Patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors for cardiovascular disease may be at greater risk.
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This research has found clear signs of reduced cardiovascular disease risk, and perhaps slower aging, in these individuals.
Most talked about is the risk of cardiovascular disease, which includes an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and peripheral vascular disease, as well as kidney disease and diabetic eye disease.
They also had an 86% reduced risk of having coronary heart disease and a 46% reduction in the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to the researchers.
Therefore, the women are at enhanced risk of cardiovascular disease and at the upper end of the spectrum of cardiovascular risk for the intended treatment population, who generally will be much younger and much healthier.
First, the AHA guidelines were designed based on knowledge of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and thus did not take into account certain risk factors for specific cancers.
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Patients with primary hypertriglyceridemia be evaluated for a family history of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease in order to assess future cardiovascular risk.
The researchers, writing in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found aspirin reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease by 10% but this was offset by a 30% increase in the risk of serious internal bleeds.
All of these problems increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, which kills 946, 000 Americans a year.
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An aspirin a day may slow brain decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, research finds.
Scientists in Israel have shown that drinking a daily glass of the fruit's juice can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The study authors estimated that for patients with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, there were 245 extra deaths per million people treated.
Sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, are associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease, but few studies have examined sleep abnormalities and stroke, researchers said.
Dr Kastelein told BBC News Online that a 30% increase in "good" cholesterol could cut the risk of cardiovascular disease by as much as 40%.
For men with high levels of distress in childhood - which included being easily frustrated and quick to anger - the increased risk of cardiovascular disease was 17%.
And finally, statins not be used as monotherapy in patients with severe or very severe hypertriglyceridemia, although statins can be used to modify the risk of cardiovascular disease.
But she added that more research was needed before it could be clear that any possible link existed between emotions in childhood and the risk of cardiovascular disease in later life.
Dr Holt said women who are overweight should not ask for a higher dose Pill, because they were already at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease which contraceptive hormones increase even more.
After controlling for other factors which might influence heart disease risk, they found that high levels of distress at age seven were associated with a 31% increased risk of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged women.
In fact, it is running what could be the definitive test of fish oil-based drugs: a study of whether adding Vascepa to a statin medicine in patients with high triglycerides reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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"It's a very provocative observation to say that one's state of anxiety at a fixed point in time can in some way foretell an increased risk of cardiovascular disease 20 years down the road, " says Dr. Gregory Dehmer, M.
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Researchers, for example, recently showed for the first time that a Mediterranean diet can have as powerful an effect as drugs in preventing heart attacks, strokes and deaths from cardiovascular disease in subjects at high risk of heart disease.
Low levels of the "sunshine vitamin" -- so nicknamed because we get most of our vitamin D from sunlight -- may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a report published Monday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Investigators in Spain randomized 7447 people at high risk for cardiovascular disease to one of three diets: a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts, or a control diet for which people were advised to lower their intake of dietary fat.
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Earlier this year an American study found that more than two hours of TV viewing per day significantly increased the risk of type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and more than three hours of daily viewing increased the risk of premature death.
He said maternal placental syndrome should now be considered as an additional risk factor for cardiovascular disease in women.
And general atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, heart attack, and heart failure.
In addition to smoking, AMD is postulated to share other risk factors with cardiovascular disease, such as elevated cholesterol levels and hypertension.
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They compared the results from this with a commonly used risk score for cardiovascular disease of participants now in their early 40s.
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