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Fewer die after treatment at stroke centers: study
• Stroke • Jan 26 11
People treated for stroke at designated stroke centers appear to survive slightly longer than those treated at other hospitals, suggests a new study.
While…
Spike Reported in Number of People with HIV Having a Stroke
• AIDS/HIV • • Stroke • Jan 20 11
New research suggests that people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be up to three times more likely to have a stroke compared…
Statins may raise stroke risk in some: study
• Stroke • Jan 11 11
People who have had a type of stroke caused by bleeding in the brain should avoid taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, U.S. researchers…
Prozac shows promise in recovery from stroke
• Stroke • Jan 10 11
Giving the antidepressant drug Prozac to people who have just had a stroke could help them to regain more control over their movements and…
Broken hip tied to increased risk of stroke
• Stroke • Jan 09 11
While suffering a stroke is already known to raise the risk of breaking your hip, new research hints that the reverse might also be…
Liver disease a possible predictor of stroke: Study
• Stroke • Jan 07 11
People suffering from fatty liver disease may be three times more likely to suffer a stroke than individuals without fatty liver, according to a…
Fishy diet comes with lower risk of stroke
• Dieting • • Stroke • Jan 04 11
Women who eat more than three servings of fish per week are less likely to experience a stroke, a new study suggests.
Specifically, fish-lovers…
Eating lots of red meat ups women’s stroke risk
• Dieting • • Stroke • Jan 01 11
Women who eat a lot of red meat may be putting themselves at increased risk of stroke, a new study in more than 30,000…
Warfarin may be underused to prevent strokes
• Heart • • Stroke • Dec 29 10
The blood thinner warfarin prevents strokes and saves money, but the drug is only used by a little more than half the elderly patients…
Eating less healthy fish may contribute to America’s stroke belt
• Dieting • • Stroke • Dec 23 10
People living in the “stroke belt” states eat more fried fish than people living in the rest of the country, which may contribute to…
Most Medicare stroke patients die or are rehospitalized within year after discharge
• Stroke • Dec 18 10
A UCLA-led has study found that after leaving the hospital, nearly two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke either died or were…
Researchers establish new rule to predict risk of stroke, death from surgery that prevents it
• Stroke • Dec 11 10
It’s a medical Catch-22: carotid artery surgery can itself cause stroke, but so can asymptomatic carotid disease if left untreated.
UT Southwestern Medical Center…
2 studies provide insight into stroke risk and prevention in young sickle cell anemia patients
• Stroke • Dec 06 10
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators discuss results of research into managing iron overload associated with stroke prevention in young sickle cell patients and…
Are Seizures Due to Cerebral Hemorrhage Going Undiagnosed in the ICU?
• Brain • • Epilepsy • • Neurology • • Stroke • Dec 06 10
Bleeding in and around the brain (cerebral hemorrhage, including intra-cerebral hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage among other forms), from whatever cause (stroke, ruptured aneurysm,…
New Results in Carotid Artery Stenosis Versus Endarterectomy
• Stroke • Dec 02 10
Doctors have long known that patients with carotid artery stenosis, narrowed blood vessels in the neck, are at significant risk for a stroke. The…
Study Ties Parental Divorce in Childhood to Stroke in Adulthood
• Children's Health • • Stroke • Nov 22 10
Children who experience a parental divorce are over twice as likely to suffer a stroke at some point in their lives, according to new…
Heart surgery can trigger stroke
• Heart • • Stroke • Nov 19 10
Heart surgery can trigger a stroke and other serious complications, especially in the elderly, a U.S. neurologist says.
Dr. Jose Biller of Loyola University…
Heart Surgeries Trigger Strokes, Seizures
• Heart • • Stroke • Nov 17 10
Strokes, seizures and other neurological complications related to heart surgery account for “considerable morbidity and mortality,” Loyola University Health System neurologists report in the…
Vitamin D Deficit Doubles Risk of Stroke in Whites, but Not in Blacks
• Stroke • Nov 15 10
Low levels of vitamin D, the essential nutrient obtained from milk, fortified cereals and exposure to sunlight, doubles the risk of stroke in whites,…
Trojan Horse ploy to sneak protective drug into brains of stroke patients
• Neurology • • Stroke • Nov 10 10
Scientists are reporting development of a long-sought method with the potential for getting medication through a biological barrier that surrounds the brain, where it…
Using CT, radiologists can pinpoint cause of some strokes
• Stroke • Nov 09 10
Multidetector computed tomography (CT) helps pinpoint the causes of ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke, potentially speeding the delivery of life-saving treatments,…
Arsenic in drinking water tied to stroke risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Stroke • Nov 04 10
People who live in areas with moderately elevated levels of arsenic in the drinking-water supply may have a somewhat increased risk of stroke, a…
New rules for truck drivers returning after stroke
• Stroke • Nov 04 10
Commercial truck and bus drivers who suffer a stroke should wait at least a year and be able to pass a driving test and…
MRI may help determine time of stroke onset
• Stroke • Nov 01 10
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new…
Weekend strokes more deadly - but why?
• Stroke • Nov 01 10
Yet another study has shown that people who are treated for stroke over a weekend tend to fare worse than those who are treated…