Menopause And Increased Risk Of Fatal Heart Attack Not Linked

There is no link between the menopause and increased risk of fatal heart attack, say Johns Hopkins researchers who report their findings in the 6 September online issue of the British Medical Journal, BMJ. They found that the increasing number of deaths from heart attack as women get older is not due to the menopause but aging alone and not hormonal changes. They were also surprised to find …

No Link Found Between Menopause And Increased Risk Of Fatal Heart Attack

Johns Hopkins researchers say data show aging alone, not hormonal impact of menopause, explains increasing number of deaths as women age Contradicting the long-held medical belief that the risk of cardiovascular death for women spikes sharply after menopause, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests instead that heart disease mortality rates in women progress at a constant rate as they age…

Menopause not linked to heart attack

Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Ageing alone explains increasing number of deaths among women, which has nothing to do with the hormonal impact of menopause, researchers say.

420,000 Women Die From Cardiovascular Disease In USA Each Year

Diseases of the heart or blood vessels, known as cardiovascular diseases, cause more deaths among American women than any other condition or disease, a new report issued by Women Heart, entitled “2011 – 10Q Report. Advancing Women’s Heart Health through Improved Research, Diagnosis and Treatment” announced today. Cardiovascular diseases kill over 420,000 American women annually…

Finding a Cure For Down Syndrome

 A lot of  people want to know when there will be a cure for Down Syndrome.  Unfortunately at the moment a full cure is really far off , so far that it’s not in the foreseeable future. Scientists  are under the impression that it would involve genetic engineering or ways to completely supress extra genes.  However  , there’s no reason not to pursue as much benefit as possible under our current conditions and limitations. While there isn’t an overall cure yet , there are cures and therapies for tons of points that Down Syndrome causes.

Heart defects used to be one of the most common causes of death for those born with Down Syndrome.  Modern medical abilities  have largely eliminated these early deaths. While they still require a great deal of monitoring and immediate intervention in order to manage completely, today we can make a child’s heart function properly when they were born without complete partitions . What was deadly a century ago is now usually just  fear-inducing  .

One of the  larger problems  when it comes to Down Syndrome is the quest to improve  functional intelligence  . Cognitive function is one of the bigger things impacted by Down Syndrome that has a  major effect on self-sustainability  , and any improvement in it helps children’s ability to grow into functioning adults. Learning and memory seem to be the worst impacted when it comes to cognitive development, so those are the areas that most researchers focus on . Right now we can do great things in regards to keeping metabolic disorders from impairing brain function. In addition, a lot of work has gone into setting up programs of developmental therapy that help the brain  develop as much as possible  .

There are also a  number of medical techniques  that are now being used on the various other problems that Down Syndrome often comes with.  They can’t fix everything , of course, but a lot can be managed which leads to  a much higher quality of life than would otherwise be possible. Cataracts can be surgically removed, ears can be helped with hearing aids, thyroid problems can be  managed with management and medication  , and bloodstream testing can frequently find very small modifications before they grow to be serious enough to trigger extreme problems.

Do any of these things cure Down Syndrome? No, not at all. Down Syndrome will still have a major impact on anyone unfortunate enough to suffer with it. Just because we have better forms of symptom management than we did a century ago doesn’t mean that everything’s fine now.  We need to keep researching Down Syndrome and its concurrent health problems to  improve quality of life as much  as we can. However, it is heartening to think that we’ve created so much progress and that so much nonetheless lies inside the realm of exploration.

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