Early warning heart attack symptoms

A jab that starts working in minutes could repair damage done by a heart attack and prevent risk of future heart failure. Every year, some 270,000 people in Britain have a heart attack, typically when blood flow to the heart is reduced by a clot. This lack of oxygen-rich blood leads to the death of heart tissue. The jab contains a protein, called insulin-like growth factor 1, that has been found to halt the damage and stimulate the growth of healthy new heart muscle. Researchers at University College Cork ran a trial involving 47 heart attack survivors and found less scar tissue — areas where heart muscle has ‘died’ — formed in those given the jab compared with those given a dummy treatment. A jab that starts working in minutes could repair damage done by a heart attack and prevent risk of future heart failure Tests found it starts working within half an hour. The one-off injection must be given within 12 hours of an attack. This is when the heart becomes … [Read more...] about Jab to stop damage after a heart attack: Protein in the injection helps to stimulate the growth of new muscle

Gaining weight in middle age raises the risk of a fatal heart attack or stroke by 25 per cent, according to a recent study.  If men and women in their 40s or 50s put on as little at 11lbs, death rates soared by as much as 26 per cent.  Dr Wei Zheng, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, and colleagues found the shocking results after testing 84,000 people.  The chance of dying from anything increased by 10 per cent for men and 15 per cent for women.  If a middle aged person puts on three stone their chance of getting an obesity-related cancer goes up by 34 per cent in men and 45 per cent in women.   If men and women in their 40s or 50s put on as little at 11lbs, death rates soared by as much as 26 per cent. Stock picture  This applied to those with a BMI as low as 23 - which is considered normal, reports JAMA Network Open.  In postmenopausal women, putting on weight specifically increased the risk of breast and womb cancer more … [Read more...] about Middle-aged spread raises the risk of a fatal heart attack or stroke by 25%, huge new study reveals

Kylie Jenner has become so ill that she has had to check into a hospital in the Los Angeles area this week. The 22-year-old makeup mogul has been 'suffering' for several days with 'an intense illness,' according to a Wednesday report from TMZ. The mother to Stormi, aged one, has 'severe flu-like symptoms' which includes nausea and dizziness, it was added. It seems as if the star has been sick for over three weeks as in early September she complained that first her daughter was sick then she fell ill as she took home remedies such as lemon Echinacea and ginger honey crystals. The Calabasas, California native tweeted a note on Wednesday morning that she was 'really sick.'  Getting help: Kylie Jenner has become so ill that she has had to check into an LA area hospital. The 22-year-old makeup mogul has been 'suffering' for several days with 'an intense illness,' according to TMZ; seen in 2017 with Caitlyn Jenner when she was sick during an episode of KUWTK Too sick … [Read more...] about Kylie Jenner forced to cancel Paris Fashion Week trip while hospitalized with severe ‘flu-like symptoms’… as Caitlyn Jenner stays by her bedside

Brussels was put on its highest alert level on Saturday as Belgian officials warned the public to avoid crowds because of a “serious and imminent” threat of an attack. The level four threat was declared after a meeting of top ministers, police and security services. The whole of the Brussels metro network will be closed this weekend and events such as football matches will be cancelled. “The advice for the population is to avoid places where a lot of people come together like shopping centres, concerts, events or public transport stations wherever possible,” a spokesman for the government’s crisis centre said. The level for the whole country was raised to three a week ago after the Paris attacks, implying a “possible or probable” threat. Previously only certain sites, such as the US embassy, were at level three. Belgium, and its capital in particular, have been at the centre of investigations into the Paris attacks after it emerged that two … [Read more...] about Brussels on highest alert level as authorities warn attack ‘imminent’

Police in Brussels have made six arrests following Tuesday’s airport and metro suicide bombings, after a day in which two Belgian government ministers offered to resign amid mounting criticism of the country’s failure to foil the attacks. With prosecutors releasing more evidence that the attacks were carried out by the same Islamic State network responsible for November’s carnage in Paris and two suspects still believed to be on the run, several police raids were carried out across Brussels on Thursday evening. The operation involving Swat teams and armoured cars with helicopter support began soon after 9pm. RTBF, the state broadcaster, cited police sources as saying it had targeted “people suspected of taking part in the attacks” that killed at least 31 people and injured 300. Federal prosecutors confirmed six unidentified people were arrested, including three who were detained outside the prosecutors’ own office in the centre of Brussels. Two … [Read more...] about Brussels attacks: Belgium police arrest six people after suicide bombings