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12/16/07
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Respiratory Infections Linked To Increased Heart Attacks And Strokes
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2007) — A new study, which appears today in the online edition of the European Heart Journal, has found strong evidence that recent respiratory infections increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, both of which are more common in the winter.
---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- See also: Health & Medicine Heart Disease Stroke Prevention Vioxx Mind & Brain Stroke Caregiving Disorders and Syndromes Reference Upper respiratory tract infection Coronary heart disease Multi-infarct dementia COX-2 inhibitor It has for some years been recognised, using information from death certificates, that there is an excess of deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke during the winter months, over and above those directly attributable to deaths from respiratory disease. More direct evidence has been necessary. The authors of this study applied to the British Heart Foundation for funding t Read the Complete Article Similar content: Diabetes Drug Avandia® Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks, in Diabetes Obese Children Increased Risk For Death From Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease And Attacks – CHD and Type 2 Diabetics, in Heart Disease Calcium In Coronary Arteries May Be Linked To Increased Risk For Heart Disease In Low-risk Women, in Heart Disease FACTBOX-Heart attacks often first symptom of heart disease, in Heart Disease Prostate Cancer Treatment Can Speed Heart Attacks , in Prostate Cancer |
