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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: stroke risk + blood sugar + risk  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/5/2008)

Preventing strokes
MyFOX Providence WNAC, RI -
There are a number of health conditions that may increase your risk of stroke. To control these risk factors: Have your blood pressure checked regularly. ...
Gwyneth legs it to good health
The Sun, UK -
Scientists have discovered that her long legs reduce her risk of getting dementia. Tall women, and men with a long reach are less likely to develop ...
Act now to reduce future risk of stroke
The Republican - MassLive.com, MA - Apr 29, 2008
Stroke is the third-leading cause of death in the country. High blood pressure is its top controllable risk factor. Whether you have high blood pressure or ...
Health of the nation
Scotland on Sunday, UK - May 3, 2008
Minimise your salt intake ? too much can raise your blood pressure, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. The recommended maximum for adults is 6g ...
Walking Benefits People With Diabetes
Boston Channel.com,  USA -
Bravata found that study participants? blood pressure, risk of stroke, and weight dropped when they walked more. According to the National Institute on ...
Diabetes up among elderly
Gather.com, MA -
In particular, the fasting blood sugar used to diagnose diabetes was lowered in 1997. The old number was 140 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl). ...
Heart Health Intervention
Nurse.com, VA -
"They have never had their blood sugar or cholesterol measured, and they don't get advice from anybody on how to take care of themselves. ...
Campaign in Sacramento warns blacks of perils of strokes
Sacramento Bee,  USA - May 4, 2008
Officials targeted such barbershops locally and throughout California because African Americans face a far greater risk of stroke than the general ...
Human Genome Sciences Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial ...
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... associated with the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and identified in clinical trials as an independent risk factor for CHD and ischemic stroke. ...HGSI - NVS
Your mouth speaks volumes about overall well-being
Chicago Tribune, United States - May 2, 2008
... risk of stroke or a respiratory infection; an increased risk of delivering pre-term, low-birth-weight babies; and difficulty in controlling blood sugar ...
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Deteriorating ischemic stroke: risk factors and prognosis -
A Davalos - Neurology, 1990 - AAN Enterprises
... Deteriorating ischemic stroke: risk factors and prognosis. ... To determine a risk profile
of deterioration in ... blood pressure, elevated blood sugar concentration at ...

Mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke in relation to degree of glycaemia: the Whitehall … -
JH Fuller, MJ Shipley, G Rose, RJ Jarrett, H Keen - British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.), 1983 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
... rates from coronary heart disease and stroke showed a non-linear relation to two
hour blood glucose values, with a significantly increased risk for glucose ...

Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction The Rotterdam … -
ML Bots, AW Hoes, PJ Koudstaal, A Hofman, DE … - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
... Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Risk Indicators A history of ... you ever suffer from
a stroke, diagnosed by ... currently used oral blood glucose?lowering drugs ...

… , and diabetes with risk of ischemic stroke. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study … -
AR Folsom, ML Rasmussen, LE Chambless, G Howard, … - Diabetes Care, 1999 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... are positively associated with ischemic stroke incidence in ... part of the Atherosclerosis
Risk in Communities ... diabetes by using fasting glucose criteria, waist ...

… in stroke: prevalence, cause, and relationships to type of stroke and stroke risk factors -
L BRATTSTROM, A LINDGREN, B ISRAELSSON, MR MALINOW … - European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1992 - Blackwell Synergy
... in homocysteine values between the stroke type subgroups ... between any of these risk
factors and ... LDL choles- terol or triglycerides, blood glucose or glycosylated ...

Insulin Resistance Syndrome Predicts the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Healthy Middle … -
M Pyorala, H Miettinen, P Halonen, M Laakso, K … - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
... AUC glucose, mean blood pressure, and triglycerides) produced only a single insulin
resistance factor that predicted the risk of CHD and stroke independently ...

Probability of stroke: a risk profile from the Framingham Study -
PA Wolf, RB D'Agostino, AJ Belanger, WB Kannel - Stroke, 1991 - Am Heart Assoc
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Risk factors of stroke incidence and mortality. A 12-year follow-up of the Oslo Study -
LL Haheim, I Holme, I Hjermann, P Leren - Stroke, 1993 - Am Heart Assoc
... Body mass index, triglycerides, blood glucose, and physical activity at work
were not found to be risk factors for stroke. CONCLUSIONS ...

Effect of blood pressure and diabetes on stroke in progression. -
HS Jorgensen, H Nakayama, HO Raaschou, TS Olsen - Lancet, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... 1.7). These relations were independent of age, sex, blood glucose, heart
disease, and other stroke risk factors. Early progression ...

Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on the Risk of Death The Framingham Heart Study -
EJ Benjamin, PA Wolf, RB D'Agostino, H Silbershatz … - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
... 6 Diabetes was defined as a nonfasting blood glucose level 11.11 mmol/L (200
mg/dL ... morbidity, with a risk factor?adjusted 2.6- to 4.5-fold risk of stroke. ...

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Blood sugar control impacts stroke risk

Impaired glucose tolerance, a precursor to full-blown diabetes, is associated with an increased risk of stroke in non-diabetic patients who have already experienced a minor or mini-stroke, Dutch researchers report.

Symptoms of a mini-stroke, known medically as a transient ischemic attack (TIA), are exactly the same as those of a full-fledged stroke, but resolve within 24 hours. While TIAs in themselves cause no long-term problems, they substantially increase the likelihood of having a full-fledged stroke soon afterwards.

Impaired glucose tolerance has been linked to stroke in patients with coronary artery disease. However, it was unclear if this metabolic derangement increased the risk in patients with a prior TIA or minor stroke.

Dr. Sarah E. Vermeer, from the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, and colleagues assessed the impact of glucose tolerance on stroke risk in 3,127 patients with a prior TIA or minor stroke.

During an average of 2.6 follow-up, 272 patients developed a stroke and 200 patients experienced heart attack or cardiac death.

An 80 percent increased stroke risk was seen in patients with impaired glucose tolerance. Patients with excessively low glucose levels also had a 50 percent greater risk than did those with normal glucose levels.

The biggest risk of stroke -- a nearly threefold increased risk compared with normal glucose levels -- was in patients with overt diabetes.

By contrast, the glucose levels seemed to have no bearing on the risk of heart attack or heart-related death, the report indicates.

"Intensive glucose control in both type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients seems to reduce stroke and other macrovascular events," the authors state. "New secondary prevention trials should be initiated to investigate whether intensive glucose control reduces stroke incidence in these patients."

SOURCE: Stroke June 2006.

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In-hospital beta-blocker aids heart failure

Patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) appear to have better outcomes if they are treated with beta-blockers prior to, during, and after the hospitalization, investigators report.

HF is the progressive inability of the heart to pump enough blood to support vital organs and often leads to a buildup of fluid, causing swollen legs and arms, fatigue and eventually excess fluid in the lungs and severe life-threatening shortness of breath. Standard treatment includes diuretics. Previous research has demonstrated the safety of starting a beta-blocker for patients with HF, but those studies tended to include outpatients.

Dr. Javed Butler, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and his associates performed a post-hoc analysis of a large trial that included 432 HF patients.

A total of 268 patients were on beta-blockers at admission, but these were discontinued during hospitalization in 54. In all, 263 survived to discharge, with 209 prescribed a beta-blocker upon discharge.

Patients on preadmission beta-blocker therapy had a shorter length of stay and lower 180-day mortality rate, the team reports in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. After adjusting for patient characteristics and predictors of mortality, there remained a trend toward lower 180-day mortality.

The authors then compared outcomes for those on beta-blockers when admitted and when discharged, versus those in whom beta-blocker therapy was stopped before discharge. Those who continued the drugs had a lower rate of hospitalization or death at day 180.

Comparing patients discharged on beta-blocker therapy and those not, the 180-day death or rehospitalization rate was 59 percent versus 69 percent.

Thus, the data indicate that beta-blocker use before, during and after hospitalization was safe and associated with better outcomes, Butler's group indicates.

SOURCE: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Copyright © 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.

 
 
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