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Supplements
Omega-3 fatty acids don't cut risk of heart disease?
In 4,837 heart attack survivors aged 60 to 80, low doses of EPA and DHA or of ALA did not cut major cardiovascular events, researchers reported at the 2010 European Society of Cardiology Congress. Many variables were in play, so the trial does not settle the question.
Miscellaneous
Robots help stroke patients
Among 127 veterans who began therapy six months or more after a stroke, robot-assisted training produced statistically significant gains in quality of life and greater reported upper-limb improvement than care without special arm therapy.
Drug
Robots Help Stroke Survivors
In a VA trial of 127 veterans with moderate or severe arm disability, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, patients who started robot-assisted therapy six months after their stroke gained significantly in quality of life and reported better upper-limb function.
Lifestyle
Walking helps reduce stroke risk
Among 39,315 female health professionals, women who walked at 3 mph or faster were 37% less likely to have a stroke and those walking two or more hours a week 30% less likely. This was not a trial, and the writer notes diet or other habits could explain the difference.
Drug
Which is better at preventing stroke, Stenting or Surgery?
In a trial of 2,502 patients at more than 100 U.S. and Canadian hospitals, stroke, heart attack and death rates over 2.5 years were statistically similar for carotid stenting and surgery, 2 percent against 2.4 percent. A South African study of 440 patients found worse outcomes after surgery.
Disease
Fatal stroke more likely to kill single and unhappily married men
Tracking 10,000 Israeli men from the 1960s to 1997, Uri Goldbourt found 8.4 percent of unmarried men died of stroke against 7.1 percent of married men, and that men happy in their marriages were 64 percent less likely to die of stroke. He stresses the study's limits.
Food
Total fat, trans fat raise risk of ischemic stroke
In the Women's Health Initiative study of 87,230 postmenopausal women, those eating the most total fat had a 40 percent higher rate of ischemic stroke than those eating the least, and the highest trans fat intake carried a 30 percent higher risk, researchers told a stroke conference.
Food
Can chocolate lower your risk of stroke?
A review of just three studies found mixed results on chocolate and stroke: one of 44,489 people tied a weekly serving to 22 percent lower stroke risk, a second tied 50 grams a week to 46 percent lower stroke death, and a third found no link. The author says more research is needed.
Heart & Blood
High salt intake boosts stroke risk
Pooling 13 studies of 177,025 people, Italian researchers linked higher salt intake to 23 percent higher stroke risk and 14 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease. They say imprecise measurement of salt intake likely means these effects are underestimated.
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