A study has uncovered that iron orchestrates the activation of two damaging cell death pathways—ferroptosis and necroptosis—early in ischemic stroke recovery, exacerbating brain injury. This discovery sheds light on how ...
Mar 4, 2025
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a new mechanism that may improve the treatment of ischemic stroke. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, shows that the growth factor PDGF-CC and ...
Mar 4, 2025
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Hospital-based researchers from Denmark have reported a substantial increase in cardiovascular disease risk among male users of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). Long-term health outcomes for AAS users show extreme increases ...
Smoking, particularly heavy smoking, is linked to some unexplained strokes in younger adults, mainly in male individuals and in people ages 45 to 49, according to a study published in Neurology Open Access.
Feb 19, 2025
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The Calgary Stroke Program, a joint University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services initiative at Foothills Medical Centre, has been involved with three papers published this week in The Lancet and Lancet Neurology—the ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark in The BMJ that draws on prescription records to give more precise estimates for different products ...
Feb 12, 2025
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The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary late-breaking science presented ...
Feb 8, 2025
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Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days after their stroke than ...
Feb 8, 2025
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University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute researchers with the Calgary Stroke Program at Foothills Medical Centre have revolutionized treatment for stroke with the ESCAPE Trial, proving that a clot retrieval procedure ...
Feb 7, 2025
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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 ...
Feb 3, 2025
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