Strokes in Medical News

Even Mild Strokes Can Do Harm

But many people ignore the 'whisper' of trouble FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- If you knew you were having a stroke, you'd seek immediate medical attention. But what if your symptoms were mild or ambiguous? Even people who experience vague symptoms of a stroke suffer mental an...

Silent Strokes More Common in Younger People Than Thought

The symptomless events are 5 times more prevalent than full-blown stroke in people under 65, MRI study shows WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- "Silent strokes" rarely produce symptoms, but a new study suggests they may be at least five times more common than full-blown strokes in ...

Landmark textbook on strokes in children and young adults updated in second edition

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- In 1994, a neurology textbook edited by Dr. Jose Biller became the standard reference work for the treatment and prevention of strokes in young people. Now, Stroke in Children and Young Adults has been extensively revised. In the Second Edition, the 14 original chapters have ...

Res-Q Gains Rights To Market Orosine - a Breakthrough, Patented, Natural Heart Supplement That Cardiologists Are Calling the 'Ultimate Cardio Protection' Against Heart Attacks, Strokes and Heart Failure.

PALM, Pa., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- N3 Oceanic, Inc. announced the addition of Orosine to its heart-healthy Res-Q line of products. Orosine was developed by cardiologist Dr. Jeffrey Shapiro, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine / Cardiology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and NYU Langon...

Study investigates Gore-tex-type device to stop strokes and mini-strokes

(CHICAGO) A study is under way at Rush University Medical Center using a small, soft-patch device made of a Gore-tex-type material often used to make durable outerwear to close a common hole found in the heart called a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in order to prevent recurrent strokes and transie...

Magnesium May Lower Risk for Some Strokes in Male Smokers

Study suggests eating foods such as whole grains cuts risk of cerebral infarction TUESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Increased consumption of magnesium-rich foods such as whole grains may reduce male smokers' risk of cerebral infarction, which occurs when blood flow to the brain is ...

Children with sickle cell disease, silent strokes show some relief with blood transfusions

A group of children who have sickle cell disease and who experience silent strokes showed some relief from the silent strokes with blood transfusion therapy, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. The study's results will appear in a future issue of Ped...

Moms who breastfeed less likely to develop heart attacks or strokes

PITTSBURGH, April 21 The longer women breastfeed, the lower their risk of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular disease, report University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published in the May issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology . "Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women,...

6.5 million more patients might benefit from statins to prevent heart attacks, strokes

Millions more patients could benefit from taking statins, drugs typically used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, than current prescribing guidelines suggest, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study. Doctors have long known that statins can help prevent subsequent heart attacks and strok...

More Fast-Food Joints in Neighborhoods Mean More Strokes

Analysis is interesting, but doesn't prove cause and effect, researcher says THURSDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Living in neighborhoods packed with fast-food joints could increase your risk for stroke by 13 percent, compared to residing in places where such restaurants are less plen...

Know Your Risk and Insurance Coverage for Heart Attacks and Strokes

American Heart Month ideal time to consider supplemental insurance for critical illness coverage Chicago (PRWEB) February 4, 2009 -- The American Heart Association estimates 785,000 Americans will experience their first heart attack in 2009 and, on average, every 40 se...

Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes

They're effective, but must be used with caution, experts say SUNDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Warfarin is an anticoagulant -- or "blood thinner" -- that's frequently prescribed for people with atrial fibrillation. An estimated 2.2 million Americans have the cardiac condition, whi...

Beijing pollution may trigger heart attacks, strokes

CHICAGO -- Olympic athletes aren't the only ones who need to be concerned about the heavily polluted air in Beijing. The dirty air may trigger serious cardiovascular problems for some spectators. Two researchers in pulmonary medicine and critical care at Northwestern University's Feinberg Scho...

Warfarin Safer Than Heparin for Some Strokes

When clot forms in heart and travels to the brain, heparin more risky, study finds MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- The widely prescribed blood-thinning drug heparin is associated with an increased risk of serious bleeding in patients who have suffered a cardioembolic stroke, new re...

Many more strokes

Because of the demographic changes, there will be a marked increase in strokes in the coming years. Even in 2004, the medical costs for the care of stroke patients in Germany came to 7.1 billion euros. In their original article in the current edition of Deutsches rzteblatt International (Dtsch A...

Treating obstructive sleep apnea, preventing heart attacks and strokes

Researchers in Brazil have found that treating patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) dramatically reduces early indications of atherosclerosis in just months, linking OSA directly to the hardening or narrowing of the arteries. Until ...

Childhood Strokes Linked to Whiplash, Other Traumatic Injury

Johns Hopkins Childrens Center neurologists are sounding the alarm for parents about a common myth: that children dont suffer strokes. In fact, nearly 3,200 children have so-called brain attacks each year, and half of them end up with permanent neurological damage, according to Lori Jordan, M.D. ...

Childhood Survivors Of Brain Tumors More At Risk For Strokes Later In Life

According to a new research from UT Southwester Medical Center, children who were treated successfully for leukemia or brain tumors are more at risk for strokes later in life. // In addition, childhood cancer survivors who received higher doses of cranial radiation therapy to kill the cancer sho...

Positive Strokes & Life-Saving Information Eludes Stroke Patients

A new study has indicated the feeling of insecurity and neglect that stroke patients unwittingly contend with, especially post-discharge; they are not provided with the// necessary information/advice to maintain their health. The report from the Stroke Association aptly embodies the sentiment...

The connection between strokes and the internal clock

Researchers have indicated that Ischemic strokes have a tendency of occurring in the morning as against hemorrhagic strokes, which show a pattern//of occurrence during the early evening. This fact was revealed when they studied 12,957 patients who had suffered a cerebral infarction, an intrace...

Heart disease and strokes connected to a motor protein mechanism

Cardiomyopathy is dangerous as it can catch up unawares, leading to heart failure and even death. This disease is normally triggered by high blood pressure, heart valve// or arterial diseases and congenital heart defects, but it can also be sparked by certain viral infections in the bloodstream. ...

Rare Genetic Disorder Could Cause Strokes In Young People

A rare genetic disorder may be responsible for causing strokes in young people, though the condition's progress can be slowed using enzyme replacement// treatment, says a study. The disorder known as Fabry disease is characterised by attacks of burning pain in the hands and feet, dark nodular...

Link Between Solar Flares And Strokes Under Study

Scientists are seeking a possible link between solar energy surges and the occurrence of strokes in human beings//. Neurologists who traced about 6,800 strokes and related cerebral attacks in a region of Slovakia are studying whether solar cycles, solar wind and geomagnetic storms on Earth ma...

Give strokes a dodge consume more fruit and vegetables

Fresh fruits and vegetables are now being called the elixir of health. New studies confirm it day after day. A new study suggests that eating more fruit and vegetables could let you live longer//. Increasing the intake to more than five portions a day can reduce the risk of stroke by a 26 pe...

Statins Reduce Deaths And Strokes After Carotid Surgery

Statins taken for a week before carotid endarterectomy surgery can reduce the risk of near-term death by 80%, and the risk of early stroke by 65%, say Johns Hopkins researchers//. Bruce A. Perler, M.D., chief of vascular surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, said, "We found that among patien...

Preventing Strokes With Aspirin

Based on findings of a recent study researchers suggest stroke survivors who stop taking their prescribed daily aspirin // are three-times more likely to have another stroke within the month. Researchers studied more than 300 stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients who were on long-te...

Preventing Strokes Using Less Invasive Techniques

A new study suggests techniques used to clear arteries blocked by heart disease can also be used on the carotid artery to prevent stroke.// Three years after studying 180 patients researchers say their results show angioplasty and stenting are as effective as surgery. During the procedure, phys...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

PASADENA, Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA space technology is helping doctors diagnose and monitor treatments for hardening of the arteries in its early stages, before it causes heart attacks and strokes. Hospitals and doctors around the country are using ArterioVision softw...

MRI Better Than CT for Diagnosing Strokes

A US government funded study finds that CT scans used in emergency rooms spotted only 25%of strokes and hence have to be replaced by MRI scans which are better in identifying any type of stroke. // “This mantle should now be passed to magnetic resonance imaging,” wrote Dr. Geoffrey A. Donnan ...

Bottleneck in Blood Supply Makes Brain Vulnerable to Strokes

A team of University of California, San Diego physicists and neuroscientists has discovered a bottleneck in the network of blood vessels// in the brain that makes it vulnerable to strokes. The finding may explain the origin of the puzzling damage to the brain’s gray matter often detected in brain s...

Spanish Initiative Looks At Inflammatory Markers To Predict Strokes

Around 52 hospitals in Spain are taking part in an initiative to gauge if any common inflammatory markers appear in the blood of people who have suffered a stroke recently//. The MíTICO study was presented at the IV International Meeting on Isquemic Ictus. The study included patients from diff...

Space suit technology to Protect Against Heat Strokes

The technology is behind the protective clothing to astronauts going to space and indulging in spacewalks in sunlight is now forming as the basis to design// protective clothing for fire fighters and steel workers who need to work in extreme heat and dangerous circumstances. This project nick...

Severe stenosis may denote risk for secondary strokes

Researchers from Pennsylvania school of medicine have found that patients who had stroke and diagnosed in head of severe stenosis or narrowed arteries in head are in the risk of developing a subsequent stroke. // The result of the study conducted by Professor Scott Kasner and researchers is to be p...

Medicines Used In Antiplatelet Therapy Can Reduce Heart Attacks And Strokes

Research shows that using antiplatelet medication called clopidogrel before coronary angioplasty surgery often reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular problems like heart attacks, or strokes.// The research paper was published in the latest issue of JAMA. Dual antiplatelet therapy follow...

Blood Thinning Medication Could Prevent Strokes

Anticoagulation therapy is used to treat deep vein thrombosis, which is a blood clot in veins of the legs, pelvis or arms. Researchers say several new studies show the medication ximelagatran (Exanta), could simplify anticoagulation therapy.// In the first study, researchers studied DVT( Deep v...

Risks for Silent Strokes

A silent stroke happens when small blood vessels in the brain become blocked. A silent stroke does not cause classic symptoms but having multiple silent strokes can increase the risk of a future stroke.// A new study shows having diabetes and high blood pressure increases a person’s risk for a sile...

Antibiotics May Help Prevent Strokes

Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics for problems like pneumonia, but new research suggests that these drugs, especially penicillin, may also protect against strokes. How could a drug that kills bacteria prevent a problem that involves the blockage of blood vessels supplying the brain? Strokes...

Sex safe for strokes

Scientists have discovered that frequent sexual intercourse can actually reduce the risk of suffering a terminal heart attack.Middle aged men can have sex as many times// as they like without having to fear their risk of having a stroke, according to research. Professor Shah Ebrahim, who led...

Estrogen Does Not Prevent Recurrent Strokes

Despite some past evidence that hormone replacement might lower stroke risk in older women, new research shows that estrogen therapy does not protect women from recurrent strokes and may instead carry some risks. The findings add to growing evidence that hormone replacement therapy does not have th...

Hissey Kientz Announces the Launch of Herbal Fen Phen Lawyers Website

...g primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes or death. (Vocus) August 8, 2009 -- The law firm...ed to serious side effects , including high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes and death. In addition, herbal Fen Phen has also been associated with...