Archive for the ‘Stroke / Neuroprotection’ Category
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
August 11 -- Living a healthy lifestyle can cut your risk of stroke by about 80 percent, new research suggests.Women who pursued healthy habits -- not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol -- had a 79 percent reduced risk of any stroke, ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Aug. 7 -- Most people who have strokes don't act quickly enough to get the clot-dissolving treatment that can limit brain damage, a new study finds."One of the problems is that a lot of people don't realize that they are having a stroke," said Kathryn M. Rose, a research ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
August 6 -- Stroke patients who develop gastrointestinal bleeding while in recovery are three times as likely to die in the hospital or be heavily disabled upon release than those who do not, a new Canadian study suggests.The finding is based on an analysis of patients who were observed ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
August 3 -- More accurate decisions about treatment of stroke patients in remote locations can be made using telemedicine consultations, compared with telephone consultations, according to U.S. researchers.Telemedicine includes real-time, two-way audio and video and digital imaging and communications.The study included 222 adult stroke patients at four remote sites ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
July 31 -- Scientists say they've spotted a gene that may lessen the risk of migraines with aura.However, the risk is still there, and if the person goes on to develop migraines with aura, this migraine-protective gene actually boosts their risk for stroke."There is a reduced association of migraine ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Joe Korner, Director of Communications at The Stroke Association commented: "This is interesting research which highlights what we have known for some time that passive smokers are nearly twice as likely to have a stroke than those who don't live (or work) in a smoky atmosphere. "Smoking is a significant ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
July 29 -- Nonsmokers who are married to smokers run a significantly higher risk for experiencing a stroke, a new study suggests.Researchers also found that ex-smokers married to men and women who still smoke carry an even greater risk for stroke. However, nonsmoking spouses of former smokers do not ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Two new clinical guidelines launched, one from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and one from The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommend that all patients suspected of having a stroke should be admitted as quickly as possible to an acute stroke unit, either from the community ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Alaskan Eskimos' significantly higher rates of fatty artery plaque than the general U.S. population may be due to unhealthy lifestyle habits, researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.Researchers found that more than half of Alaskan Eskimo adults smoke, their level of physical activity has decreased from traditional ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Joe Korner, Director of Communications at the Stroke Association commented: "It is great to take children out during the holidays and treat them to their favourite foods, however these treats must be given in moderation. "Obesity can increase the risk of stroke by up to a third and too much ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
58 year old NBC newscaster Tim Russert, one of America's most familiar and popular TV faces, whose death on Friday shocked the nation, suffered a sudden coronary thrombosis, a particular type of heart attack that in Russert's case was caused by cholesterol plaque rupturing in an artery, said his doctors.Russert, ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
After a stroke, even unaffected areas of the brain are at risk - depolarization waves arise at the edges of the dead tissue and spread through the adjacent areas of the brain. If these waves are repeated, more cells die. This has previously been observed only in animal studies.A clinical ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Up to 100,000 deaths a year could be prevented if people paid more attention to their hearts' natural rhythm, according to the Atrial Fibrillation Association (AFA). This new charity, only established in October 2007 is calling on everybody to listen to their heart as part of the Arrhythmia Alliance Awareness ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
The University of Southern California is taking the lead to address rehabilitation therapy and how it can improve the quality of life for stroke survivors. Each year, about 700,000 people in the United States experience first or recurrent attacks of stroke.About 65 percent of stroke survivors experience significant disability, such ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
According to new figures from The Stroke Association, a staggering nine out of ten (88 per cent) of stroke survivors in England are left unsupported and isolated in the community.Aphasia is one of the most common disabilities following a stroke, affecting one's ability to speak and understand language. The charity ...
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