With this theme in mind, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) emphasises that most of the risks for stroke are also the major risks for coronary heart disease - and thus the object of the ESC’s far-reaching prevention programme. Unhealthy diets, smoking, and physical inactivity are all unequivocally identified as fuel for a growing epidemic of hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes, all associated with a raised risk of both heart disease and stroke. Atrial fibrillation, the mos

(Physicians for a National Health Program) A new study shows uninsured American adults with chronic illnesses like diabetes, high cholesterol or hypertension often go undiagnosed and undertreated, leading to an increased risk of costly, disabling and even lethal complications of their disease. The researchers, based at Harvard Medical School and the affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance, analyzed data on 15,976 US non-elderly adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey betwee

(Getty Images) By Sarah Klein Amid the highest unemployment rate in recent decades and massive job losses around the country, most workers feel happy to at least be employed. What they aren’t feeling, however, is healthy. One in three workers has at least one symptom of clinical depression; 41% say they feel stressed sometimes, often, or very often; and one in five has trouble falling asleep often or very often. In all, 14% are being treated for high cholesterol and one in five is taking

There are a number of people who suffer from obesity. It is a lifestyle ailment that triggers other very serious problems such as hypertension, high cholesterol and Diabetes Type II to mention a few. There are a number of other psychological ill effects of obesity. People who are obese or over weight have reduced social confidence and are generally less productive than people who are fit and within their target weight. Why do people suffer from obesity? Manufacturers of high calorie and usele

Researchers have taken another look at the famous Whitehall study of over 18,000 middle-aged London men and found that a single measurement of three factors predicted mortality better than any other measures. Those with the three risk factors, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking, had three times the risk of death from cardiovascular problems and a life expectancy that was ten years shorter than those without the three risk factors. The men were examined in 1967-1970 and followed f