Week 3
7 Lifestyle Changes
That Shrink Stroke Risk
June
7, 2013 | By Health Editor
Original Manuscript
THURSDAY,
June 6 (HealthDay News) — Certain lifestyle changes could greatly reduce your
stroke risk, according to a new study.
Researchers
calculated stroke risk among nearly 23,000 black and white Americans aged 45
and older. Their risk was assessed using the American Heart Association’s
Life’s Simple 7 health factors: be active, control cholesterol, eat a healthy
diet, manage blood pressure, maintain a healthy weight, control blood sugar and
don’t smoke.
During
five years of follow-up, 432 strokes occurred among the participants. All seven
factors played an important role in predicting stroke risk, but blood pressure
was the most important, according to the study, which was published June 6 in
the journal Stroke.
“Compared
to those with poor blood pressure status, those who were ideal had a 60 percent
lower risk of future stroke,” study senior author Dr. Mary Cushman, a professor
of medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington, said in a journal news
release.
Cushman
and her colleagues also found that people who didn’t smoke or quit smoking more
than a year before the start of the study had a 40 percent lower stroke risk.
For
the study, the researchers categorized the participants’ Life’s Simple 7 scores
as inadequate (zero to four points), average (five to nine points) or optimum
(10 to 14 points). Every one-point increase was associated with an 8 percent
lower stroke risk. People with optimum scores had a 48 percent lower risk than
those with inadequate scores, and those with average scores had a 27 percent
lower risk.
Overall,
blacks had lower scores than whites, but the association between scores and
stroke risk was similar for blacks and whites.
“This
highlights the critical importance of improving these health factors since
blacks have nearly twice the stroke mortality rates as whites,” Cushman said.
Each
year, about 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke, which is the No.
4 killer and a leading cause of long-term disability in the country, according
to the American Heart Association.
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7 Lifestyle Changes That Shrink Stroke Risk
June 7, 2013 | By Health Editor
Most people have different lifestyles both
good and bad for themselves especially their health. Workers usually spend
their life as fast and have less time to relax, eat breakfast, exercise, see a
doctor and sleep well as enough they can. They also face with health problems.
Student’s lifestyle is to get up early in the morning and skip breakfast which
is important meal in motivation their brain. In this section, we however are
talking about the lifestyles that lead to reducing the stroke risk. There are
simple seven health factors such as to be active,
control cholesterol, eat a healthy diet, manage blood pressure, maintain a
healthy weight, control blood sugar and don’t smoke.
Researchers
tell that nearly 23,000 black and white Americans aged 45 and older are stroke
risk. During follow-up for five years, strokes occurred in 432 participants. According
to study, blood pressure was the most important than simple seven health
factors told above. Dr. Mary Cushman, a professor of medicine at the University
of Vermont in Burlington, says “the people who are poor blood pressure status
had a lower risk to stroke in future a sixty percent.” In addition, Cushman and
her friends found people who didn’t smoke or stop smoking more than a year can
decrease stroke risk for forty percent. For the study, the researchers divide
the participants’ Life into seven scores such as (0-4), average (5-9) or
optimum (10-14). Increasing every 1 point is related with an 8 percent lower
stroke risk.
Conclusion,
changing lifestyles in a good way can protect health problems and reduce some
diseases. There are several strategies to take care of your health such as to
stop smoking, exercise enough, stop drinking alcohol and etc. In globalization,
everyone always spend their life as fast as they can lead to having less time
to take care of themselves. According to this essay, people who are 45 and
older have higher stroke risk. If they can act on experts’ advices, they can
prevent or reduce the risk of any diseases. I am a person who spends live as
fast until I skip eating breakfast. There are a lot of effects for health such
as Gastritis. Furthermore, I have less concentration in learning. What is your
lifestyle? Your lifestyle is good or not?
Reference:
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7 Lifestyle Changes That Shrink Stroke Risk
June 7, 2013 | By Health Editor
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Vocabularies
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Pronunciation
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Meaning
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Stroke (n)
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/stroʊk/
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การเคาะ
a sudden serious illness when a
blood vessel (= tube) in the brain bursts or is blocked, which can
cause death or the loss of the ability to move or to speak clearly
Ex: The stroke left him
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follow-up(n)
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/ˈfɑloʊʌp /
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ดำเนินการ
action or a thing that
continues something that has already started or comes after something similar
that was done earlier
Ex: We need to schedule a follow-up appointment.
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Inadequate (adj.)
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/ɪnˈædəkwət/
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not enough; not good enough
Ex: The
food supplies are inadequate to meet the needs of the hungry.
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Mortality (n)
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/mɔrˈtælət̮i/
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การเสียชีวิต
the number of deaths in a particular
situation or period of time
Ex: Mortality from lung cancer is still
increasing.
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long-term (adj.)
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/ˈlɔŋ tərm/
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ระยะยาว
that will last or have an effect over a long
period of time
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