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An integrated system of stroke care delivery in Ontario, Canada, has resulted in fewer deaths from stroke and fewer discharges to long-term care facilities because of better access to optimal stroke care, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-results-deaths-discharges-long-term-facilities.html Cardiology Mon, 27 May 2013 12:00:01 EST news288872611 A new study will help determine if an antibiotic is a partial antidote for the poisonous effect blood has on the brain following a hemorrhagic stroke, researchers say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-antibiotic-hemorrhagic.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:20:28 EST news284034018 In an examination of long-term mortality after stroke, adults 50 years of age and younger who experienced a stroke had a significantly higher risk of death in the following 20 years compared with the general population, according to a study in the March 20 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-adults-age-higher-death-long-term.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:00:14 EST news282927382 (Medical Xpress)—When someone has a stroke, time equals brain. The longer a stroke is left untreated, the more brain tissue is lost. Since the only proven treatment—a clot-busting drug—works in less than half of patients, stroke physicians had high hopes for a mechanical device that could travel through the blocked blood vessel to retrieve or break up the clot, restoring blood flow to the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-devices-meds-recovery-clot-caused.html Cardiology Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:50:01 EST news282469258 Regular, brisk walking after having a stroke could help boost your physical fitness, mobility and quality of life, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-post-stroke-survivors.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:02:17 EST news281894528 A minimally invasive procedure to remove blood clots in brain tissue after hemorrhagic stroke appears safe and may also reduce long-term disability, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-surgical-procedure-outcomes.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:18 EST news279448508 In an update to previous research, Johns Hopkins neurologists say minimally invasive delivery of the drug tPA directly into potentially lethal blood clots in the brain helped more patients function independently a year after suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), a deadly and debilitating form of stroke. Rates of functional recovery with the active tPA treatment far surpassed those achieved with standard "supportive" therapy that essentially gives clots a chance to shrink on their own. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-treatment-clot-busting-drug-yields-results.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:17 EST news279458725 Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have more bleeding strokes at an earlier age than other people independent of methamphetamine abuse, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-native-hawaiians-earlier-age-independent.html Cardiology Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:16:37 EST news279378976 People over age 65 with high psychosocial distress face increased risk of stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-psychosocial-distress.html Cardiology Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:00:02 EST news274621821 (HealthDay)—Undergoing spinal fusion surgery does not affect the risk of stroke within the three years after surgery, according to a study published in the December issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-spinal-fusion-surgery.html Cardiology Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:40:01 EST news274378941 Risk of ischemic stroke increases by nearly 4.7-fold and hemorrhagic stroke 4.4-fold during the first two weeks after total hip replacement surgery, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-total-hip-surgery.html Cardiology Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:21:10 EST news271578030 Even in men and women with an optimal cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor profile, the lifetime risk estimate for CVD is greater than 30 percent, and is more than 50 percent for men and women overall, according to a study appearing in November 7 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on cardiovascular disease. The study is being released early online to coincide with the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-lifetime-cardiovascular-disease-substantial.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:00:09 EST news271335030 (HealthDay)—People with major illnesses, including liver or kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, heart failure, hemorrhagic stroke, or arterial thrombosis, have an increased risk of venous thrombosis that dramatically increases during periods of immobilization or in the presence of thrombophilia, according to research published online Oct. 26 in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-major-illness-venous-thrombosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:10:01 EST news271139843 A new study in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care suggests that intensive glycemic control does not reduce mortality in neurocritical care patients and could, in fact, lead to more neurological damage. Complicating the picture, poor glucose control also leads to worse recovery and should be avoided. This study suggests that a strategy to maintain intermediate glucose levels would contribute to better outcomes in these patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-intermediate-glucose-tight-neurocritical-patients.html Other Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:00:01 EST news270019633 (HealthDay)—At 25, Rachel Eagly had a one-week-old son and a vicious headache. But she never would have guessed that the headache signaled a major stroke that would temporarily seize her ability to speak and also change her future for the better. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-mom-aphasia-option.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:45:05 EST news268058699 (HealthDay) -- In the three years following spinal fusion surgery, the incidence of stroke is similar to or insignificantly lower than that of controls, according to a study published in the June issue of The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-spinal-fusion-surgery.html Cardiology Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:00:04 EST news263745468 Stroke patients treated who received hormonal treatment, combined with rehabilitation, performed better on functioning and reasoning tests than patients who received rehabilitative therapy alone, a new clinical study from Italy shows. The results to be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-hormonal-treatment.html Cardiology Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:00:01 EST news259855900 Researchers at the University of Missouri have demonstrated the effectiveness of a potential new therapy for stroke patients in an article published in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration. Created to target a specific enzyme known to affect important brain functions, the new compound being studied at MU is designed to stop the spread of brain bleeds and protect brain cells from further damage in the crucial hours after a stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-treatment-brain.html Neuroscience Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:42:58 EST news258637296 Researchers led by Regenstrief Institute investigator Neale Chumbler, Ph.D., a research scientist with the Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice at the Richard Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, have developed STeleR, a home telerehabilitation program that they report improves lower body physical functioning after a stroke. Participating in STeleR also increased the likelihood of maintaining a regular fitness routine, enhanced money management skills, and improved the capability to prepare meals and take care of personal needs such as bathing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-steler-telerehab-functioning.html Cardiology Tue, 29 May 2012 11:43:05 EST news257510549 According to new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), light-to-moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a lower risk of stroke in women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-glass-benefits-alcohol.html Cardiology Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:01 EST news250442687 A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Vanderbilt University and elsewhere have demonstrated that high blood pressure and anemia together put children with sickle cell disease (SCD) at serious danger for symptomless or so-called "silent" strokes, although either condition alone also signaled high risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-high-blood-pressure-anemia-children.html Cardiology Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:00:01 EST news241781804 Poorer countries and those that spend proportionately less money on health care have more stroke and stroke deaths than wealthier nations and those that allocate more to health care, according to new research in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-poorer-countries-health-deaths.html Cardiology Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:54:31 EST news238953261 Not only are smokers twice as likely to have strokes, they are almost a decade younger than non-smokers when they have them, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-smoking-causes-stroke-to-occur.html Addiction Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:11:30 EST news236830277 Heart attack patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in combination with antiplatelet therapy -- acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), clopidogrel or both (dual antiplatelet therapy) -- are at higher risk of bleeding than patients taking ASA alone, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-combined-ssris-antiplatelet-therapy-heart.html Medical research Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:26:59 EST news236258793 An analysis of nearly 30 studies including more than 300,000 patients finds that depression is associated with a significantly increased risk of developing stroke and dying from stroke, according to an article in the September 21 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-depression-stroke-related-death.html Health Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:01:21 EST news235755945 Among patients who have had an ischemic stroke, use of cholesterol-lowering statin medications is not associated with subsequent intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain), according to a report published Online First by Archives of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-link-intracerebral-hemorrhage-statin-patients.html Neuroscience Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:51:06 EST news235065048 For many patients, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can reduce the risk of strokes as well as heart attacks. But in a review article, Loyola University Health System neurologists caution that statins may not be appropriate for cetain categories of patients who are at risk for stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-cholesterol-lowering-statin-drugs.html Medications Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:51:48 EST news232962683 A new and simple risk score may aid physicians in gauging the likelihood that a common drug will cause a hemorrhagic stroke or other major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, potentially allowing wider but safer use of the effective drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-scorecard-patients-highest-blood-thinners.html Medical research Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:40:01 EST news231669054 If you suffer traumatic brain injury, your risk of having a stroke within three months may increase tenfold, according to a new study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-traumatic-brain-injury-linked-tenfold.html Medical research Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:04 EST news231084917 A stroke is sudden brain injury caused by a sudden vascular (blood vessel) compromise. There are two major types of strokes. An ischemic stroke occurs when blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked by clot or other debris. This is the most common type, comprising approximately 85 percent of all strokes. The other type, hemorrhagic stroke, occurs when a blood vessel or aneurysm ruptures and blood spreads in and around the brain. Strokes can be mild, or can be quite disabling, even fatal, depending on the brain area involved and the type of stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical-minute-awareness.html Cardiology Mon, 30 May 2011 10:22:49 EST news225969669