(HealthDay)—Recommendations have been issued for the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in obese patients; the guideline was published online March 22 in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
Apr 12, 2016
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Researchers seeking to better understand how our genes contribute to stroke risk have completed what is believed to be the largest and most comprehensive review of the human genome to identify genes that predispose people ...
Feb 24, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Seizures are common in the years following a stroke, a new study found, with nearly one in six survivors requiring hospital care after a seizure.
Feb 18, 2016
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The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) today joined 14 other neurointerventional medical societies in releasing new training guidelines for endovascular intervention in ischemic stroke patients. The guidelines ...
Feb 17, 2016
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Patients who have had a stroke in the back of the brain are at greater risk of having another within two years if blood flow to the region is diminished, according to results of a multicenter study led by researchers at the ...
Dec 21, 2015
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Many strokes that required immediate treatment in emergency rooms may have been preventable, according to a University of California, Irvine study.
Dec 10, 2015
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Minutes count when treating stroke, but current diagnostics take as long as three hours, careful lab work, and skilled technicians to arrive at a conclusive diagnosis. Scientists at Cornell University's Baker Institute for ...
Nov 25, 2015
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Neighborhood factors do not influence the use of emergency medical services (EMS) for stroke as strongly as individual factors do, despite earlier indications that socio-demographic characteristics of the neighborhood explain ...
Sep 18, 2015
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The consequences of a stroke can last a lifetime. But for Isabel Vinueza, paralysis, blurred vision and slurred speech came and went in less than three hours thanks to an alert boyfriend and a new medical device that can ...
Sep 18, 2015
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According to a new survey from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, more than 50 percent of stroke patients and caregivers report anxiety and frustration when the cause of the stroke was undetermined, ...
Sep 9, 2015
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