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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Insomnia Increases Mortality In Men; Sleep Well!!

The study's lead author Yanping Li from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) said that their research also showed that among men who experience specific symptoms of insomnia, there is a modest increase risk in death from cardiovascular-related issues.

Specifically, researchers report that difficulty falling sleep and non-restorative sleep were both associated with a higher risk of mortality, particularly mortality related to cardiovascular disease.

Researchers followed more than 23,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who self-reported insomnia symptoms for a period of six years.

After adjusting for lifestyle factors, age and other chronic conditions, researchers found that men who reported difficulty initiating sleep and non-restorative sleep had a 55 per cent and 32 per cent increased risk of CVD-related mortality over the six year follow up, respectively, when compared to men who did not report these insomnia-related symptoms.

The study will be published in Circulation.

Source: Times Of India
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

8 Hours Mark Is the Sweet Spot To Avoid Heart Diseases

The recent study has confirmed that a sleep period of 6-8 hours is the optimal count to reduce heart risks. The research was done by Dr Saurabh Aggarwal of Chicago Medical School. Based on his research he found that people who do sleep between the 6-8 hour mark are less likely to have cardiovascular events.

Dr Aggarwal in his research paper has found that people who sleep less than six hours a night were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, compared to those who sleep between six and eight hours, News reported.

This doesn't mean that you can overdo it, if you plan to sleep more than 8 hours a day then you are again going on to a high risk zone, the research found that sleeping for more than eight hours doubles the risk of angina and increases likelihood of coronary artery disease by 19 per cent.

So keep it tight and 8 hours should be all good to go. Also do not sleep less, it is tough to say so in the busy schedules that everyone maintain during this era.

Photos & Inputs: Times Of India

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Mumbai Youth, The Most Susceptible to Heart Diseases - A Survey

In a three-year-long study conducted in 12 cities across India, it has been found that 51 per cent of Mumbaikars have low levels of the heart-protecting high-density lipoprotein (HDL), also known as ‘good’ cholesterol. The study has also revealed that over 70 per cent of the urban Indian population is at the risk of being diagnosed with cardiovascular disease.

The Saffola Life study covered more than 1.86 lakh people between the ages of 30 and 100. “A sedentary lifestyle, in addition to stressful work conditions and a compromised diet are leading factors in precipitating heart disease risk. This has affected the heart health of people between the ages of 30 and 44,” said Dr Akshay Mehta, senior cardiologist, Asian Heart Hospital.

Of the 29,017 Mumbaikars who participated in the study, 44 per cent reported that they consume preserved or processed foods at least twice a week, and 42 per cent said that they eat fried foods at least twice a week. Additionally, 71 per cent of them were guilty of consuming two or less servings of fibre-rich whole grains in their diet.

“Now it is fairly common to see youth suffering from heart strokes. Five years ago, we hardly saw young patients with heart problems. Now, we get many cases where cardiovascular disease affects people in the age group of 25 to 35,” said Dr Ajay Chaurasia, head of cardiology department, BYL Nair Hospital.

The study also revealed that at 12 per cent, Mumbai was one of the cities with the least number of respondents with diabetes, which experts see as a good sign. The study also showed that Mumbaikars are keen on keeping themselves fit, with a substantial 64 per cent of respondents agreeing that they exercise thrice a week or less.

Shared From DNA India

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Obesity and High BMI Doesn't Always Mean Heart Disease

MUMBAI: Women who have a good metabolism need not worry about heart diseases - even if they are overweight and have a high body mass index (BMI). Dr Soren Skott Andersen and Dr Michelle Schmiegelow from Denmark drew this conclusion after studying 2,60,000 subjects over a five-year period. The take-home message is that obese women have a window of "opportunity'' to lose weight and avoid developing a metabolic disorder such as diabetes that would increase their risk of heart disease.

The study was presented at the ongoing European Society of Cardiology's annual meeting.

It used Danish national health databases and followed women who had given birth between 2004 and 2009 with no prior history of cardiovascular disease. The women, of average age 31 years, were divided into four categories on the basis of their pre-pregnancy BMI and metabolic disorders.

The researchers found that overweight women (who had a BMI score of over 25) who were metabolically healthy didn't have any increased risk of a heart attack, stroke or a combination of heart attack/stroke/death in comparison with normal weight, metabolically healthy women. Metabolism is the term used to describe life processes that occur within a cell to promote growth. Dr Schmiegelow said, "Being overweight but free of metabolic disorders does not seem to be associated with an increased risk in young women in the short term.''

The researchers, however, said that obese women should guard against developing metabolic disorders such as diabetes because it would increase their risk of heart problems.

Shared From Times Of India