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Hypertension and diabetes are risk factors for recurrent stroke in African Americans, study

...s. Part of this risk may be explained by a greater vascular risk among African Americans.” During the current study, the researchers tracked 1,809 patients in the African-American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study and recorded the instances of recurrent stroke, recurrent stroke type and disability. The ...

Ovary removal linked with Early Death in Younger Women

...rom breast and uterine cancers, and neurologic and vascular conditions. Collectively, this information tells us that a procedure that previously looked advantageous in protecting women's health may actually have disadvantages. We need to be very thoughtful about ovariectomy, as it may put younger women at ris...

Painkillers Linked to Still More Problems

...n contrast to the the original suggestion that the vascular risk was only seen after 18 months." Merck, however, facing more than 11,500 product liability lawsuits from people with claims of problems from Vioxx, has said that it still believes the data confirm the increased heart risk begins only after the ...

Gamma Knife Offers Noninvasive Treatment for Vascular Disorders, Brain Tumors

...he latest radiation technology to treat inoperable vascular malformations, cancer and benign tumors of the bra...breadth of experience in dealing with all types of vascular malformations within the nervous system and brain tumors. We don’t steer patients into one type of t...

Ageism A Curse In British Health Services

...ancer services, coronary care units, prevention of vascular disease, and in mental health services, he said. He suggested that in order to overcome these obvious shortcomings, specialist and primary care responses to the management of transient ischemic attacks must be integrated in a manner similar to what h...

Protein Molecules in blood predict preeclampsia development

...on the lining of blood vessels. Another substance, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) also binds to Flt1. This binding process is essential to keeping blood vessels healthy and maintaining normal blood pressure. Similarly, a molecule known as transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) binds to endoglin...

A New Drug That Could Revolutionize Management Of Heart Disease

..."In up to 95 per cent of cases, the root causes of vascular diseases are still unknown. So clinicians have to ...heart attacks and strokes. We need a revolution in vascular diagnosis, treatment and prevention. This discovery is an important step along the way." Source-Eu...

Study Says Chest Pain Toll in Women is More than Physical

...e WISE researchers shed light on a female-specific vascular disorder that often causes women to suffer from heart-related chest pain even though their arteries are not blocked by plaque deposits. Two areas of dysfunction – one in the cells lining coronary arteries and another in the tiny vessels branching wit...

A Serving of Exercise After That Saturated Fat

...ctivity lessened the well-documented impairment of vascular endothelial function -- the ability of the vessel ...activity may be effective in reversing the adverse vascular effects observed following the consumption of a high-fat meal." Wallace said the oxidation of high...

Scientists Review Loeys-Dietz Syndrome in the Largest Ever Study to date

...blood vessels, nervous system, skin and lungs. The vascular variant of Ehlers-Danlos also affects skin, muscle...syndrome from those with either Marfan syndrome or vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome," says Harry Dietz, M.D., director of the William S. Smilow Center for Marfan...

People Under 60 At Risk Of Premature Peripheral Vascular Disease

...unger than 60 more at risk of premature peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The findings were based on the stu... a similar number of people over 60. Peripheral vascular disease is a narrowing of blood vessels that restricts blood flow. It mostly occurs in the legs, bu...

Loeys-Dietz Syndrome More Common Than Thought

...upture," Dietz said. ``In contrast, in people with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, you don't do surgery unless you believe death is imminent," he said. He also said that more studies are needed to diagnose the condition and spread awareness about its prevalence....

Lunging to Death: Lung Anomalies in Infants Enhance Cot Death Risk

...nes in the immune system, Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) – which contribute in great measure to the baby's risk. The three genes in question are responsible for producing chemicals, called cytokines that maintain the efficacy of the immune system. When there are specific...

Recurrence Of Stroke More Common In Mexican American

... whether there were differences in how traditional vascular risk factors, such as diabetes and hypertension, w...t would be useful to investigate the rate of other vascular events following stroke and that this should be explored in future studies. One interesting findin...

Nanotechnology – to detect and treat ovarian cance

...on ultrasound and may be able to show the earliest vascular changes associated with ovarian malignancy. If this is successful, further research will be conducted to study targeted imaging as well as targeted therapy. Ovarian cancer is the fifth-most common cancer among American women and claims the lives of...

Sunshine Vitamin for Prostate Cancer

...ratory, scientists are examining the molecular and vascular mechanisms of vitamin D to help define how to make the vitamin more effective in fighting disease. In the clinics, studies are trying to determine if linking calcitriol with chemotherapy will be a new treatment option for patients diagnosed with adva...

ACE Inhibitors For Vascular Disease Patients

...ned arteries and hence should be considered in all vascular disease patients. ACE inhibitors are drugs that...id that ACE inhibitors should be considered in all vascular disease patients. Dr. Gilles R. Dagenais, a member of the research team said ACE inhibitors shoul...

Study Shows That The Quality Of HDL Produced Depends On The Food Consumed

...revented, which is thought to be a main reason for vascular disease, it can also impair the ability of blood v...lyunsaturated fat does not disturb the measures of vascular health. Dr. Celermajer and colleagues had written in the Journal of the American College of Cardiolo...

Gait Difficulties Associated with High Blood Pressure

...line, blood pressure was measured, the presence of vascular diseases and diabetes was recorded, cognitive func... related to stroke. The study found that diabetes, vascular diseases, or cognition did not change the association of blood pressure and lower limb function. Alt...

Carotid Stenting Could Avert Depression In Stenosis

...ing may be able to reduce symptoms associated with vascular depression, it is not a cure or treatment for major depression. Contact: Heather Babiarhbabiar@rsna.org630-590-7762Radiological Society of North America Source: Eurekalert...

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