CHICAGO (Reuters) – Worms that can survive with almost no oxygen are teaching scientists how to rescue oxygen-starved cells in humans who suffer a heart attack or stroke, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
They identified a gene that can help a cell slow down when oxygen levels get too low, protecting the cells from making fatal mistakes while starved of oxygen.
Researchers hope that some day drugs can be designed to help human cells survive without Read the rest of this entry »
Most women are ignorant of small lifestyle changes that would “”dramatically reduce”" the risk of strokes, the Stroke Association says.
The charity has survey evidence that shows 60% of women do not remember their last blood pressure reading.
Two-thirds do not know what an optimal blood pressure reading should be.
Stroke is the most common cause of long-term disability, it says.
Women are twice as likely to die from it as men, it added. Read the rest of this entry »
New data show no increased risk of stroke for patients using an inhaler drug, health regulators said Tuesday, less than a month after another study suggested the medication may raise the risk of heart attack.
The Food and Drug Administration said Boehringer Ingelheim provided the agency with new data on the safety of its drug tiotropium, which is sold as the Spiriva Handihaler under an agreement with Pfizer Inc. The drug is used to treat patients Read the rest of this entry »
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Blacks are more likely than whites to have small bleeds within the brain, increasing their chances of having a stroke, according to a new study.
Compared with whites, blacks had 32 percent more of these lesions, called cerebral microbleeds, which are tied to increased odds of having a stroke. Blacks were also more likely to have them in several different areas of the brain.
The study was published in the Oct. Read the rest of this entry »
Bonnie Firestein’s work could one day could affect the lives of millions of stroke victims and their families in a very direct and profound way.
For now, the associate professor of cell biology and neuroscience at Rutgers University in Piscataway must resort to food and plant metaphors to explain to a layman how her work deals with neuron connections in the brain.
When one neuron talks to another neuron there’s a specialized area where they Read the rest of this entry »
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(Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA) told
that many other studies have looked at the effects of this diet on cardiovascular mortality, but this is one of few with enough participants to look at nonfatal events and also is the first to examine stroke as a separate outcome. Fung and colleagues report their findings online February 16, 2009 in
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“What this adds to the existing literature is that it shows a reduced risk Read the rest of this entry »
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Stroke Program has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
This distinction, awarded to centers that pass a rigorous on-site review and a thorough examination of program and patient-care data, recognizes a center’s commitment to following national standards and guidelines that can significantly improve outcomes Read the rest of this entry »
A study of 70 boys and girls found obese children and teens with abnormal cholesterol had thicker carotid arteries, the arteries in the neck that supply blood to the heart and brain.
The neck arteries in the obese children, aged 13 on average, “are looking like those of a 45-year-old,” says Dr. Geetha Raghuveer, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, and cardiologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Read the rest of this entry »
LUDHIANA: Diet is one of the main
causes of stroke. This was revealed in an ongoing study on – Impact of nutrition
on the outcome of stroke – at Christian Medical College and Hospital on
Saturday.
The study reveals that most people, who suffered from
stroke, followed wrong dietary habits.
Rashmi, a dietician and part
of the team, said, “The stroke and dietary department has been conducting
the study since last year and the same would be Read the rest of this entry »
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