News tagged with brain aneurysm
The Medical Minute: New treatment of brain aneurysms
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently became only the third hospital in Pennsylvania and one of only about 30 institutions in the country to offer a new minimally invasive treatment for brain ...
New treatment option for ruptured brain aneurysms
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Researchers in Finland have identified an effective new treatment option for patients who have suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, a potentially life-threatening event. Results of the new study on stent-assisted coil embolization ...
Study Finds Low Risk in Treating Previously Coiled Aneurysm
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at ...
Minimally invasive stroke treatment produces better patient outcomes than surgical operation
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 29, 2009 |
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While minimally invasive coil treatments for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm have proved to be a more effective technique than traditional surgical operation in selected patients, the superior procedure is drastically ...
Aneurysms don't occur earlier in second generation
Feb 23, 2009 |
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People whose parents or aunts and uncles have had a brain aneurysm are more likely to have one themselves, indicating that genetic risk factors passed down by generation are responsible. Prior studies had suggested that ...
Smokers with stroke in the family 6 times more likely to have stroke too
Jan 01, 2009 |
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A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the December ...
Routine testing after aneurysm coiling carries low risk
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A very low risk of complication is associated with a routine test that determines whether a brain aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling has started to recur, a study led by the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute ...
