Neuroscience

Brain bleeds double later-life dementia risk, study finds

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or "brain bleeds," caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, double a person's risk of developing dementia later in life.

Medications

Blood thinner side effects diminish over time, research suggests

Blood thinners prescribed after blood clots in the leg or lung initially increase the risk of bleeding, especially in women and the elderly. But over time, this risk decreases and gender and age differences fade, a University ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New blood-clotting disorder identified

Researchers at McMaster University have made a discovery in the field of hematology, providing an explanation for spontaneous and unusual blood-clotting that continues to occur despite treatment with full-dose blood thinners.

Cardiology

Clot buster? Surgery? What is the right treatment for stroke?

During an ischemic stroke, blood vessels in the brain are blocked or narrowed. During a hemorrhagic stroke, there's bleeding into the brain. The first treatment for stroke is to potentially offer a medication called tissue ...

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