Midlife Obesity Predicts Future Stroke Risk in Men
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NEW YORK  - A high body mass index (BMI) in middle-aged men is associated with an increased likelihood of having a stroke over the next two or three decades -- even after taking into account other risk factors such as high blood pressure
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Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds.
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 14 : A new research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that men put on weight and cut down on exercise when they remarry.
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NEW YORK  - The presence in middle age of  risk factors for cardiovascular disease, like smoking or high  cholesterol, is strongly tied to the development of dementia  later in life, investigators in California report.
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WEDNESDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- In what doctors admit is a paradox, new European research shows that obese patients have half the risk of dying after a heart attack compared with normal-weight patients.
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Men who lose 3cm or more of height as they age have an increased risk of heart attack and death, a study finds.
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NEW YORK  - Levels of high-density  lipoprotein (HDL), the "good" cholesterol, are inversely  associated with stroke risk in elderly men, according to a new  study.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   suggest that obesity per se is not a risk factor for organ   failure or death. However, the risk is increased with diabetes,   which often develops in people with a high body mass index   (BMI).
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Obese women have an increased risk of suffering dementia in later life, researchers have claimed. A study followed 290 women born between 1908 and 1922, looking at the relationship between body mass index
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NEW YORK  - Severe sleep apnea appears to   be an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke in elderly   patients, according to a report in the September issue of   Stroke.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds.
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NEW YORK  - Obese individuals who suffer a stroke are significantly less likely to be discharged home and tend to stay in the hospital longer than lean individuals who suffer a stroke, researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have observed.
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Being overweight as a child significantly increases the risk for heart disease in adulthood as early as age 25, according to a large new study that provides the most powerful evidence yet that the obesity epidemic is spawning a generation prone to serious health problems later in life.
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NEW YORK  - Cardiovascular fitness may predict the odds of a future heart attack in men and women with no apparent signs of heart disease, a large study suggests.
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New research has revealed that there may be a link between obesity and the loss of brain tissue. According to researchers from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, in Sweden, carrying extra weight and conditions
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A study in Australia has shown that  changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese  children from as young as six, warning signs that might be  linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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Obesity is harmful to the brain for women, but it doesn&#39;t appear to raise the risk of dying for men who have suffered heart attacks, according to two new studies.