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1 in 8 strokes is preceded by 'warning stroke'

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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.


Patients who wake up with stroke may be candidates for clot-busters

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Giving clot-busting drugs to patients who wake up with stroke symptoms appears to be as safe as giving it to those in the recommended three-hour window, according to researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at ...


Stroke patients who reach hospitals within 'golden hour' twice as likely to get clot-busting drug

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created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who arrived at specific hospitals within one hour of experiencing stroke symptoms received a powerful clot-busting drug twice as often as those who arrived later in the approved time window for treatment, according ...


Do you know you're having a stroke?

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created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A Mayo Clinic study shows a majority of stroke patients don't think they're having a stroke -- and as a result -- delay seeking treatment until their condition worsens. The findings appear in the current issue of Emergency Me ...





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Suffer stroke symptoms? Second strokes often follow within hours

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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 ...


Smokers with stroke in the family 6 times more likely to have stroke too

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created Jan 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Most Stroke Victims Arrive at Hospital Too Late for Drug Therapy

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most stroke patients arrive at the hospital too late to take advantage of a clot-busting drug that significantly reduces stroke symptoms and lessens the chance of permanent disability, according to researchers ...


Young adults with stroke symptoms are sometimes misdiagnosed in emergency rooms

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created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the Misdiagnosis of Acute Stroke in the Young During Initial Presentation in the Emergency Room study, researchers reviewed data on 57 patients, ages 16 to 50 years old, enrolled since 2001 in the Young Stroke Registry ...


Older adults often inaccurately report their own stroke history

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The responses of older adults who are asked whether they had a stroke frequently do not agree with diagnoses obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, according to a report posted online today that will appear ...


Predicting risk of stroke from one's genetic blueprint

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new statistical model could be used to predict an individual's lifetime risk of stroke, finds a study from the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP). Using genetic information from 569 hospital patients, the researchers ...


Arrival method, slow response often delay stroke care

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created Aug 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most stroke patients can't recall when their symptoms started or do not arrive at the hospital in a timely manner, so they cannot be considered for time-dependent therapies such as the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen ...


Stroke therapy window might be extended past nine hours for some

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created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some patients who suffer a stroke as a result of a blockage in an artery in the brain may benefit from a clot-busting drug nine or more hours after the onset of symptoms. The findings are published in the online edition of ...


Women More Likely Than Men to Suffer Depression After Stroke

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability, ...


Simple test may identify stroke survivors at risk of another cardiovascular event

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created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Measuring circulation in the ankle using a device similar to a blood pressure cuff can help identify asymptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) survivors, a group at much higher ...



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