Cardiology
A better clot-buster drug for strokes?
(HealthDay)—After a stroke, many patients are given the clot-busting intravenous drug alteplase, but another drug may be more effective, Australian researchers report.
Apr 26, 2018
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Neuroscience
Overdose antidote promotes stroke recovery in rats
The life-saving drug used to treat opioid overdose, naloxone, reduces brain inflammation in the aftermath of stroke in male rats. The preclinical research, published in eNeuro, lays the groundwork for developing the first ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Neuroscience
Drug helps mouse and monkey brains recover from stroke
A team of researchers from several institutions in Japan has found that a certain drug in conjunction with physical therapy has resulted in improved recovery from a stroke in mice and monkeys. In their paper published in ...
Genetics
Large-scale genetic study provides new insight into the causes of stroke
An international research consortium studying 520,000 individuals from around the world has identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke, thus tripling the number of gene regions known to affect stroke risk. The results ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antioxidant treatment prevents sexual transmission of Zika in mice
The antioxidant drug ebselen can prevent sexual transmission of Zika virus from male to female mice, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Yogy Simanjuntak and colleagues at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. ...
Feb 15, 2018
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Cardiology
Better insurance access hasn't eliminated cost barriers to post-stroke meds
Despite federal programs to improve the availability of medical insurance, drug costs still keep more than one in ten stroke survivors from obtaining their recommended medications, putting them at risk of another stroke, ...
Jan 25, 2018
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Cardiology
Combining drugs that lower blood pressure and cholesterol could do more to prevent stroke
Combining medication that lowers blood pressure with medication that lowers cholesterol reduced first-time strokes by 44 percent, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference ...
Jan 25, 2018
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Cardiology
Blood-thinning drugs appear to protect against dementia as well as stroke in AF patients
Blood-thinning drugs not only reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) but are also associated with a significant reduction in the risk of dementia, according to new research published today (Wednesday) ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Cardiology
Study: Risk factors on rise among people with stroke
Despite prevention efforts, researchers have found a significant increase over a 10-year period in the percentage of people with stroke who have high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and other risk factors for stroke. The ...
Oct 11, 2017
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Neuroscience
New method may help predict risk of bleeding after stroke
A new scoring method may help predict who is at high risk of serious bleeding after a stroke, according to a study published in the August 2, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of ...
Aug 2, 2017
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