less risk of bleeding in the brain than a commonly used drug, research comparing rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and warfarin suggests.
Anti-clotting medications, also called blood-thinners or anticoagulants, include warfarin (Coumadin) and aspirin, among others. In patients with atrial fibrillation, these drugs can reduce the risk of ischemic stroke, which occurs when a vessel becomes clogged by a blood clot. But the drugs can also cause excessive bleeding because they make it harder for blood to clot.
By Madonna Behen
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have long known that regular exercise can help lower the risk of stroke, but a new study suggests that people who are physically fit also have better odds of recovery if they do suffer a stroke.
Researchers in Spain found that people who were more physically active before a stroke responded much better to clot-busting drugs, had less brain damage and were more likely to recover their motor skills than more sedentary patients.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, according to the American Heart Association, but millions of women are not even aware of their risk because heart disease is often silent and misunderstood.
To help reverse this trend, the heart association’s Go Red For Women movement has named Feb. 3 as National Wear Red Day. The group is asking women to wear red on Friday to create awareness about women’s risk for heart disease so they can take steps to protect themselves.
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