People who eat an egg just about every day may have a lower risk of heart attack and stroke than individuals who don't eat eggs at all, a large Chinese study suggests. Researchers examined survey data on egg consumption among 461,213 adults who were 51 years old on average. When they joined the study, none had a history of heart disease. Overall, they ate an average of half an egg daily; about 9 per cent of them avoided eggs altogether while 13 per cent ate roughly one egg every day. At least half of the participants were followed for nine years or more. During that time, 83,977 people developed heart disease or had a heart attack or stroke, and 9,985 died from these conditions. Compared to people who never ate eggs, individuals who ate an average of 0.76 eggs per day were 11 per cent less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and 18 per cent less likely to die from these conditions, the study found. "This is important to people, especially those in the part of the world where eggs … [Read more...] about An egg a day tied to lower risk of heart disease
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Egg a day tied to lower risk of heart disease
(Reuters Health) - People who eat an egg just about every day may have a lower risk of heart attack and stroke than individuals who don't eat eggs at all, a large Chinese study suggests.Researchers examined survey data on egg consumption among 461,213 adults who were 51 years old on average. When they joined the study, none had a history of heart disease. Overall, they ate an average of half an egg daily; about 9 percent of them avoided eggs altogether while 13 percent ate roughly one egg every day.At least half of the participants were followed for nine years or more. During that time, 83,977 people developed heart disease or had a heart attack or stroke, and 9,985 died from these conditions.Compared to people who never ate eggs, individuals who ate an average of 0.76 eggs per day were 11 percent less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and 18 percent less likely to die from these conditions, the study found."This is important to people, especially those in the part of the world … [Read more...] about Egg a day tied to lower risk of heart disease
More sauna visits tied to lower risk of stroke
(Reuters Health) - Middle-aged adults who escape to a sauna every chance they get to relax may have new reason to take this time to unwind - a Finnish study suggests a regular sauna habit is associated with a lower risk of strokes.Researchers examined data on 1,628 adults who were 63 years old on average, had no history of stroke and typically used a sauna one to three times a week.After following half of the participants for at least 15 years, the study team found that 155 people had a stroke. Compared to people who only used the sauna once a week, those who went four to seven times a week were 61 percent less likely to have a stroke during the study period, researchers report in Neurology."Since a majority of strokes can be attributed to elevated blood pressure (hypertension), sauna use may reduce the risk of stroke via reduction in blood pressure," said lead study author Setor Kunutsor of the University of Bristol in the UK.It's also possible that saunas might help reduce the risk … [Read more...] about More sauna visits tied to lower risk of stroke
Increased risk of death seen even in lower-risk PPI users
Increased risk of death seen even in lower-risk PPI users Proton pump inhibitors are associated with a significantly higher risk of death than are H2 receptor antagonists, according to a five-year longitudinal cohort study. The study, published online in BMJ Open, found that increased risk of death was evident even in people without gastrointestinal conditions, and it increased with longer duration of use. Doctors from St. Louise Health Care System and other coauthors, wrote that PPIs are linked to a range of serious adverse outcomes – such as acute interstitial nephritis, chronic kidney disease, incident dementia, and Clostridium difficile infection – each of which is associated with higher risk of mortality. Whether PPI use is associated with excess risk of death is not known and has not been examined in large epidemiological studies spanning a sufficiently long duration of follow-up. In this study, a cohort of 349,312 veterans initiated on … [Read more...] about Increased risk of death seen even in lower-risk PPI users
When heart disease runs in the family, exercise tied to lower risk
(Reuters Health) - People who get plenty of exercise are less likely to have heart attacks and strokes than their inactive counterparts, even when they have a genetic predisposition for heart disease, a U.K. study suggests.Among roughly half a million people in the UK, those with greater grip strength, more physical activity and better cardiovascular fitness had a lower risk of heart disease - even when heart attacks or strokes ran in the family, researchers found."Even if you are at a high genetic risk, you can improve your chances of remaining in good cardiovascular health by doing exercise," said senior study author Erik Ingelsson, a researcher at Stanford University School of Medicine in California.For example, among people in the study with an intermediate genetic risk for cardiovascular diseases, individuals with the strongest grips were 36 percent less likely to develop coronary heart disease and had 46 percent lower odds of developing atrial fibrillation than people with the … [Read more...] about When heart disease runs in the family, exercise tied to lower risk