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A new form of aspirin to overcome ‘aspirin resistance’
• Drug News • • Heart • • Stroke • Sep 04 13
Scientists are reporting development of a new form of aspirin - taken daily by about 60 million people in the United States alone to…
Diabetic stroke risk after AMI drops in 10 year period
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Stroke • Aug 31 13
The findings were presented at the ESC Congress today by Ms Stina Jakobsson from Sweden. They reveal that reperfusion therapy and secondary prevention drugs…
New, ‘robust’ treatment for stroke uses genetic material from bone marrow
• Stroke • Aug 26 13
In the latest in a series of experiments testing the use of stem cells to treat neurological disease, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have…
Your eyes may hold clues to stroke risk
• Stroke • Aug 13 13
In a study reported in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, researchers said retinal imaging may someday help assess if you’re more likely to…
Stroke declines dramatically, still higher in Mexican Americans
• Stroke • Aug 13 13
A new study reports that the incidence of ischemic stroke - the most common type of stroke, caused by a clot in the blood…
Robot uses steerable needles to treat brain clots
• Brain • • Stroke • Aug 09 13
Surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for a robot.
That is the basic premise…
Procedure may reduce stroke risk with irregular heartbeat
• Heart • • Stroke • Aug 06 13
A heart procedure may be an effective alternative for treating the leading cause of strokes in the U.S., an abnormal heart rhythm called atrial…
Study Shows Combination Stroke Therapy Safe and Effective
• Stroke • Jul 30 13
The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA…
A new player in brain disease and stroke
• Brain • • Stroke • Jul 23 13
In degenerative brain diseases and after stroke, nerve cells die while their support cells activate the brain’s immune system to cause further damage. Now…
A new weapon against stroke
• Stroke • Jul 23 13
One of regenerative medicine’s greatest goals is to develop new treatments for stroke. So far, stem cell research for the disease has focused on…
Drug Combo May Cut Stroke Risk After TIA
• Stroke • Jun 30 13
Stroke risk declined by a third in people who took a combination of antiplatelet drugs after having a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor…
Have a brain injury? You may be at higher risk for stroke
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • • Stroke • Jun 27 13
People who have a traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be more likely to have a future stroke, according to research that appears in the…
New risk assessment tool to predict stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
• Heart • • Stroke • Jun 20 13
A more accurate and reliable stroke prediction model has been developed to help physicians decide whether to start blood-thinning treatment for patients with atrial…
1 in 4 stroke patients suffer PTSD
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Stroke • Jun 20 13
One in four people who survive a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within the first…
Earlier treatment following stroke linked with reduced risk of in-hospital death
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Stroke • Jun 19 13
In a study that included nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, thrombolytic treatment (to help dissolve a blood clot) that was started more…
Technique Could Identify Patients at High Risk of Stroke or Brain Hemorrhage
• Brain • • Stroke • Jun 04 13
Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory…
Safe for stroke patients to continue blood thinners before minor surgical procedures
• Stroke • May 29 13
Many patients who have experienced strokes or mini strokes take blood thinners such as aspirin or warfarin (Coumadin) to reduce the risk of blood…
One in three stroke emergencies don’t use EMS
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Stroke • Apr 30 13
More than a third of stroke patients don’t get to the hospital by ambulance, even though that’s the fastest way to get there, according…
Teenage Years in the Stroke Belt
• Stroke • Apr 29 13
The Southeastern United States has a rate of stroke higher than that of the rest of the country, but it is only partly explained…
Teen years may be critical in later stroke risk
• Stroke • Apr 25 13
The teenage years may be a key period of vulnerability related to living in the “stroke belt” when it comes to future stroke risk,…
Increase potassium and cut salt to reduce stroke risk
• Dieting • • Stroke • Apr 06 13
Increasing potassium in our diets as well as cutting down on salt will reduce blood pressure levels and the risk of stroke, research in…
Chronic pain common after strokes caused by clots
• Pain • • Stroke • Apr 06 13
One in 10 people who have a stroke caused by a clot blocking blood to the brain go on to develop chronic pain, according…
Certified stroke centers more likely to give clot-busting drugs
• Public Health • • Stroke • Mar 27 13
Stroke patients are three times more likely to receive clot-busting medication if treated at a certified stroke center, according to a study in the…
First of its kind study in Canada looks at who is taking aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke
• Heart • • Stroke • Mar 19 13
A new study out of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry shows a large population of healthy people are taking Aspirin to prevent cardiovascular…
Telestroke Program Increases “Golden Hour” Access to Stroke Care by 40 Percent
• Public Health • • Stroke • Mar 17 13
Telestroke programs substantially improve access to life-saving stroke care, extending coverage to less populated areas in an effort to reduce disparities in stroke care…