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Medicine To Lower Blood Pressure Significantly Decreases Risk For Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke
A long-acting ACE inhibitor used to reduce blood pressure significantly decreased the risk for cardiovascular disease, including stroke, in normal weight, overweight and obese patients, according to research reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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Study Finds Clear Tie Between Parents' Stroke History, Offspring's Risk
Children with a parent who had a stroke, particularly by age 65, have an increased risk of stroke, suggesting parental stroke as an important new risk marker, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers focused on 3,443 initially stroke-free subjects, all second-generation participants in the Framingham Heart Study...
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New Survey Shows Urgent Need For Better Access To Post-hospital Physiotherapy For Stroke Patients, UK
A fifth of stroke survivors questioned in England for a recent survey didn't receive any post-hospital physiotherapy on the NHS, meaning they either had to pay for private treatment or go without any. The results also showed that almost three quarters of physiotherapists surveyed in the UK believe they aren't able to deliver the best outcomes for stroke patients...
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Researchers Report That Thymosin Beta 4 Improves Neurological Function After Stroke
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:RGN) announced that a research team from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI reported that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4), administered to rats one day after embolic stroke, improved neurological functional outcome compared to control animals...
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Ocular Shingles Linked To Increased Risk Of Stroke
Having a shingles infection that affects the eyes may increase the risk of stroke, according to new research published in the March 3, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, researchers identified 658 people diagnosed with ocular shingles and 1974 without the infection...
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Nationwide Children's Hospital's Neurology Chief Co-Authors Leading Stroke Textbook
The first edition of James Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders, published in 1967, was the first modern stroke textbook. Now, more than 40 years later and through five editions, a new edition has been released for both specialists and residents. Cambridge University Press recently released the sixth edition, which has been completely revised by lead author E...
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EPIC Study Finds New Embolic Protection Device Had 97.5 Percent Success Rate During Carotid Artery Stenting
A multicenter EPIC (FiberNet® Embolic Protection System in Carotid Artery Stenting Trial) study found that the FiberNet Embolic Protection System (EPS) had a 97.5% success rate when used in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS)...
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Preventing Or Reversing Inflammation After Heart Attack, Stroke May Require 2-Pronged Approach
Researchers at Albany Medical College are releasing results of a study this week that they say will help refocus the search for new drug targets aimed at preventing or reversing the devastating tissue inflammation that results after heart attack and stroke. In the March 5 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, lead author Alejandro P...
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Women Need Clot-Busting Therapy After Stroke
New research shows women who don't receive a clot-busting drug after a stroke fare worse than men who are not treated. The study is published in the March 2, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "Women need to be treated for stroke as soon as possible," said study author Michael D...
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Tests Used To Measure Effects Of Medications On Platelet Function May Provide Only Modest Benefit In Predicting Clinical Outcomes In Cardiac Patients
An analysis of six tests that are used to measure platelet function and help gauge the effectiveness of antiplatelet drugs for patients undergoing a cardiac procedure such as a coronary stent implantation found that only three of the tests were associated with a modest ability to predict outcomes such as heart attack or death, according to a study in the February 24 issue of JAMA...
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