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Alzheimer's Drugs Lead To Early Deaths

...t these drugs result in a lot of side effects like stroke and chest infections. In 2004, a warning was issue...o Alzheimer's patients due to an increased risk of stroke and death. But the Alzheimer's Society presented evidence in 2005 that a neuroleptic drug was give...

Gene Mutation Linked With Risks of Stroke

...eased risk of cerebrovascular disease and ischemic stroke (a stroke caused by a blockage in an artery in the brain, which cuts off the blood supply). Says senior aut...

Antioxidant Molecule Could Help Minimize Stroke-Linked Brain Damage

...at exposing mice to SS31 after an induced ischemic stroke led to a much smaller area of brain tissue being a...neurology/neuroscience and director of preclinical stroke modeling at the Burke Medical Research Institute in White Plains, N.Y. The new study suggests that...

Low-dose Aspirin Beats High-dose After Cardiac Surgery

...to cardiovascular (CV) death, MI (heart attack) or stroke as well as major bleeding. The researchers found similar rates of CV death, MI or stroke in all of the aspirin dose groups at 30 days and 8 months. While the incidence of major bleeding was...

Atherothrombosis Associated With High Rates of Cardiovascular Events

...cing a cardiovascular event (such as heart attack, stroke or //cardiovascular death) within one year, and th... The overall combined CV death, heart attack, or stroke rate at 1 year was 4.24 percent, ranging from 2.15 percent of patients with multiple risk factors on...

Artery Stiffness Reversed By Smoking Termination

...ung disease and cancer, but also for heart attack, stroke and heart failure," said lead author Noor Ahmed Jatoi, M.B.B.S., D.C.N., D.M.M.D. "Our group has previously shown that smoking a single cigarette, passive or second-hand smoking and chronic smoking all lead to stiffer arteries, which in turn increase...

Atherothrombosis Patients at High Risk for CV Events

...ng a cardiovascular// event (such as heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death) within one year. This stu... The overall combined CV death, heart attack, or stroke rate at 1 year was 4.24 percent, ranging from 2.15 percent of patients with multiple risk factors on...

Hypertension, Diabetes and Obesity, a Deadly Trio

...And their chances of suffering a heart attack or a stroke were also three times higher, he said. According to some studies, nearly a fourth of the US population could be suffering from the MS. Its frequency increases with the age. However, the condition is also afflicting an increasing number of childr...

India Fast Become Prime Location for Clinical Trials, but Vigilance Called for

...s drug, Astra Zeneca halted work on a new drug for stroke patients. And Pfizer did so with its cholesterol-reducing Torcetrapib. They all pull out only on realizing irreversible damage has been caused to the subjects. But no one will compensate them or their families. Necessary measures to protect the h...

Polypill for Heart Ailments Being Tested in India

...a. Even those who have not suffered an attack or a stroke could take the polypill if they think that they are liable to fall victim to cardio-vascular diseases. Clinical trials to establish that aspect of the drug would start after necessary permission is granted by the Drug Controller of India. Howeve...

Drug for Blood Pressure also Treats Lung Cancer

...e been shown to increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and angina. The researchers said that additional studies of angiotensin-(1-7) are needed, but that the hormone shows promise as a lung cancer treatment – either alone or in combination with other drugs. Source-Eurekalert...

Online Book Helps Children Understand the Effects of Stroke

... can be very frightening," Goldberg comments. "The stroke patient's changes in mood and ability to communica...n't understand that this is a manifestation of the stroke that often will get better. We looked, but there was very little available in the way of kid-friendl...

Black-white Life Expectancy Gap Reduces, Yet Remains Significant

...4.5-year gap in 2003 include diabetes (0.5 years), stroke (0.4 years), and perinatal death (0.4 years)." "Among males, the largest contribution to the gap was homicide in 1983 (1.1 years) and 1993 (1.6 years), but by 2003 heart disease became the leading cause, accounting for 1.4 years (21 percent) of th...

NCPAP Decreases Cerebrovascular Risk in OSA Patients

...OSA. According to the authors, the occurrence of stroke in patients with OSA is likely preceded by subclin... important observations on the association between stroke and obstructive sleep apnea, with significant public health implications. The authors, using brain m...

Calcium in Arterial Plaque is a Good Indicator for Risk of Stroke

...at UVa and study team member, risk assessments for stroke have traditionally focused on the degree to which ...ied had a low risk of having preceding symptoms of stroke or aborted stroke known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA). “We found that it’s the proportion, ra...

Beware of High Sugar Levels Even If You are Not Diabetic

...so puts them at risk for developing heart disease, stroke and other complications of the disease. People who develop pre-diabetes may be able to reduce their risk for diabetes. A study by the Diabetes Prevention Program found losing just 5 to 10 percent of body weight and getting 30 minutes of moderate ...

Stroke Patients With High BMI Less Likely to Be Discharged After Hospitalization

...ic stroke// , according to a report. An ischemic stroke occurs when the flow of blood to a part of the bra...ue. Obesity and excess weight are risk factors for stroke and may influence outcome or increase the likelihood of complications among stroke patients, accordi...

Science Stacks Up for Flavonoids for Heart Health

...ar disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke by between 10 and 22 per cent. "This prospective study of postmenopausal women, with 16 years of follow-up, is, to our knowledge, the first study that has reported on total flavonoids and on seven subclasses of flavonoids," wrote lead author Pamela...

Stroke Treatment Works Better For Men

...scussing the reasons for women faring poorly after stroke and tPA treatment, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Associat...The study also divulged that people who suffered a stroke on their left side of the brain had better recovery after three months of tPA treatment. Elkind opi...

Caloric Restriction in Non-obese People Extends Life Span

...ronic diseases such as cancers, heart disease, and stroke in rodents. There are also hints that people who eat a calorie-restricted diet might live longer than those who overeat. In addition, calorie-restricted diets beneficially affect several biomarkers of aging, including decreased insulin sensitivity (a...

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