Shingles is a very uncomfortable, frustrating reactivation of an old chicken pox infection, and anyone who has had shingles – guilty – can attest to the fact that it’s something you would really love to prevent, if at all possible. Which it is, of course, because both shingles vaccines on the market have good studies […]
A mini-stroke (better known to doctors as a TIA or transient ischemic attack) is a nerve-racking problem because there is a high likelihood of that TIA being a harbinger of a flu-fledged stroke in the not-too-distant future (TIAs are often referred to, in fact, as strokes-in-waiting). So because we know there’s a potential stroke lurking […]
According to a new study from the US, the rate of ischemic strokes (ones caused by a blood clot to the brain as opposed to hemorrhagic strokes which aer due to burst blood vessels in the brain) are increasing among a group you don’t ordinarily associate with strokes, namely women during their pregnancies or in […]
A study just published in the journal, Circulation, is worrisome news for anyone who loves their diet drinks. In this study of over 80,000 post-menopausal women, regular consumption of diet drinks (defined as 2 or more diet drinks a day) was linked to a significantly increased risk of strokes. Why? Could be something in the […]
According to results from the PESA CNIC- Santander Study recently published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, both not getting enough sleep (less than 6 hours a night on average in this Spanish study) and suffering through frequently-disrupted sleep (in which a person wakes up several times a night) are linked to a […]
Since this is being posted at the start of a new year, when many people have likely resolved to make some healthy changes to their lives, I think it may also be a good time to point out that according to many good studies and surveys, many chronic illnesses that are generally thought of as […]
The debate about shingles vaccines has just been re-ignited with a study that compared 23,000 people who got shingles with 23,000 who didn’t. And the study concluded that those people who did get shingles were significantly more likely to develop a stroke, heart attack, or another heart problem. This risk was highest for the first […]