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Fenofibrate may reduce heart disease risk in diabetic patients
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 29 (ANI): A study finds that a drug may reduce the risk of heart attacks, stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes, who have high levels of fat and low levels of "good" cholesterol, despite being treated with statins.
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Researchers find new drug to prevent heart attack, stroke in high-risk pat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 22 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new therapeutic approach to prevent heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases by finding a protein inhibitor drug that can stop blockage development in blood vessels.
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Heart attacks, strokes prevented through health checks-ups
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 21 (ANI): A study led by Queen Mary University of London has revealed that health check-up programmes may prevent heart attacks, strokes or death from these causes in its first five years.
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Magnesium-rich nuts, green leafy vegetables may reduce risk of heart disea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 8 (ANI): Including magnesium rich food like spices, nuts, beans, cocoa, whole grains and green leafy vegetables in your diet daily may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and type-2 diabetes, reveals a study.
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Moderate alcohol intake lowers risk of some strokes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Nov. 25 (ANI): According to a recent study, light and moderate alcohol consumption of up to two drinks per day is associated with a lower risk of ischemic stroke but seems to have no effect on a person's risk of hemorrhagic stroke. However, high-to-heavy drinking wa
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Boozing may lead to some particular types of stroke
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.24 (ANI): A study says that though moderate boozing up to two drinks per day is associated with a lower risk of ischemic stroke, it seems to have no effect on a person's risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs help prevent heart attack risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.15 (ANI): A recent study has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in adults with cardiovascular risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking, but have not had a heart attack or stroke
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E-commerce portals lend support to PM's decision; call demonetizing a
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): In a major step to curb black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced demonetization of Rs. 500 and 1000 currency notes with effect from last midnight.
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World Stroke Day: Prevent brain stroke
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 29 (ANI): A 'brain stroke' or a 'brain attack' is an event and condition that many of us know little about, but each one of us has the capacity to prevent and detect.
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Longer working hours, work related stress is the major cause of cardiac st
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 28 (ANI): The case of young people fainting due to exhaustion is not an unknown factor in the current times in young people.
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McIlroy snaps 16-month title drought at Deutsche Bank Championship
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Sept.6 (ANI): World number five Rory McIlroy ended his 16-month long title drought by notching up a two-stroke victory over England's Paul Casey in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts.
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Rio 2016: Golfer Aditi Ashok slips to tied-31st after round three
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 20 (ANI): It was a tricky third day for lone Indian woman golfer Aditi Ashok at the Rio Olympics as her overall position slipped to tied-31st in the women's individual stroke play here at Olympic Golf Course.
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