Prospective study of intentional weight loss and mortality in overweight white men aged 40-64 years

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Intentional weight loss in overweight middle-aged men may decrease diabetes-linked mortality. Researchers examined the effects of successful weight loss among 49,337 white middle-aged men. Having lost 20 pounds apparently reduced the risk of dying from diabetes without changing mortality from cardiovascular disease. It is surprising that weight loss efforts did not positively modulate mortality from heart disease.

Patient outcomes, Mortality, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Weight loss, Middle aged men

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Donation of blood is associated with reduced risk of myocardial infarction: The Kuioui Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study

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High body iron stores have been suggested as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction. Therefore, blood donation theoretically might reduce risk by lowering iron stores in the body. Findings of research testing the hypothesis in middle-aged men in Finland indicate that loss of blood through blood donations may be associated with reduced acute myocardial infarction risk.

Research, Methods, Iron in the body, Iron (Nutrient), Risk factors (Health), Blood donors, Blood donation, Demographic surveys

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Coffee and tea intake and the risk of myocardial infarction

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The association of caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, and tea intake with myocardial infarction is discussed based on a study of 340 cases and sex-, age-, community-matched controls. Intake of tea equal to at least one cup per day was associated with a lower risk of myocardial infarction. Intake of coffee, of either type, was not associated.

United States, Statistical Data Included, Coffee (Beverage), Tea (Beverage), Caffeine, Coffee, Tea, Flavonoids, Flavones, Decaffeinated beverages

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