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Ginkgo biloba doesn’t prevent cardiovascular events but may have potential peripheral artery disease benefits

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created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ginkgo biloba didn’t prevent cardiovascular death or major events such as heart attack and stroke in people age 75 and older, but the herb may affect peripheral vascular disease, according to research reported ...


Study shows stroke incidence related to angioplasty remains steady over past 15 years

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of a Mayo Clinic study show the incidence of stroke or mini-stroke related to a coronary angioplasty remained steady over a 15-year period. Researchers say this is good news because physicians now are performing the ...


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.


Cheap, quick bedside 'eye movement' exam outperforms MRI for diagnosing stroke in patients

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In a small "proof of principle" study, stroke researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Illinois have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the bedside worked better than an MRI to distinguish ...


Cardiovascular risk after ischemic attack predicted by ultrasound

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasound can be used to determine a patient's heart risk after a transient ischemic attack (TIA). An evaluation of transcranial (TCD) and extracranial (ECD) Doppler ultrasonography, published in the open access journal ...


Link found between history of periodontitis and cerebrovascular disease in men

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The potential role of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the gums, in the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic stroke, has received growing attention during the last decade. A new study is the first ...


Aspirin improves survival in women with stable heart disease, study

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study provide additional evidence that aspirin may reduce the risk of death in postmenopausal women who have heart disease or who have had a stroke. Jacques ...


Women less likely to have a stroke after mini-stroke

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

30 days after a transient ischemic attack, women are 30 percent less likely to have a stroke than men, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Yale University. The analysis, including ...