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Insomnia may be risk factor for highly fatal brain aneurysm rupture
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): Insomnia may be a potential risk factor for a brain bleed from a ruptured aneurysm along with more well-known risk factors of smoking and high blood pressure, according to new research.
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Hypertension, diabetes predisposing factors for acute stroke among Indians
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Hypertension and diabetes as predisposing factors for acute stroke among Indians, highlighted a study conducted by a private hospital on 526 patients analysing the risk factors that are leading to acute stroke in the country.
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Study finds potatoes not linked to elevated heart health risk factors amon
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): A new study has found that 9-17-year-old girls who consumed up to one cup of potatoes daily had no increased risk of becoming overweight or developing high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, or impaired fasting glucose.
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Higher levels of education, higher income mean better health for older adu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], October 11 (ANI): A new cross-national study comparing multimorbidity disease cluster patterns, prevalence and health risk factors across Ireland, England, The United States and Canada has revealed important findings that can have health implications for public health polic
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Study identifies potential factor contributing to severity of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Canterbury [UK], September 25 (ANI): A protein that may critically contribute to severe forms of COVID-19 has recently been identified by the University of Kent's School of Biosciences and the Institute of Medical Virology at Goethe-University.
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Overweight children can reduce cardiovascular risk factors by following he
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI): Statistically overweight children who follow a healthy eating pattern significantly improve their weight and reduce a variety of cardiovascular disease risks, suggests the findings of a Cleveland Clinic-led research team.
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Older age, chronic co-morbidities linked to more severe COVID-19 infection
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tennessee [US] September 17 (ANI): While risk factors for hospitalisation and poor outcomes are well documented in adults, less is known about the clinical factors associated with COVID-19 disease severity in children.
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Study highlights potential for healthy life after heart attack
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study, adherence to lifestyle advice and medications could add seven healthy years of life after a heart attack.
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Researchers find metabolic syndrome linked to higher risk of second stroke
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): According to a new meta-analysis, people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at an increased risk for having a second stroke and even dying than people who do not have metabolic syndrome.
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Metabolic syndrome linked to increased risk of second stroke, death: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): People with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at higher risk for having a second stroke and even dying than people who do not have metabolic syndrome, according to a meta-analysis.
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Postmenopausal women can dance their way to better health: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): Women often struggle with managing their weight and other health risk factors, such as high cholesterol, once they transition through menopause. A new study suggests that dancing may effectively lower cholesterol levels, improve fitness and body composition an
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Study identifies risk factors for severe COVID-19 in individuals with sick
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): New research found that certain factors, such as a history of severe pain episodes and coexisting organ conditions, increase the risk of severe COVID-19 illness, including hospitalization, in individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD).
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