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Stroke group expands time for clot-busting drugs

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms. ...


Cholesterol-lowering drugs may help prevent stroke recurrence

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created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

People who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins after a stroke may be less likely to have another stroke later, according to research published in the May 26, 2009, print issue of Neurology.


Preventing a second stroke is focus of study at Rush University Medical Center

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created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rush University Medical Center is participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to determine the best course of treatment to reduce the risk of stroke patients suffering another stroke. The study will determine ...





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Suffer stroke symptoms? Second strokes often follow within hours

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

About half of all people who have a major stroke following a warning stroke (a transient ischemic attack or mild stroke) have it within 24 hours of the first event, according to research published in the June 2, 2009, print ...


Stroke incidence declines among Swedish diabetics

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created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The incidence of strokes among diabetics in Northern Sweden declined between 1985 and 2003, according to a population-based study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Increasing general practice opening hours could prevent recurrent strokes

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created Sep 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increasing general practice opening hours would improve the opportunity for assessment and urgent referral to specialist care of patients with a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, which could prevent over 500 ...


Number of fast-food restaurants in neighborhood associated with stroke risk

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of stroke increases with the number of fast-food restaurants in a neighborhood, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009.


Muscle 'synergies' may be key to stroke treatment

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at MIT and San Camillo Hospital in Venice, Italy, have shown that motor impairments in stroke patients can be understood as impairments in specific combinations of muscle activity, known as synergies.


Not enough 'good' cholesterol makes it harder to recover from stroke

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created Nov 26, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

People are at an increased risk of memory problems and greater disability after stroke if they have low levels of “good” cholesterol and high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid acquired mostly from eating meat. The findings ...


Brain Damage Occurs Within Minutes from the Onset of a Stroke, Study Reveals

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created Feb 14, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have found that harmful changes to the brain's synaptic connections occur within the first three ...


1 in 8 strokes is preceded by 'warning stroke'

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One out of every eight strokes is preceded by a "warning stroke," which is a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild stroke, according to research published in the September 29, 2009, print issue of Neurology.


Shingles raises risk of stroke by 30 percent or more in adults

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Study finds stroke-prevention surgery safe in growing 80-plus population

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created Oct 10, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research published in the October issue of Journal of the American College of Surgeons challenges the current opinion that patients in their eighties, who are often deemed "high-risk" due to their advanced age, should ...



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