Could living at high altitudes affect your chance of suffering a stroke? This intriguing question is at the heart of a new study in open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology. The study is the first to examine the incidence ...
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Blood sugar control has always been important for people with diabetes when it comes to preventing a stroke. But a new study finds for people with diabetes who have a stroke, there may be an ideal target blood sugar range ...
Sep 29, 2021
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Patients with dementia who had signs and risk factors of a pulmonary embolism, or a blood clot in the lungs, were much less likely to be tested for pulmonary embolism than patients without dementia who had the same signs ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Physically removing a blood clot in the brain is a safe and effective treatment for pregnant women having a stroke, a new study suggests.
Sep 20, 2021
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With COVID-19 cases flooding emergency rooms and deaths on the rise among the unvaccinated, Northeastern researchers wanted to know why a sizable portion of the United States remained weary of or flat-out opposed to vaccines.
Sep 16, 2021
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Research led by Queen Mary University of London associates genetically determined COVID-19 susceptibility with increased blood clot events in leg and lungs, thrombophlebitis and circulatory diseases.
Sep 9, 2021
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People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a higher risk of sudden cardiac death than people who do not have HIV, especially if the virus is not well-controlled or if they have other heart disease risk factors, ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Every minute counts when a person has a suspected stroke and nowhere is time more crucial than in regional areas of New South Wales.
Sep 6, 2021
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A new study has tested the immune response of people who received a second vaccination with BioNTech-Pfizer after their first Oxford-AstraZeneca shot. The results are promising.
Sep 2, 2021
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Determining an individual's blood group based on genetic tests instead of merely traditional blood tests can provide a better picture of the risk of cardiovascular diseases. If a patient has two genetic variants of A, B or ...
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