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Discusses how high triglycerides can be a potent, but controllable, risk factor for stroke. INSET: Head Off a Stroke.

Enumerates the diseases associated with mouth and gum infection. Heart attacks; Strokes; Diabetes; Ulcers; Pneumonia. INSET: Floss and Scrape, or Die!.

The article offers information on the effect of alcohol on women's risk of stroke.

The article reports that a University of North Carolina School of Public Health study found that women between the ages of 50 and 79 who slept more than 9 hours a night were more likely to have a stroke. Those who slept six or fewer hours also had a greater risk. The author recommends aiming for seven to eight hours of sleep.

The article focuses on the risk of heart disease and stroke to women with asthma. According to Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine chief cardiology Robert O. Bonow, people with asthma should maintain tablets for cholesterol and blood pressure because inflammation in the airways can affect the heart.

The article discusses results of the Sleep Heart Health Study that suggest that restless legs syndrome (RLS) is associated with stroke or heart disease. RLS is a neurological disorder that causes frequent nighttime leg movements. Such movement raises blood pressure and heart rate, which may result in cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease.

The article discusses a study of almost 1,500 postmenopausal women that reveals that those taking calcium supplements had 47% higher risk of heart attack, stroke or sudden death. However, other research have demonstrated that calcium may be good for the heart. There is also evidence that it protects the bones. The author advises not to stop taking calcium supplements without first discussing it with a doctor.

The article focuses on the risk of women having strokes. A woman's risk increases between the ages of 45 and 54, the article says, due to increased blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels. The article suggests that women should be screened for these risk factors every year, as less than half of women are aware of their own levels.

The article provides results from an Oakland Research Institute study which shows after three weeks of eating 26% of the total calories from carbohydrates, forty-seven overweight men decreased their risk of heart attack and stroke and their triglyceride levels were 43% lower. The average American carbohydrate intake consists of 54% of calories.

This article reports on a study in which blood tests found that people with high levels of an enzyme called Lp-PLA2 were twice as likely to have an ischemic stroke. The study was conducted by researchers from Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston, Texas. MIddle-aged men and women are recommended to get tested and to take aspirin daily if their enzyme levels are high.

Reports that the consumption of three or more alcoholic beverages four times per week increases a man's chance of stroke by 42%. Results of a study by Harvard University on the health risks of high levels of alcohol consumption; Claim that two drinks per day is the maximum for safe alcohol consumption.