News tagged with symptom onset


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

Medicine & Health / Health

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 ...


Arrival method, slow response often delay stroke care

Medicine & Health / Health

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 ...





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Relapses more frequent in patients diagnosed with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Patients who develop multiple sclerosis before age 18 appear to experience more relapses of symptoms than those diagnosed with the disease as adults, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology.


Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's Research ...


Symptom screening plus a simple blood test improves early detection of ovarian cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women's reports of persistent, recent-onset symptoms linked to ovarian cancer – abdominal or pelvic pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly and abdominal bloating – when combined with the CA125 blood test may improve ...


Tamiflu touted for child use

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The maker of the anti-viral Tamiflu said the drug is effective for treatment and prevention of influenza in young children.


Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors

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created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's ...


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 ...


Young adults with stroke symptoms are sometimes misdiagnosed in emergency rooms

Medicine & Health / Other

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 ...


Researchers identify genes associated with onset age of Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified genes which may influence the onset age of Parkinson's Disease (PD). The findings, which currently appear on-line in BMC Medical Genetics, are th ...


Depression may be early Parkinson's sign

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 28, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say depression may be an early symptom of Parkinson's disease.


How to execute dietary management in eating disorder patients

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

Substances that provoke gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with eating disorders (ED) can impact negatively on their nutritional rehabilitation. An Australian research group has found that ingestion of fructose-sorbitol ...



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