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Coffee may reduce stroke risk in women

Posted: February 17th 2009 By editor1         under: Health News     Tags: , , ,

American and Spanish researchers find that women, who consume considerable amount of coffee, have a considerable lower risk for becoming a victim of stroke.

These results have been found after tracking the occurrence of stroke and coffee consumption habits in thousands of women in the US during nearly 25 years. There are some earlier indications which show that coffee seems to offer some help in preventing diabetes without increasing heart problems’ risk. The current study is an addition to these earlier indications.

But at the same time, this new finding also warns smokers that smoking can wipe out all the benefits that coffee consumption can otherwise offer for protection.

Sleep Apnea patients are more prone to strokes, a new study finds

Posted: January 16th 2009 By editor1         under: Cardiology, Health News     Tags: , , , , ,

The results of a new study show that decrease in blood flow, blood pressure as well as repeated surges in sleep apnea patients’ brains may become the cause of strokes or death during sleep.

Researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine find that sleep apnea becomes the cause of dropped blood flow in the brain while in episodes. When it takes place, the blood pressure of the organ begins to rise and when this happens again and again the ability of the brain to guard itself in these conditions begin to reduce.

A previous study from the Yale researchers suggests that sleep apnea patients have three times higher risk of having a stroke or death during sleep than the people who don’t suffer from this disorder.

Currently, nearly 18m people in the US are suffering from sleep apnea that is a sleeping disorder in which breathing gets hampered or ceased because of the upper airway blockage. It becomes the cause of low blood oxygen levels and rise in blood pressure. However, when the patient briefly awakens, the order restores again.

Crack Cocaine and Cocaine: The difference

When it’s about cocaine abuse, the basic difference between cocaine and crack cocaine is that cocaine is quite well-known as an expensive drug that is widely used by rich and glamorous people. On the other hand, Crack cocaine is cheap and it is mostly used by poor men to get rid of worries and tensions of life. The sad fact is that it makes them feel free of worries and tensions for the time being, but takes them as well as their loved ones in a perpetual agony.

Cocaine is available in powder as well as soluble forms and used by inhaling or through injection. Many addicts mix cocaine with heroine and use it for well-known snowballing. It has been observed that this practice become the cause of more deaths than just of heroine abuse only. Crack cocaine is cheap and that’s why highly addictive and can become an epidemic if not checked in a proper way.

Stroke attacks are less severe in physically active people, a Danish study says

Posted: October 24th 2008 By editor1         under: Cardiology, Food and Fitness, Health News     Tags: , , ,

A new Danish study says that recovery from stroke becomes if the patients were physically active before the attack.

According to the researchers, physically active people usually have less severe strokes and can recover easily for long-term.

Dr. Lars-Henrik Krarup, who led the study, says: “If you keep yourself fit, it increases your chance of a life without stroke. But still if you suffer from stroke, it will be of milder severity and you can recover soon.”

“Our findings may be implemented for future prevention campaigns, as people will be told about the useful effects of physical activity even after stroke,” said Krarup.

In their study, Krarup and co-researchers examined the medical records of 265 people who had stroke. The researchers found that all of them were able to walk without help.

Least amount of exercise for healthy life

Posted: October 21st 2008 By editor1         under: Food and Fitness     Tags: , , , , , ,

WASHINGTON – The Health and Human services Department (HHS) has provided the, minimum exercise guidelines, vital for good health. For most adults, 2 hours of moderate intense exercise are required, in a weak, to maintain a good health.

Almost 25 percent of U.S. adults are inactive in their spare time, according to the government research. More than half don’t execute physical exertion, enough for a good health and more than 60 million adults are obese.

Generation of children arising in U.S is less active and healthy than their ancestors. One third children are overweight and 16 percent are obese. Schools are gradually decreasing recess and gym time. By high school, a recent study found, less than 25 percent teens are getting an hour of activity a day.

HHS chooses a panel of researchers and professionals to analyze, collective data. The panel concluded that, consistent physical activities can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by at least 20 percent, cut down chances of early death, help to avoid hypertension and type 2 diabetes, colon and breast cancer, age related bone fractures, depression and anxiety.

Different people have different requirements of exercise, depending largely upon age and fitness level. Mild exercise adds up for lethargic adults. More fit youngsters could fill up their week’s requirement in an hour with intense exercise, such as jogging, hiking, a bike race or fast laps in the pool.

Ginkgo extract proves helpful to prevent stroke damage in mice, a new study finds.

Posted: October 10th 2008 By editor1         under: Addiction, Alcohol, Drugs     Tags: , , , , ,

A new research finds that an extract from the ginkgo tree can reduce or avoid brain damage from a stroke in genetically engineered mice.

According to the study author Sylvain Dore, the activity of free radicals that attack and kill cells can be neutralized with the help of this ginkgo extract.

“It’s quite interesting as we are examining a mechanism of action that has not been anticipated before,” Dore said.

The findings will be published in the Oct.10 issue of the journal Stroke.

There was a quick skeptical response on this report from Dr. Larry B. Goldstein, who is director of the Duke University Stroke Center.

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