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Women make cardiac progress
New Delhi :: India | about 1 month ago
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Heart attacks more common, but hospital survival rates improving October 27, 2009 Two new studies show that heart attacks have become more common among middle-aged women in the last two decades, but in-hospital survival rates, especially for younger...
Tags: studies, weight gain, ages women, younger women, survival rates, greater risk, national health
Pregnant women warned of H1N1 dangers
Ottawa :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility In the midst of the tourism season, public officials are urging people with fragile health to avoid the face-to-face contact of crowded festivals and concerts, where H1N1 flu could easily spread. Yesterday, they aimed a particular warning at pregnant...
Tags: pregnant women, greater risk, swine flu, Canada, health authorities, public health
Walking on sand safer than playing in sand
Chapel Hill :: NC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility U.S. beach goers who play in the sand are at greater risk of diarrhea and gastrointestinal diseases than those who just walk on sand, scientists said. "Beach sand can contain indicators of fecal contamination," said Chris Heaney, a postdoctoral epidemiology...
Tags: greater risk
Drops in blood sugar linked to dementia
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility People with Type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk for developing dementia as they age, several studies have suggested. Now researchers say the higher odds may be linked to life-threatening drops in blood sugar, called hypoglycemia, usually caused by...
Tags: blood sugar, low blood, sugar level, developing dementia, severe low, greater risk
Impaired kidneys raise heart risk
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility Impaired kidney function raises risk of heart problems in the elderly, University of Glasgow researchers said in Scotland. A study, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, suggests that elderly people with damaged kidneys are at greater risk of cardiovascular...
Tags: health, stroke, cause, face, cardiovascular disease, heart failure, impaired kidney, greater risk, kidney function, heart problems
Safety group: No cell phones while driving
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Motorists throughout the United States should stop using their cell phones while driving as a safety precaution, a safety group said Monday. The non-profit National Safety Council said in a news release those motorists who choose to use a cell phone while...
Tags: cell phones, National Safety Council, NSC, safety group, U.S. Group Calls, Janet Froetscher, phones using, studies showed, greater risk, extremely dangerous
Kids born to older dads more likely to be bipolar
Stockholm :: Sweden | about 1 year ago
Credibility Children born to older fathers face a greater chance of developing bipolar disorder, according to one of the largest studies linking mental illness with advanced paternal age. Previous research has connected schizophrenia and autism with older dads, and...
Tags: conception, bipolar disorder, older dads, greater risk
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