News tagged with brain hemorrhage


tPA: Clot buster and brain protector

(Medical Xpress)—Ever since its introduction in the 1990s, the "clot-busting" drug tPA has been considered a "double-edged sword" for people experiencing a stroke. It can help restore blood flow to the ...

Neuroscience created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antibiotic studied to reduce hemorrhagic stroke damage

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.

Cardiology created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Do blood thinners + stroke treatment = danger? Study indicates the risk is low

Millions of Americans take aspirin or other drugs every day to reduce their risk of heart attacks or other problems caused by blood clots.

Cardiology created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows promise, offers hope for brain hemorrhage patients

A new endoscopic surgical procedure has been shown to be safer and to result in better outcomes than the current standard medical treatment for patients who suffer strokes as a result of brain hemorrhages, UCLA neurosurgeons ...

Surgery created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain

(Medical Xpress)—Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse.

Medical research created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Modified tPA could be effective stroke treatment without bleeding risk

Even when its clot-dissolving powers are removed, the stroke drug tPA can still protect brain cells from the loss of oxygen and glucose induced by a stroke, researchers have discovered.

Neuroscience created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New stroke treatment could prevent and reduce brain damage

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 a ...

Neuroscience created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug treatment shows promise for brain blood vessel abnormality

A drug treatment has been proven to prevent lesions from cerebral cavernous malformation -- a brain blood vessel abnormality that can cause bleeding, epilepsy and stroke -- for the first time in a new study.

Cardiology created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low birthweight infants have five times rate of autism

Autism researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have found a link between low birthweight and children diagnosed with autism, reporting premature infants are five times more likely to have autism than ...

Medical research created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify new stem cell activity in human brain, raise questions of how it develops and evolves

Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have identified a new pathway of stem cell activity in the brain that represents potential targets of brain injuries affecting newborns. ...

Medical research created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bioengineers identify the cellular mechanisms of traumatic brain injury

Bioengineers at Harvard have identified, for the very first time, the mechanism for diffuse axonal injury and explained why cerebral vasospasm is more common in blast-induced brain injuries than in brain injuries ...

Medical research created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New treatment dissolves blood clots in brain tissue

A new treatment that treats a subset of stroke patients by combining minimally invasive surgery, an imaging technique likened to "GPS for the brain," and the clot-busting drug t-PA appears to be safe and effective, according ...

Cardiology created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers say they are shocked by new statistics on head injuries among people who are homeless

Men who are heavy drinkers and homeless for long periods of time have 400 times the number of head injuries as the general population, according to a new study by researchers who said they were shocked by their findings.

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds devices no better than meds in recovery from clot-caused strokes

(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, ...

Cardiology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For embolism patients, clot-busting drug is worth risk

When doctors encounter a patient with a massive pulmonary embolism, they face a difficult choice: Is it wise to administer a drug that could save the patient's life, even though many people suffer life-threatening bleeding ...

Medications created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0