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For people with type 2 diabetes, doing regular cardio exercise like walking or cycling for 12 weeks lowers blood sugar, blood pressure, and body fat more than doing nothing, but not as much as...
For people with type 2 diabetes, doing both cardio and strength training together for 12 weeks lowers blood sugar, blood pressure, and body fat more than doing just one type of exercise or none at...
Climbing stairs after eating doesn’t cause the body to release more fat into the blood as a stress response, which means it’s unlikely to interfere with blood sugar control in a harmful way.
One short stair session after eating doesn’t lower blood sugar much, but doing it twice—at one and two hours after eating—works much better, showing that timing matters for controlling blood sugar.
Climbing stairs quickly for 3 minutes twice after eating raises heart rate to near-maximum and increases lactate levels, showing it’s a hard workout—even though people feel it’s only moderately...
Two short stair sessions after eating lower blood sugar without changing insulin production or fat breakdown, suggesting the effect comes from muscles using more glucose during exercise.
Doing two short 3-minute sessions of climbing and walking down stairs, one hour and two hours after eating, lowers blood sugar levels after the meal by about 18% in older adults with type 2 diabetes...
Doing four minutes of exercise each day is associated with lower blood glucose levels in people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
In a group of 107 adults being tested for heart disease, the virus that causes shingles was detected in saliva at very low levels in just three people, and this finding did not relate to whether they...
Adults aged 50 and older who received the shingles vaccine after having shingles had a 21% lower risk of having a heart attack and a 21% lower risk of having a stroke in the following year, even if...
Adults aged 50 and older who received antiviral medication within 7 days of developing shingles had a 30% lower risk of dying within the following year, and those who also received the shingles...
Adults aged 50 and older who received both the shingles vaccine and antiviral medication within 7 days of developing shingles had a 39% lower risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other serious...
Adults aged 50 and older who received antiviral medication within 7 days of developing shingles had a 22% lower risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other serious heart problem in the following...
Adults aged 50 and older who received the recombinant zoster vaccine after having shingles had a 21% lower risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other serious heart problems in the following year...
The varicella zoster virus can damage brain arteries and cause stroke even when no skin rash is visible, making it harder for doctors to recognize the cause.
The varicella zoster virus can travel along nerves to reach the walls of brain arteries, where it causes inflammation and structural damage that leads to blood clots and vessel narrowing.
People who develop shingles around the eye have about a 6% chance of having a stroke within a year, which is higher than people who get shingles elsewhere on the body.
The varicella zoster virus can infect the walls of brain arteries, causing them to narrow unevenly and sometimes bulge after the narrowing, which can lead to multiple strokes over time.
When the varicella zoster virus reactivates in the nerve pathway that supplies the forehead and eye, it can cause inflammation in brain arteries, leading to multiple strokes, as seen in one patient...
Adults aged 50 and older who receive two doses of the shingles vaccine have a lower risk of both heart attacks and strokes compared to those who are not vaccinated.
Adults aged 50 and older who receive two doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine have a 42.5% lower rate of strokes requiring hospitalization compared to those who are not vaccinated.
Giving anti-inflammatory steroids along with antiviral drugs can help reverse narrowing of brain arteries in some people with VZV vasculitis, but this treatment can be deadly in those with weakened...
The shingles virus infects cells in the outer layer of brain arteries and reduces signals that help the immune system detect infected cells, allowing the virus to hide and cause ongoing inflammation...
Taking antiviral drugs within a week of developing shingles may reduce stroke risk by about 21%, but not all studies agree, meaning the benefit depends on how quickly treatment starts and who...