The article focuses on the findings of a study, conducted by researcher Jarett Berry and colleagues at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, regarding the risks factors related to heart disease developed during the middle age in causing the disease across the life...
Most people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being overweight. However, many people who have a heart attack do not have any of these traditional risk factors. Research has suggested that conditions such as gout, psoriasis, infl...
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Erectile dysfunction (ED) is linked to greater cardiovascular risk, regardless of other risk factors like cholesterol, smoking and high blood pressure, according to new research published on Monday in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation. The study fo...
A new study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London suggests that certain risk factors for heart disease are linked to common changes in the structure and appearance of the heart. Risk factors forheart diseaseincluding male sex, diabetes,high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smok...
Mieres. Since psoriasis is also a sign of inflammation, other studies have linked it with premature plaque buildup in the arteries. "Women with psoriasis and other inflammatory diseases need to be screened for heart disease and receive aggressive management of their other risk factors for heart ...
High levels of it are linked to early development of heart disease. In fact, a high level of homocysteine is a risk factor for heart disease. It’s associated with low levels of vitamins B6, B12, and folate, as well as renal disease. Research has shown, however, that getting your ...
Risk factors for heart disease such as age, high blood pressure, cholesterol levels (total and high-density lipoprotein or HDL), sex, and age are all weighted. The resulting score predicts your future susceptibility to a cardiovascular event. Researchers found a direct correlation between t...
“Eat a heart-healthy diet, exercise, keep your blood pressure down. It would be prudent to get your other heart disease risk factors under control,” said Stein, who is also a spokesperson for the American Heart Association. Gallstones are hard particles that develop in the gallbladder --...
Obviously, having any one of these risk factors isn't good. But when they're combined, they set the stage for serious problems. These risk factors double your risk ofbloodvessel, or vascular, diseases and heart disease, which can lead toheart attacksand strokes. They increase your risk of...
Coronary disease, conventional cardiovascular risk factors, and other infertility-linked disorders do not explain these findings, report Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and colleagues. The findings were published in the April 26 issue of the Journal of the American ...