Heart benefits of garlic identified
19 Oct 2007
The reason for garlic's beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system has been uncovered
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Endocrinology - The thyroid and the heart
15 Apr 2010
Thyroid dysfunction can have important consequences for the cardiovascular system, explain Dr C...Many of the manifestations of thyroid disease result from alterations in cardiovascular physiology. Various mechanisms have been suggested to explain the cardiovascular effects of thyroid hormones ... heart rate and left ventricular contractility. T3 causes decreased systemic vascular resistance (SVR ...
Cardiac oncology
01 Mar 2010 | by Dr Daniel Ford and Dr Raj Thakkar
Cancer therapy can have major implications for the cardiovascular system and monitoring...ABSTRACT The cardiovascular system must be considered when managing patients with cancer ... , effusions and dysrhythmias. Certain malignancies are more likely to affect the cardiovascular system ... to the patient's cardiovascular system resulting from chemotherapy and radiotherapy are relatively unusual ...
Cardiovascular risk and the menopause
01 Feb 2009 | by Dr Heather Currie
Women are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease after the menopause. By Dr Heather Currie...of the important long-term effects of the menopause on women's cardiovascular system. CVD is the leading cause ... ABSTRACT Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women who have ... : CAUSES OF DEATH IN EUROPEAN WOMEN 1 Cardiovascular disease: 57 per cent Cancers ...
Cardiovascular risk and the menopause
17 Apr 2009 | by Dr Heather Currie
of the important long-term effects of the menopause on women's cardiovascular systems. CVD is the leading cause ... Cardiovascular disease : 57 per cent Cancers* : 17 per cent Respiratory disease : 6 per cent Injuries ... LIFESTYLES RESOURCE CENTRE References 1. WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS). Accessed 8 ...
Sexual dysfunction and cardiovascular disease
01 May 2008
KEY POINTS There is increasing evidence to support the observation that cardiovascular ... in women. Mid-life should be the trigger for cardiovascular risk analysis, healthy lifestyle advice ... shown to predict subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) with an effect similar to or greater than ...
Fasting cardiovascular test in doubt
20 Jul 2007
Measuring fasting triglyceride levels may be of little use in assessing cardiovascular risk...future cardiovascular event. One was a prospective study of 26,509 healthy women in the US. During an average 11 years of follow-up, 1,001 cardiovascular events were recorded. This showed that those ... cardiovascular event than those in the lowest tertile. Fasting triglyceride levels were also predictive ...
Psoriasis care and cardiovascular events
27 Jan 2011
in their cardiovascular risk factors...This longitudinal study followed the change in cardiovascular risk factors in patients starting treatment for psoriasis vulgaris over 12 weeks. The study included 34 psoriasis patients (10 of whom ... several lipid profile changes and those undergoing narrow-band UVB and PUVA have several cardiovascular ...
HRT and cardiovascular risk
01 Nov 2007
New evidence is now available on the cardiovascular benefits of oestrogen therapy. By Miss...Cardiovascular disease (CVD), of which CHD and stroke are the primary clinical endpoints ... in those aged 70-79 years. 5 A possible explanation for early cardiovascular harm in the WHI study is an increase in thrombogenesis or abnormal cardiovascular remodelling. Both of these are dose-dependent. Thus ...
Cardiovascular risks underestimated in PAD
30 Mar 2007
of future cardiovascular events. The study, which is the first of its kind to look at the cross-risk between different cardiovascular events, showed that one in five patients with a history of PAD will have a major cardiovascular event within one year. West London GP Dr Sarah Jarvis, a member ...
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