Posts Tagged 'Beyaz'

Study: Job stress increases heart attack risk

A study published in the journal Lancet finds that job-related stress increases the risk of a heart attack.

According to an ABC News article about the study, a team of European researchers examined a total of 13 previous studies conducted between 1986 and 2006 evaluating job strain as a risk factor for heart attack and death.

Researchers found that people with highly demanding jobs who have little freedom to make decisions are ...

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Study: Chocolate reduces stroke risk

A recent study finds that eating chocolate may help reduce the incidence of stroke in men, the Los Angeles Times reports.

According to the study, men who had the highest weekly consumption of chocolate — about 63 grams per week, or just a little more than 2 ounces — reduced their likelihood of suffering a stroke by 17 percent. The report also cites the results of a meta-analysis of chocolate consumption ...

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FDA committe recommends monitoring of Beyaz

An advisory committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended continued monitoring of Bayer’s birth control pill Beyaz, following a review that made note of serious “adverse events” connected with the pill – including five deaths.

The safety review was focused on Beyaz use for post-pubescent girls who haven’t yet reached adulthood, but included information that applied to both adolescent and ...

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Heavy drinkers have high stroke risk

According to a story in the Los Angeles Times, a recent study showed that heavy drinkers are at a higher risk of stroke.

Researchers in France concluded that heavy drinkers who consume three or more servings of alcohol per day are at an increased risk of a type of stroke called an intercerebral hemorrhage, and are more likely to have that stroke at an earlier age than non-drinkers.

Intercerebral hemorrhage is caused ...

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Surgeon General issues ‘Call to Action’ on blood clots

The Surgeon General has issued an official “Call to Action” to reduce the number of cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the United States.

Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in a deep vein — most commonly in the lower leg or thigh — that can block blood flow and cause pain, swelling, and skin discoloration.

But it can turn deadly when deep vein thrombosis develops into pulmonary ...

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Woman’s death linked to birth control pill

According to a report in the Belfast Telegraph, a 33-year-old woman who had been taking a birth control pills died suddenly after developing a blood clot in her lungs.

The story quotes a pathologist as saying that the woman died of a pulmonary venous thromboembolism, or a massive clot that traveled to her lungs, in association with a contraceptive pill. Genetics and the pill were both factors, the doctor said.

A family ...

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