In some cases the risk depends on how much you drink each day.
Researchers in the Netherlands report the risk of morbidity and death from stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD), and for mortality due to any cause. Continue reading Coffee, tea, and cardiovascular risk
Researchers from the University of Helsinki in Finland report that “everyday music listening during early stroke recovery offers a valuable addition to the patients’ care, especially if other active forms of rehabilitation are not yet feasible at this stage.
Music can be an individually targeted, easy-to-conduct, and inexpensive way to facilitate cognitive (reasoning) and emotional recovery. Continue reading Music helps recover from stroke
So good they had to name it “slimming” twice.
Unfortunately, Slimming Beauty contains the active pharmaceutical ingredient sibutramine (Meridia), a stimulant. And the marketer, Beautiful Health Inc., formerly LL Health and Beauty, failed to list it among the ingredients on the label. Continue reading Consumer Alert: Slimming Beauty Bitter Orange Slimming Capsules
Prof. Ernst reviewed cupping, an Ancient Chinese practice of placing cups on the skin and applying heat or suction so that skin and superficial muscles are stimulated and drawn into the cup.
Here’s a summary of the first systematic review of this topic. Continue reading Review: Cupping for stroke rehabilitation
It’s frequently recommended as a facet of treatment during stroke rehabilitation.
Prof. Ernst reviewed acupuncture in this setting. Continue reading Review: Acupuncture for functional recovery after stroke
The haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2 gene is dysfunctional in people with diabetes and increases their risk of cardiovascular disease.
Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, tested the antioxidant vitamin E to protect diabetic patients with HP 2-2 from cardiovascular complications. Continue reading Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes
Researchers at the University of Palermo, in Italy summarize past evidence.
And SEARCH researchers bring us up to the moment. Continue reading Perspective on homocysteine in heart disease
As part of the Charms & Harms series in the Journal of Primary Care, Dr. Joanne Barnes, from the University of Auckland, in New Zealand distilled the evidence.
Here’s what we know. Continue reading A quick review of Ginkgo
Cardiovascular events, of course, include heart attack, stroke or death due to diseased heart and blood vessels.
Researchers from the US looked for evidence of benefit from Ginkgo biloba. Continue reading Does Ginkgo reduce cardiovascular events?
Hyperhomocysteinemia (high blood levels of homocysteine) increases the risk of blood vessel complications in people with diabetes. Supplementation with B vitamins (pyridoxine, folic acid, B12) reduces these levels.
Researchers in Canada report the results of the (Diabetic Intervention with Vitamins to Improve Nephropathy [DIVINe]) study, which was designed to determine whether B-vitamin therapy might slow progression of diabetic kidney disease and prevent vascular complications. Continue reading B vitamins to treat diabetic kidney disease?
Abe Gubegna the Ethiopian novelist wrote, “It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.”
Now, researchers from California and Germany report that in patients with heart disease, there’s an increased risk of heart-related complications in people who are physically inactive as a result of being depressed. Continue reading Inactivity is bad for patients with heart disease
During the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting this June, researchers at McMaster University, in Hamilton Ontario will report the results of their review. Continue reading Does chocolate lower your risk of stroke?
Researchers from China and Italy reviewed the evidence. Continue reading Traditional Chinese Medicine and stroke recovery
Researchers from the Don Gnocchi Foundation I.R.C.C.S., in Milan, Italy tell us electromyographic biofeedback (EMG-BFB) shows equivocal benefits on gait retraining after stroke.
In this study they evaluated EMG-BFB applied in a task-oriented approach to increase peak ankle power of the affected leg and gait velocity in patients with hemiparesis. Continue reading Task-oriented biofeedback improves gait in stroke patients
Researchers at the University of Warwick Medical School, in Coventry, UK examined the association. Continue reading The effect of selenium on cholesterol levels
Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University report benefit in hemiparetic (weakness on one side of the body) stroke survivors. Continue reading Using TENS to increase the effectiveness of exercise after stroke
Researchers from Boston report that it lowers the risk of stroke as well as coronary heart disease. Continue reading Mediterranean diet and risk of stroke
Researchers from the UK studied the effects of not smoking, physical activity, moderate alcohol intake, and vitamin C blood levels as an indication of fruit and vegetable intake on the risk of stoke. Continue reading Health habits and the risk of stroke
The benefits and risks of folic acid fortification of food – once thought to be clear — are being debated again.
In this study from researchers at the University of Iowa, the effects of prenatal use of folic acid (and other dietary supplements) on child development at 3 years of life were evaluated. This summary focuses on the folic acid results. Continue reading Prenatal use of folic acid and child development
Researchers in the PREDIMED (Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea) Study in Spain report a reduction in the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in older adults who followed the traditional Mediterranean diet enriched with nuts for just 1 year. Continue reading 1 year on the Mediterranean diet