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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Arterial Stiffness In Black Teens
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Black teens taking vitamin D supplementation of 2,000 international units (IU) per day had a decrease in central arterial stiffness...
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Explore Stroke Care With Society Of Interventional Radiology's CLOTS
Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)-an intensive five-day course offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Oct. 24-28 in Dallas, Texas-provides interventional radiologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurologists and fellows-in-training with the unique educational opportunity to review, observe and discuss all aspects of acute stroke management...
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Statement From American Heart Association President Ralph Sacco, M.D. On Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approval Of Labor-HHS-Education Bill
The $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee is a much needed boost to heart disease and stroke research and a welcome source of revenue for the research community in this challenging fiscal environment...
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Millions Of Americans In Early Stages Of Kidney Disease Need Stroke Monitoring
Millions of Americans in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of having atrial fibrillation (AF) - a major risk factor for stroke - according to new research by investigators at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center...
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Surgery Or Stenting For Carotid Artery Disease? Question Remains
A review of scientific studies that compares two treatments for preventing strokes due carotid artery disease provides no clear answer on which treatment is better, a UT Southwestern Medical Center physician reports in an editorial in today's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine...
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Response To Carotid Endarterectomy Report, UK
This is our response to the report published by the Royal College of Surgeons on 22 July 2010 on carotid surgery. Nikki Hill, Deputy Director of Communications at The Stroke Association, said: "This audit shows that there is still a long way to go to make sure people get urgent preventative treatment that could prevent a catastrophic stroke...
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Edge Therapeutics And SurModics Collaborate To Develop A Drug Delivery Technology For Treatment Of Secondary Brain Injury After Stroke Or TBI
Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on improving the delivery of life-saving medicines to the brain announced that it has entered into a feasibility agreement with SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRDX), a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry...
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Researchers Report In Neuroscience That TB4 Improves Neurological Function After Stroke
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RGN) ("the Company" or "RegeneRx") announced a research team from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, reported that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4), administered to rats after embolic stroke, improved neurological functional outcome compared to control animals. The research was conducted by Dr...
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Statement From American Heart Association President Ralph Sacco, M.D. On National Institutes Of Health Funding In House Appropriations Bill
The funding level for the NIH approved by the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee represents a step in the right direction for the 81 million adults in the United States suffering from heart disease, stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease, America's No. 1 and most costly killer. Yet, more is needed to help all Americans live longer, healthier and productive lives...
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Risk For Stroke Temporarily Increases For An Hour After Drinking Alcohol
Call it the not-so-happy hour. The risk of stroke appears to double in the hour after consuming just one drink - be it wine, beer or hard liquor - according to a small multi-center study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. "The impact of alcohol on your risk of ischemic stroke appears to depend on how much and how often you drink," said Murray A. Mittleman, M.D., Dr...
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