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THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Smoking more than doubles the risk of unexplained strokes among younger adults, a new study warns. And heavy smoking is even worse, with stroke risk more than quadrupled among adults who smoke more than a pack of cigarettes every day for 20 yearsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — With Los Angeles still reeling from the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, a new report on California blazes from earlier years finds the toll on survivors’ hearts can be severe. However, the study also found that the cardiovascular effects of smoke exposures varyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The cholesterol that’s good for your heart health might be bad for your eye health, and vice versa, a new study says. “Good” HDL cholesterol appears to increase risk of glaucoma in people older than 55, researchers reported Feb. 4 in the BritishContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Even a mild infection with COVID-19 can promote clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack in some people, a new study says. Infection with the COVID virus is associated with rapid growth of plaque in arteries that supply blood to the heartContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans don’t see anything wrong with taking daily low-dose aspirin, even though experts have concluded its risks outweigh its benefits, a new survey has found. Nearly half (48%) of people incorrectly think that the benefits of taking low-dose aspirin daily to reduceContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugs like blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure meds can protect the health and extend the lives of people with heart disease. But only if patients take the drugs — and many around the world aren’t, a new study says. Overall, fewerContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Landing in the hospital with COVID or the flu can put your heart health at dire risk, a new study suggests. Adults hospitalized for a severe infection are more than twice as likely to develop heart failure years later, according to findings publishedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A simple acronym — F.A.S.T. — can help bystanders recognize the first signs of stroke and call 911 right away, a new study says. Both F.A.S.T and another acronym, BE-FAST, helped people remember the symptoms of stroke, according to findings to be presentedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A common drug used to prevent migraines might have an additional benefit — protecting women against stroke. Women taking the beta blocker propranolol to ward off migraines have a lower risk of strokes caused by blood clots, according to new research to beContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who’ve suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study says. Stroke victims with brain bleeds have nearly seven times higher blood levels of a brain protein called glial fibrillary acidic protein, orContinue Reading