Cardiology
Stroke's aftermath often worse for women, minorities: study
(HealthDay)—Anyone can be laid low by stroke, but a new study finds that the road back to health may be tougher for female and minority patients.
Feb 18, 2016
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News tagged with transient ischemic attacks
Cardiology
Diabetes drug may prevent recurring strokes
Pioglitazone, a drug used for type 2 diabetes, may prevent recurrent stroke and heart attacks in people with insulin resistance but without diabetes. The results of the Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) ...
Feb 17, 2016
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Cardiology
Low blood flow in back of brain increases risk of recurrent stroke
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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Neuroscience
Risk of stroke at time of carotid occlusion
Preventing carotid artery occlusion (blockage) may not be a valid indication for stenting because the risk of progression to occlusion appears to be below the risk of carotid stenting or endarterectomy (surgical removal of ...
Sep 21, 2015
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Cardiology
Survey finds strokes of unknown cause leave patients and caregivers in the dark
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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Medications
Cognitive decline may be uncommon after heart procedures
A systematic evidence review published in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that cognitive decline following regularly performed invasive heart procedures may be uncommon in older adults. However, researchers stress that ...
Jul 20, 2015
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Cardiology
Use of novel oral anticoagulants increasing in A-fib
(HealthDay)—For patients with atrial fibrillation hospitalized with stroke or transient ischemic attack, use of novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) has increased over time, according to a study published online June 9 in ...
Jun 15, 2015
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Cardiology
How to lower your stroke risk
(HealthDay)—There are a number of ways you can reduce your risk of stroke, a neurologist says.
May 1, 2015
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Cardiology
New recommendations for treating patients with high blood pressure and CVD
A new scientific statement issued jointly by three medical organizations and published in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension, addresses how low to aim when treating patients with high blood pressure who ...
Mar 31, 2015
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Medical research
Study sheds light on a 'guardian' protein of brain function
Mitochondria not only are the cell's main power producers, they are also the chief cooks and bottle washers.
Feb 23, 2015
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