Obese More Likely to Be Kept in the Hospital After Stroke
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TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people are much less likely than lean patients to be discharged directly home from a hospital after being treated for ischemic stroke (reduced or blocked blood flow to the brain), a U.S. study finds.
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Elderly people who are obese appear to have a lower risk of falling ill with tuberculosis compared to those who are underweight or of average weight, according to an extensive geriatric study in Hong Kong.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that roughly one in four potential stroke patients are directed away from emergency treatment by hospital operators, which is concerning given the well-established link between expeditious treatment of stroke and improved outcomes.
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After having a stroke, people with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs seem to be more likely to die in the next year or two than those with higher incomes and white-collar jobs -- regardless of the severity of the stroke -- according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - TV ads that teach the warning signs of stroke may encourage more victims to get to the hospital quickly, researchers have found.
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Very obese people are as unhealthy, and probably as likely to die, as patients with heart failure, US researchers have reported. A second
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Two new studies shed light on the role obesity may play in causing heart attacks and, surprisingly, keeping them from being fatal.
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NEW YORK  - Socioeconomic status may account for some, but not all, of the increased risk of stroke African Americans face, a new study shows.
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Obesity raises the risk of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heartbeat that can lead to stroke and early death if not controlled, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Obesity surgery helps patients do more than shed weight &#151; it often cures their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.
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Overweight children are three to five  times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before  they reach 65 than slimmer youngsters, an international charity  said Monday.
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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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NEW YORK  - Patients who have a stroke are less likely to die within the next week if they are admitted to a hospital on a weekday rather than over the weekend, neurologists in Canada report.
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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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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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Obese heart attack and angina patients are more likely to survive after treatment, research suggests.
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Rising rates of obesity will lead to dramatic increases in the number of people with Alzheimer's disease, experts have predicted.